Louise Allcock Explained

Louise Allcock
Fields:	Cephalopod ecology
Nationality:	British
Workplaces:	University of Galway
Alma Mater:	University of Liverpool
Known For:	Editor-in-Chief of the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Louise Allcock is a British researcher, best known for her work on ecology and evolution of the cephalopods of the Southern Ocean and deep sea.^{[1] [2]} She is the editor of the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

Career and impact

Allcock is the editor of the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society^[3] and was co-editor of the Journal of Natural History from 2007 to 2015.^[4] She was the president of the Cephalopod International Advisory Council (CIAC) from 2012 to 2015.^[5]

Allcock has also worked on gender equality, and is a member of the gender equality task force in Ireland.^[6] She has highlighted the role and impact of female researchers in cephalopod research.^[7]

Allcock's research focuses on the ecology, evolutionary biology and systematics of molluscs.^{[8] [9]} Her research expertise also lies in benthic ecology. She has participated in cruises^[10] in and around the Antarctic and the South Atlantic Ocean, sometimes as leader.^{[11] [12]} As of summer 2016, she is working on taxonomically poor sponges,^[13] cnidarians and ascidians.^[14] Since 2013, Allcock has been a lecturer in zoology at University of Galway.^[15] She has also served as Bipolar species co-ordinator for the British Antarctic Survey from (June 2009 to March 2010), lecturer in Marine Biology, Queen's University Belfast (September 2002 to March 2008) and Curator of Mollusca, National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh (July 1998 to August 2002). On 1 February 2018, Allcock was one of the guests on the BBC Radio 4 discussion programme In Our Time, hosted by Melvyn Bragg, about Cephalopods.^[16]

Awards and honours

Allcock was the last author on the best scientific paper on cephalopod research 2006–2009 awarded by the Cephalopod International Advisory Council (CIAC).^[17] The paper on the origin for deep-sea octopuses was also the highlight in the Census of Marine Life press release at the 1st World Congress of Marine Biodiversity, Valencia 2008.^[18] In 2023 she was elected a member of the Royal Irish Academy.^[19]

Selected publications

• Wieczorek, A. M., Morrison, L., Croot, P. L., Allcock, A. L., MacLoughlin, E., Savard, O., Brownlow, H., & Doyle, T. K. (2018). Frequency of microplastics in mesopelagic fishes from the Northwest Atlantic. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00039
• Fernandez-Arcaya, U., Ramirez-Llodra, E., Aguzzi, J., Allcock, A. L., Davies, J. S., Dissanayake, A., Harris, P., Howell, K., Huvenne, V. A., Macmillan-Lawler, M., Martín, J., Menot, L., Nizinski, M., Puig, P., Rowden, A. A., Sanchez, F., & Van den Beld, I. M. (2017). Ecological role of submarine canyons and need for canyon conservation: A Review. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2017.00005
• Strugnell, J.M., Norman, M.D., Vecchione, M., Guzik, M. and Allcock, A.L., 2014. The ink sac clouds octopod evolutionary history. Hydrobiologia, 725(1), pp. 215–235.
• Allcock . A.L. . Lindgren . A. . Strugnell . J.M. . 2015 . The contribution of molecular data to our understanding of cephalopod evolution and systematics: a review . Journal of Natural History . 49 . 21–24. 1373–1421 . 10.1080/00222933.2013.825342. 2015JNatH..49.1373A . 85127519 .
• Wilson, A.M., Kiriakoulakis, K., Raine, R., Gerritsen, H.D., Blackbird, S., Allcock, A.L. and White, M., 2015. Anthropogenic influence on sediment transport in the Whittard Canyon, NE Atlantic. Marine pollution bulletin, 101(1), pp. 320–329.
• Finn, D.I., Clarke, M., Gilbert, M.T.P., Allcock, L., Kampmann, M.L., Schroeder, H., Guerra, A., Norman, M., Winkelmann, J.I., Campos, P.F. and Strugnell, J., 2013. Mitochondrial genome diversity and population structure of.
• Allcock, A.L. and Strugnell, J.M., 2012. Southern Ocean diversity: new paradigms from molecular ecology. Trends in ecology & evolution, 27(9), pp. 520–528.
• Octopus, Squid, and Cuttlefish: A Visual Scientific Guide to the Oceans' Most Advanced Invertebrates, Roger Hanlon, Mike Vecchione, Louise Allcock, University of Chicago Press, 2018

External links

• • marinescience.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Dr-A-Louise-Allcock-CV.pdf
• deepseaexperts.org/node/561
• nuigalway.ie/our-research/people/natural-sciences/louiseallcock/

Notes and References

1. News: Casper the ghost-like octopus emerges from the deep. . 1 August 2016.
2. Web site: 'Ghost octopus' believed to be new species. Cosmos Magazine. 1 August 2016.
3. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 10.1111/(issn)1096-3642. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 2017 .
4. Legakis. Anastasios. Pafilis. Panagiotis. Parmakelis. Aristidis. 24 February 2015. Editorial. Journal of Natural History. 49. 5–8. 255. 10.1080/00222933.2014.987983. 2015JNatH..49..255L . 216087305. 0022-2933.
5. Web site: Cephalopod International Advisory Council - CIAC - squid – octopus – cuttlefish – nautilus. abdn.ac.uk. 4 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161027171203/http://www.abdn.ac.uk/CIAC/. 27 October 2016. dead.
6. Web site: Report of the gender equality task force, Galway NUI. 4 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170510075312/http://www.nuigalway.ie/media/nuigalwayie/content/files/aboutus/Final-Report-Gender-Equality-Task-Force-260516.pdf. 10 May 2017. dead.
7. The role of female cephalopod researchers: past and present. 10.1080/00222933.2015.1037088. 49. 21–24. Journal of Natural History. 1235–1266. 2015. Allcock. A. Louise. von Boletzky. Sigurd. Bonnaud-Ponticelli. Laure. Brunetti. Norma E.. Cazzaniga. Néstor J.. Hochberg. Eric. Ivanovic. Marcela. Lipinski. Marek. Marian. José E. A. R.. Nigmatullin. Chingis. Nixon. Marion. Robin. Jean-Paul. Rodhouse. Paul G. K.. Vidal. Erica A. G.. 2015JNatH..49.1235A . 86871267.
8. Web site: Antarctic octopuses 10,000km apart "genetically similar" – University of Liverpool News – University of Liverpool. Liverpool. University of. 7zx. L69. 1 August 2016.
9. Web site: Antarctic Ice Sheet Collapse Recorded in Octopus DNA. Harmon. Katherine. 1 August 2016.
10. Web site: Marine biodiscovery in Irish waters. admin. 13 June 2013. Engineers Journal. 1 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160820224207/http://www.engineersjournal.ie/2013/06/13/marine-biodiscovery-in-irish-waters/. 20 August 2016. dead.
11. Web site: News Archive – Environmental Research Institute at University College Cork (UCC). University College Cork. 1 August 2016.
12. Rare marine habitat found off southwest coast. RTÉ.ie. 1 August 2016. 2013-11-19.
13. News: Deep-sea sponges have healing qualities. . 1 August 2016.
14. Web site: Our Marine World, by Dr. Louise Allcock. O'Connell. Enda. 3 September 2014. ReelLIFE SCIENCE – Schools Video Competition. 1 August 2016.
15. Web site: Natural Sciences – NUI Galway. nuigalway.ie. 1 August 2016.
16. Web site: In Our Time - Cephalopods . 10 February 2018 . BBC.
17. Web site: Cephalopod International Advisory Council – CIAC – squid – octopus – cuttlefish – nautilus. abdn.ac.uk. 1 August 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170127212031/http://www.abdn.ac.uk/CIAC/award.htm. 27 January 2017.
18. Web site: Press Releases 2008 Census of Marine Life. www.coml.org. 1 August 2016.
19. Web site: Admittance Day 2023 . www.ria.ie . 26 May 2023 . Royal Irish Academy . 27 May 2023.