Mrs Andrea Hall

Mrs Andie Hall

Research Assistant

Department: Core Research Laboratories
Division: Molecular Biology Laboratories
Phones:
work: 020 7942 5048
lab: 020 7942 5483

Summary

Andie provides the NHM Illumina sequencing service, including bespoke library preparation. Current projects focus on method development for Illumina and Nanopore sequencing. She trains staff, students & visitors, and troubleshoots their technical problems.

Qualifications

    Degrees

  • MSc, The University of Reading, United Kingdom, 2002 - 2003
  • BSc (Hons), The University of Reading, United Kingdom, 1999 - 2002

Employment history

    Academic

  • Research support, Molecular labs, Natural History museum, Zoology, United Kingdom, 2009 - 2012
  • Deputy lab manager, Molecular systematics, Natural History Museum, Entomology, United Kingdom, 2004 - 2009
  • Non-academic

    Laboratory Technician, Cardinal Health, Raw materials, 2003 - 2004

    Laboratory Technician, Scherer DDS, Research and development, 1998 - 2000

Publications

Jenkins HL, Graham R, Porter JS, Vieira LM, de Almeida ACS, Hall A, O’Dea A, Coppard SE, Waeschenbach A (null) Unprecedented frequency of mitochondrial introns in colonial bilaterians. Scientific Reports, 12 (1) : doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-14477-3

Purves J, Hussey SJK, Corscadden L, Purser L, Hall A, Misra R, Selley L, Monks PS, Ketley JM, Andrew PW, Morrissey JA (2022) Air pollution induces Staphylococcus aureus USA300 respiratory tract colonization mediated by specific bacterial genetic responses involving the global virulence gene regulators Agr and Sae. Environmental Microbiology, 24 (9) : 4449 - 4465. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.16076

Foster R, Hartikainen H, Hall A, Bass D (null) Diversity and Phylogeny of Novel Cord-Forming Fungi from Borneo. Microorganisms, 10 (2) : 239 - 239. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms10020239

Pereira‐da‐Conceicoa L, Elbrecht V, Hall A, Briscoe A, Barber‐James H, Price B (2021) Metabarcoding unsorted kick‐samples facilitates macroinvertebrate‐based biomonitoring with increased taxonomic resolution, while outperforming environmental DNA. Environmental DNA, 3 (2) : 353 - 371. doi: 10.1002/edn3.116

Jenkins H, Graham R, Hall A, Taylor P, Gordon DP, Moharrek F, Spencer Jones M, Kukliński P, Vieira LM, Porter JS, Almeida AC, Berning B, Florence W, Smith AM, Ostrovsky AN, Souto Derungs J, Krzemińska M, Di Martino E, Håkansson E, Waeschenbach A (2020) A family-level molecular phylogeny of cheilostome bryozoans.. Presented at The Larwood symposium.

Hall AC (null) A comparison of DNA stains and staining methods for Agarose Gel Electrophoresis. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory : doi: 10.1101/568253

Woodall LC, Jungblut AD, Hopkins K, Hall A, Robinson LF, Gwinnett C, Paterson GLJ (null) Deep-sea anthropogenic macrodebris harbours rich and diverse communities of bacteria and archaea. PLOS ONE, 13 (11) : e0206220 - e0206220. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206220

Price BW, Henry CS, Hall AC, Mochizuki A, Duelli P, Brooks SJ (null) Singing from the Grave: DNA from a 180 Year Old Type Specimen Confirms the Identity of Chrysoperla carnea (Stephens). PLOS ONE, 10 (4) : e0121127 - e0121127. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121127

Hall A, Sherlock E, Sykes D (2015) Does Micro-CT scanning damage DNA in museum specimens?. Journal of Natural Science Collections, 2 : 22 - 28.

Hall A (null) Molecular Laboratories

Hernandez-Triana LM, Crainey JL, Hall A, Fatih F, Mackenzie-Dodds J, Shelley AJ, Zhou X, Post RJ, Gregory TR, Hebert PDN (2012) DNA barcodes reveal cryptic genetic diversity within the blackfly subgenus Trichodagmia Enderlein (Diptera: Simuliidae: Simulium) and related taxa in the New World. ZOOTAXA, 43 - 69.

Fraser GJ, Britz R, Hall A, Johanson Z, Smith MM (2012) Replacing the first-generation dentition in pufferfish with a unique beak. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109 (21) : 8179 - 8184. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1119635109

Williams ST, Hall A, Kuklinski P (2012) Unraveling Cryptic Diversity in the Indo-West Pacific Gastropod GenusLunella(Turbinidae) using Elliptic Fourier Analysis*. American Malacological Bulletin, 30 (1) : 189 - 206. doi: 10.4003/006.030.0117

Hall A (2011) PCR plate set-up with the Janus auomated work station. Presented at Liquid handling and lab automation User group meeting.

Fraser GJ, Britz R, Hall A, Smith M, Johanson Z (2011) The first bite for pufferfish: Novel dental morphology from conserved developmental origins.. Presented at II interdisciplinary approaches in fish skeletal biology.

Crainey JL, Hurst J, Wilson MD, Hall A, Post RJ (2010) Construction and characterisation of a BAC library made from field specimens of the onchocerciasis vector Simulium squamosum (Diptera: Simuliidae). Genomics, 96 (4) : 251 - 257. doi: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2010.06.004

Hall A, Ruiz F, Trung HD, Socantha T, Keokenchanh K, Linton YM (2005) Internal systematics and vector incrimination of members of the Annularis group in South Asia. Presented at ENTOMOLOGY 2005 – RES annual national meeting and RES symposium on international insect conservation biology..

Ruiz F, Harbach RE, Hall A, Trung HD, Socantha T, Keokenchanh K, Linton YM (2005) Internal systematics and vector incrimination of members of the annularis group in South Asia.. Presented at Entomology 2005- RES annual national meeting and RES symposium on international insect conservation biology..

Polaszek A, Fusu L, Viggiani G, Hall A, Hanson P, Polilov AA (null) Revision of the World Species of Megaphragma Timberlake (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae). Insects, 13 (6) : 561 - 561. doi: 10.3390/insects13060561

Contributed Publications

Irwin AR, Strong EE, Kano Y, Harper EM, Williams ST (2021) Eight new mitogenomes clarify the phylogenetic relationships of Stromboidea within the caenogastropod phylogenetic framework. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 158 : 107081 - 107081. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107081

Jungblut AD, Wilbraham J, Banack SA, Metcalf JS, Codd GA (2018) Microcystins, BMAA and BMAA isomers in 100-year-old Antarctic cyanobacterial mats collected during Captain R.F. Scott’s Discovery Expedition. European Journal of Phycology, 53 (2) : 115 - 121. doi: 10.1080/09670262.2018.1442587

Arribas P, Andújar C, Hopkins K, Shepherd M, Vogler AP (2016) Metabarcoding and mitochondrial metagenomics of endogean arthropods to unveil the mesofauna of the soil. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, n/a - n/a. doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.12557

Andújar C, Arribas P, Ruzicka F, Crampton-Platt A, Timmermans MJTN, Vogler AP (2015) Phylogenetic community ecology of soil biodiversity using mitochondrial metagenomics. Molecular Ecology, 24 (14) : 3603 - 3617. doi: 10.1111/mec.13195

Timmermans MJTN, Dodsworth S, Culverwell CL, Bocak L, Ahrens D, Littlewood DTJ, Pons J, Vogler AP (2010) Why barcode? High-throughput multiplex sequencing of mitochondrial genomes for molecular systematics. Nucleic Acids Research, 38 (21) : e197 - e197. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkq807

Monaghan MT, Wild R, Elliot M, Fujisawa T, Balke M, Inward DJG, Lees DC, Ranaivosolo R, Eggleton P, Barraclough TG, Vogler AP (2009) Accelerated Species Inventory on Madagascar Using Coalescent-Based Models of Species Delineation. Systematic Biology, 58 (3) : 298 - 311. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syp027

Monaghan MT, Inward DJG, Hunt T, Vogler AP (2007) A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Scarabaeinae (dung beetles). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 45 (2) : 674 - 692. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.06.009

Courses taught

MSc: Molecular systematics
12/2016.

MSc: Molecular systematics module practical
12/2014.

Introduction

Summary

Andie provides the NHM Illumina sequencing service, including bespoke library preparation. Current projects focus on method development for Illumina and Nanopore sequencing. She trains staff, students & visitors, and troubleshoots their technical problems.

Qualifications

    Degrees

  • MSc, The University of Reading, United Kingdom, 2002 - 2003
  • BSc (Hons), The University of Reading, United Kingdom, 1999 - 2002

Employment history

    Academic

  • Research support, Molecular labs, Natural History museum, Zoology, United Kingdom, 2009 - 2012
  • Deputy lab manager, Molecular systematics, Natural History Museum, Entomology, United Kingdom, 2004 - 2009
  • Non-academic

    Laboratory Technician, Cardinal Health, Raw materials, 2003 - 2004

    Laboratory Technician, Scherer DDS, Research and development, 1998 - 2000

Publications

Publications

Jenkins HL, Graham R, Porter JS, Vieira LM, de Almeida ACS, Hall A, O’Dea A, Coppard SE, Waeschenbach A (null) Unprecedented frequency of mitochondrial introns in colonial bilaterians. Scientific Reports, 12 (1) : doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-14477-3

Purves J, Hussey SJK, Corscadden L, Purser L, Hall A, Misra R, Selley L, Monks PS, Ketley JM, Andrew PW, Morrissey JA (2022) Air pollution induces Staphylococcus aureus USA300 respiratory tract colonization mediated by specific bacterial genetic responses involving the global virulence gene regulators Agr and Sae. Environmental Microbiology, 24 (9) : 4449 - 4465. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.16076

Foster R, Hartikainen H, Hall A, Bass D (null) Diversity and Phylogeny of Novel Cord-Forming Fungi from Borneo. Microorganisms, 10 (2) : 239 - 239. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms10020239

Pereira‐da‐Conceicoa L, Elbrecht V, Hall A, Briscoe A, Barber‐James H, Price B (2021) Metabarcoding unsorted kick‐samples facilitates macroinvertebrate‐based biomonitoring with increased taxonomic resolution, while outperforming environmental DNA. Environmental DNA, 3 (2) : 353 - 371. doi: 10.1002/edn3.116

Jenkins H, Graham R, Hall A, Taylor P, Gordon DP, Moharrek F, Spencer Jones M, Kukliński P, Vieira LM, Porter JS, Almeida AC, Berning B, Florence W, Smith AM, Ostrovsky AN, Souto Derungs J, Krzemińska M, Di Martino E, Håkansson E, Waeschenbach A (2020) A family-level molecular phylogeny of cheilostome bryozoans.. Presented at The Larwood symposium.

Hall AC (null) A comparison of DNA stains and staining methods for Agarose Gel Electrophoresis. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory : doi: 10.1101/568253

Woodall LC, Jungblut AD, Hopkins K, Hall A, Robinson LF, Gwinnett C, Paterson GLJ (null) Deep-sea anthropogenic macrodebris harbours rich and diverse communities of bacteria and archaea. PLOS ONE, 13 (11) : e0206220 - e0206220. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206220

Price BW, Henry CS, Hall AC, Mochizuki A, Duelli P, Brooks SJ (null) Singing from the Grave: DNA from a 180 Year Old Type Specimen Confirms the Identity of Chrysoperla carnea (Stephens). PLOS ONE, 10 (4) : e0121127 - e0121127. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121127

Hall A, Sherlock E, Sykes D (2015) Does Micro-CT scanning damage DNA in museum specimens?. Journal of Natural Science Collections, 2 : 22 - 28.

Hall A (null) Molecular Laboratories

Hernandez-Triana LM, Crainey JL, Hall A, Fatih F, Mackenzie-Dodds J, Shelley AJ, Zhou X, Post RJ, Gregory TR, Hebert PDN (2012) DNA barcodes reveal cryptic genetic diversity within the blackfly subgenus Trichodagmia Enderlein (Diptera: Simuliidae: Simulium) and related taxa in the New World. ZOOTAXA, 43 - 69.

Fraser GJ, Britz R, Hall A, Johanson Z, Smith MM (2012) Replacing the first-generation dentition in pufferfish with a unique beak. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109 (21) : 8179 - 8184. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1119635109

Williams ST, Hall A, Kuklinski P (2012) Unraveling Cryptic Diversity in the Indo-West Pacific Gastropod GenusLunella(Turbinidae) using Elliptic Fourier Analysis*. American Malacological Bulletin, 30 (1) : 189 - 206. doi: 10.4003/006.030.0117

Hall A (2011) PCR plate set-up with the Janus auomated work station. Presented at Liquid handling and lab automation User group meeting.

Fraser GJ, Britz R, Hall A, Smith M, Johanson Z (2011) The first bite for pufferfish: Novel dental morphology from conserved developmental origins.. Presented at II interdisciplinary approaches in fish skeletal biology.

Crainey JL, Hurst J, Wilson MD, Hall A, Post RJ (2010) Construction and characterisation of a BAC library made from field specimens of the onchocerciasis vector Simulium squamosum (Diptera: Simuliidae). Genomics, 96 (4) : 251 - 257. doi: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2010.06.004

Hall A, Ruiz F, Trung HD, Socantha T, Keokenchanh K, Linton YM (2005) Internal systematics and vector incrimination of members of the Annularis group in South Asia. Presented at ENTOMOLOGY 2005 – RES annual national meeting and RES symposium on international insect conservation biology..

Ruiz F, Harbach RE, Hall A, Trung HD, Socantha T, Keokenchanh K, Linton YM (2005) Internal systematics and vector incrimination of members of the annularis group in South Asia.. Presented at Entomology 2005- RES annual national meeting and RES symposium on international insect conservation biology..

Polaszek A, Fusu L, Viggiani G, Hall A, Hanson P, Polilov AA (null) Revision of the World Species of Megaphragma Timberlake (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae). Insects, 13 (6) : 561 - 561. doi: 10.3390/insects13060561

Contributed Publications

Irwin AR, Strong EE, Kano Y, Harper EM, Williams ST (2021) Eight new mitogenomes clarify the phylogenetic relationships of Stromboidea within the caenogastropod phylogenetic framework. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 158 : 107081 - 107081. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107081

Jungblut AD, Wilbraham J, Banack SA, Metcalf JS, Codd GA (2018) Microcystins, BMAA and BMAA isomers in 100-year-old Antarctic cyanobacterial mats collected during Captain R.F. Scott’s Discovery Expedition. European Journal of Phycology, 53 (2) : 115 - 121. doi: 10.1080/09670262.2018.1442587

Arribas P, Andújar C, Hopkins K, Shepherd M, Vogler AP (2016) Metabarcoding and mitochondrial metagenomics of endogean arthropods to unveil the mesofauna of the soil. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, n/a - n/a. doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.12557

Andújar C, Arribas P, Ruzicka F, Crampton-Platt A, Timmermans MJTN, Vogler AP (2015) Phylogenetic community ecology of soil biodiversity using mitochondrial metagenomics. Molecular Ecology, 24 (14) : 3603 - 3617. doi: 10.1111/mec.13195

Timmermans MJTN, Dodsworth S, Culverwell CL, Bocak L, Ahrens D, Littlewood DTJ, Pons J, Vogler AP (2010) Why barcode? High-throughput multiplex sequencing of mitochondrial genomes for molecular systematics. Nucleic Acids Research, 38 (21) : e197 - e197. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkq807

Monaghan MT, Wild R, Elliot M, Fujisawa T, Balke M, Inward DJG, Lees DC, Ranaivosolo R, Eggleton P, Barraclough TG, Vogler AP (2009) Accelerated Species Inventory on Madagascar Using Coalescent-Based Models of Species Delineation. Systematic Biology, 58 (3) : 298 - 311. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syp027

Monaghan MT, Inward DJG, Hunt T, Vogler AP (2007) A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Scarabaeinae (dung beetles). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 45 (2) : 674 - 692. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.06.009

Teaching and students

Courses taught

MSc: Molecular systematics
12/2016.

MSc: Molecular systematics module practical
12/2014.