Dr Lee Hutt

Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences

Qualifications

Teaching interests

Module Leader:

BHCS002 Current Developments in Human Biology and Biomedical Sciences

Teaching Involvement:

FMD001 Molecules to Cells 

BHCS001 Infection, Immunity and Therapeutics

BHCS1003 Human Metabolism

BHCS1004 Introduction to Human Pathology

BHCS1005 Human Disease 

BHCS1006 Infection and Immunity

BHCS2004 Cell Biology in Health and Disease

BHCS2006 Infection, Immunity and Disease

BHCS3003 Clinical Microbiology

BIOM5003 Contemporary Science of Infection and Immunity

BIOM5005 Project Design and Development

BHCS5010 Contemporary Applications in Cancer Biology and Therapeutics

Research interests

Biodiversity and anti-microbial potential of the Roman Baths, Bath

It is estimated that as many as 10 million people a year will die due to anti-microbial resistance (AMR) and cost the global economy 100 trillion US dollars per year by 2050. In order to tackle this threat scientists have started looking into novel compounds with anti-microbial activity from more "unusual" environments. The Roman Baths (Bath) is the only ‘warm’ hot spring in the UK and is rich in microbiological diversity, several species of which I worked on during my Ph.D. I am conducting research into both the microbial diversity of the Roman Baths and attempting to isolate bacterial strains producing novel compounds with anti-microbial activity.

Biology and Novel Treatments for eukaryotic parasites

Intestinal parasites, such as Giardia intestinalis, infect millions of people globally every year. The World Health Organisation (WHO) considers Giardiasis (the disease caused be Giardia) as one of the World's most neglected diseases, with approximately 1 billion people in developing parts of the world at risk of infection every year. The disease is relatively easy to treat with common types of antibiotics; however, there is increasing evidence of anti-microbial resistance (AMR) in this parasite. I am interested in identifying novel therapeutics/prophylactic treatments for Giardiasis and mechanisms by which Giardia becomes resistant to anti-microbials. Understanding the biology of this unusual Eukaryote organism is key to our treatment of the disease it causes.