Naomi Thomas

Naomi Thomas in white lab coat sitting on a microscope to identify toxic algae

Research Support Scientist and CCAP Curator

Expertise

I graduated in 2009 from the University of Liverpool and joined the SAMS team in 2010 working on the Carbon Trust funded Control of Grazers project looking into the predation effect of ciliates in microalgae cultures.

I have since contributed to a number of algal biotechnological projects including the European Biomara project and the Seabiotech Bio-prospecting project.

I became a curator in CCAP in 2013 and look after a number of different algal groups.

 

Recent publication

Gonzalez CR, Grigg V, Thomas N, Thomson AI, MacPherson E, Dillon L, Gober E, Smith AG, Cockell C, Convery P, Davey MP (2026) Antarctic snow algal response to temperature - potential implications of climate change. Sustainable Microbiology, 3, (2), qvag023.  https://doi.org/10.1093/sumbio/qvag023

naomi.thomas@sams.ac.uk
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SAMS Research Outputs

Antarctic snow algal responses to temperature potential implications of climate change
Carla Ruiz Gonzalez, Vaila Grigg, Naomi Thomas, Alex Innes Thomson, Ewan MacPherson, Lara Dillon, Emilie Gober, Alison G. Smith, Charles Cockell, Peter Convey, Matthew P. Davey
1/6/2026 | Article | DOI: 10.1093/sumbio/qvag023
Surface darkening by abundant and diverse algae on an Antarctic ice cap
Alex Innes Thomson, Andrew Gray, Claudia Colesie, Naomi Thomas, Hannah Moulton, Peter Convey, Alison G. Smith, Peter Fretwell, Lloyd Peck, Matthew P. Davey
18/3/2025 | Article | DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-57725-6
The genome sequence of the chlorophyte Pseudopediastrum boryanum CCAP 291/2 (Turpin) E. Hegewald 2005
Rachel Allen, Cecilia Rad Menendez, David Green, Christine Campbell, Frederik De Boever, Joanne Field, Karen MacKechnie, Michael Ross, Rachel Saxon, Naomi Thomas, Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa collective, University of Oxford and Wytham Woods Genome Acquisition Lab, Earlham Institute Genome Acquisition Lab and Protists Project, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team, Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team, Tree of Life Core informatics collective, Darwin Tree of Life consortium
24/6/2024 | Article | DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.22472.1
The genome sequence of the chlorophyte Marvania coccoides CCAP 251/1B (Naumann) Henley, Hironaka, Guillou, M. Buchheim, J. Buchheim, M. Fawley & K. Fawley 2004
Rachel Allen, Cecilia Rad-Menéndez, David H. Green, Christine N. Campbell, Frederik De Boever, Joanne Field, Karen MacKechnie, Michael Ross, Rachel Saxon, Naomi Thomas
24/6/2024 | Article | DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.22468.1
Exploring the chemical space of macro-and micro-algae using comparative metabolomics
Alison H. Hughes, Florent Magot, Ahmed F. Tawfike, Cecilia Rad-Menéndez, Naomi Thomas, Louise C. Young, Laura Stucchi, Daniele Carettoni, Michele S. Stanley, Ruangelie Edrada-Ebel, Katherine R. Duncan
3/2/2021 | Article | DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9020311

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