Antibiotic resistant pathogens research group team

Bacterial pathogen research group:

Dr Mat Upton (Group Lead)
Dr Garry Farnham (Research Fellow) – microbial genetics and novel DNA sequence based approaches
Dr Arif Felek (Research Fellow) – development of a platform of novel bacteriocins
Nizar Saeedi (PhD student) – host-pathogen interaction of uropathogenic E coli
Rob O’Hara (PhD student) – epidemiology and genomics of uropathogenic E coli
Abdu Aldarhami (PhD student) – discovery of novel bacteriocins with clinical potential
Beth Brokenshire (Placement student)

University of Plymouth collaborators:

Professor Simon Jackson, School of Biomedical Sciences
Dr Gyuri Fejer, School of Biomedical Sciences
Dr Andy Foey, School of Biomedical Sciences
Dr Kerry Howell, School of Biological and Marine Sciences

External collaborators:

Dr Peter Jenks, Consultant Microbiologist, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Ian Fotheringham, Ingenza Ltd, Edinburgh
Professor Jeremy Derrick, University of Manchester
Professor Neil Woodford, Public Health England, London
Professor Mark Schembri, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Dr Scott Beatson, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia