Ian Hewson

The paper investigates the environmental persistence of the pathogenic ciliate DaScPc outside its host, finding it persists in reef environments independently of D. antillarum and may follow a cryptic 'boom-and-bust' cycle.

This study detects a pathogenic ciliate in historical sea urchin specimens and analyzes microbial communities to investigate its ecological history and disease association.

This paper investigates the role of Vibrio pectenicida FHCF-3 in sea star wasting disease, finding it may contribute to Pycnopodia helianthoides abnormalities but not all SSW cases across species.

The paper expands the global RNA virome by five-fold, identifying new clades of RNA bacteriophages and revealing novel virus-host interactions.

The paper reassesses the association between densoviruses and Sea Star Wasting Syndrome by analyzing metagenomic and transcriptomic data, finding SSaDV is one of many densoviruses present in sea stars, not the sole cause of the syndrome.