Dr Stuart McMillan

Post Doctoral Research Fellow

Institute of Aquaculture Pathfoot Building, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Dr Stuart McMillan

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About me

I am a post-doctoral researcher currently working on several projects investigating sustainable nutrition in aquaculture. I have over 12 years’ experience with the aquaculture industry, predominantly in Scotland. Furthermore, I have worked extensively in Antarctica and have substantial knowledge of planning and implementing projects in extreme environments. These adventures have shaped my desire to maintain ecological diversity through more sustainable food production. Key roles:

  • Member of the university animal welfare ethical review body (AWERB) panel.
  • Former member of divisional Athena Swann committee.

Research

My main research interests are: •Sustainable nutrition in aquaculture. •Bacterial pathogenesis and virulence factor discovery. •Molecular techniques to investigate microbial community structure and essential genes. •Reducing vertebrate experimentation by developing new applications for the wax moth (Galleria mellonella) as an alternative infection model.

Outputs (10)

Outputs

Article

Rimoldi S, Quiroz KF, Kalemi V, McMillan S, Stubhaug I, Martinez-Rubio L, Betancor MB & Terova G (2025) Interactions between nutritional programming, genotype, and gut microbiota in Atlantic salmon: Long-term effects on gut microbiota, fish growth and feed efficiency. Aquaculture, 596 (Part 1), p. 741813. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2024.741813


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Tawfik MM, Betancor MB, Mcmillan S, Norambuena F, Tocher DR, Douglas A & Martin SAM (2024) Modulation of metabolic and immunoregulatory pathways in the gut transcriptome of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) after early nutritional programming during first feeding with plant-based diet. Overland M (Editor) Frontiers in Immunology, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1412821


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Tawfik MM, Lorgen-Ritchie M, Król E, McMillan S, Norambuena F, Bolnick DI, Douglas A, Tocher DR, Betancor MB & Martin SAM (2024) Modulation of gut microbiota composition and predicted metabolic capacity after nutritional programming with a plant-rich diet in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): insights across developmental stages. Animal Microbiome, 6, Art. No.: 38. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-024-00321-8


Article

Coyle NM, Bartie KL, Bayliss SC, Bekaert M, Adams A, McMillan S, Verner-Jeffreys DW, Desbois AP & Feil EJ (2020) A Hopeful Sea-Monster: A Very Large Homologous Recombination Event Impacting the Core Genome of the Marine Pathogen Vibrio anguillarum. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, Art. No.: 1430. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01430