Antibiotic resistant pathogens research group team
Meet our team and collaborators
Bacterial pathogen research group
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![Professor Mathew Upton Professor of Medical Microbiology]( "Professor Mathew Upton")
Professor Mathew Upton
Professor of Medical Microbiology
Research Group Lead
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![Dr Grant January Lecturer in Microbiology]( "Dr Grant January")
Dr Grant January
Lecturer in Microbiology
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Miss Jaz Conway
PhD Student
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![Dr Katie Muddiman Senior Technician in Antimicrobial Resistance]( "Dr Katie Muddiman")
Dr Katie Muddiman
Senior Technician in Antimicrobial Resistance
Bacterial pathogen research group:
Professor Mat Upton (Group Lead) – medical microbiology and antibiotic discovery
Dr Katie Sealey (Research Fellow) – bioinformatic vaccine design to reduce antibiotic use in animals
Martha Nash (Research Associate) – initiative administrator
Matthew Koch (PhD student) – mining deep sea sponges for novel antibiotics
Poppy Best (PhD student with Professor Kerry Howell, School of Biological and Marine Sciences) – ecology and antimicrobial activity of marine sponge microbiota
James Butler (PhD student with Dr Alex Besinis, School of Engineering) – antimicrobial surfaces for infection control in hospitals
Dr Grant January (Research Fellow) – Natural product discovery for novel antibiotics – South Africa-UK Antibiotic Accelerator Hub
Jazz Conway (PhD student with Professor Kerry Howell, School of Biological and Marine Sciences) - Discovery of marine natural product antibiotics
Sarah Gamble (Placement student) - Isolation and characterisation of novel antimicrobial compounds from marine environments
Dr Katie Muddiman (Senior Technician)
¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ collaborators:
Dr Michael Jarvis, School of Biomedical Sciences
Professor Simon Jackson, School of Biomedical Sciences
Dr Gyuri Fejer, School of Biomedical Sciences
Dr Andy Foey, School of Biomedical Sciences
Professor Kerry Howell, School of Biological and Marine Sciences
External collaborators:
Dr Lewis Jones, Consultant Microbiologist, ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Ian Fotheringham, , Edinburgh
Professor Rosie Dorrington, Rhodes University, South Africa
Professor Melody Clarke, British Antarctic Survey
Recent Alumni:
Dr Nizar Saeedi – host-pathogen interaction of uropathogenic E coli - Now Assistant Professor of Medical Microbiology at University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
Dr Rob O’Hara – epidemiology and genomics of uropathogenic E coli - Now Clinical Scientist, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Abdu Aldarhami – discovery of novel bacteriocins with clinical potential - Now Assistant Professor of Medical Microbiology at Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia
Interested in joining us?
We may have opportunities available for self-funded PhD students to join the team. If you would like to discuss the potential to work with the Antibiotic Resistant Pathogens Research group, please get in touch with Professor Mat Upton directly.