Birmingham based projects

Principal Supervisor	Project title
Dr Graeme Kettles	Understanding molecular mechanisms of plant disease resistanceLink opens in a new window
Dr Megan McDonald	Chromosomal plasticity and horizontal gene transfer in plant pathogenic fungiLink opens in a new window
Dr Jack Bryant	Effect of antimicrobial materials on the development of antimicrobial resistance among ESKAPE pathogensLink opens in a new window
Dr. Michelle Buckner	Towards understanding antimicrobial resistanceLink opens in a new window
Dr Joan Geoghegan	Understanding how adhesion influences virulence and antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus aureusLink opens in a new window
Dr Joan Geoghegan	Understanding how commensal staphylococci colonise skinLink opens in a new window
Professor David Grainger	Prokaryotic transcription: a new direction?Link opens in a new window
Professor David Grainger	Understanding Multiple Antibiotic Resistance in Gram-negative BacteriaLink opens in a new window
Professor David Grainger	Understanding how pandemic microbes evolveLink opens in a new window
Professor David Grainger	Understanding the multiple antibiotic resistant ESKAPE pathogen Acinetobacter baumanniiLink opens in a new window
Dr Damon Huber	How bacterial cells fold proteins in a hostile environmentLink opens in a new window
Dr Jessica Blair	Efflux detectives: Identifying and investigating novel efflux systems in important human pathogensLink opens in a new window
Dr Manuel Banzhaf	Understanding Gram-negative envelope biogenesis and/or antimicrobial resistance using genome-wide approachesLink opens in a new window
Prof. James McDonald	Establishing universal principles for invasion of the microbiome in the context of diseaseLink opens in a new window
Professor Paula Mendes	Synthetic peptides as tools to study the capsule of fungal pathogensLink opens in a new window
Dr Patrick Moynihan	Exploring a unique predator-prey relationship to uncover vulnerabilities in tuberculosisLink opens in a new window
Dr Patrick Moynihan	Characterising the genetic determinants of phage infection in mycobacteriaLink opens in a new window
Professor Jo Parish	Understanding the mechanisms of human papillomavirus oncogene transcription regulation during infection and disease progressionLink opens in a new window
Dr Amanda Rossiter	A sticky situation; determining the interplay between gastric mucus and the gastric microbiota using pre-cancerous organoidsLink opens in a new window
Dr Sophie C. Cox	Development of a physiologically relevant platform to inform clinical practice and limit antimicrobial resistance in orthopaedic implantsLink opens in a new window
Dr Hung-Ji Tsai	Investigating how the host immunity shapes the evolution of antifungal resistanceLink opens in a new window
Professor Willem van Schaik	Phage population dynamics in the gut microbiotaLink opens in a new window
Dr Estrella Luna-Diez	Impact of increasing environmental CO2 on oak defence primingLink opens in a new window
Dr Tim Knowles	Elucidating the mechanisms of outer membrane biogenesis in Gram-negative bacteriaLink opens in a new window
Dr Aneika Leney	Using mass spectrometry for structural elucidation of colourful macromolecular machinesLink opens in a new window

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Harper Adams based projects

Principal Supervisor	Project title
No projects available

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Leicester based projects

Principal Supervisor	Project title
Prof Chris Bayliss	Genetic and structural analysis of pilin-associated adhesins of NeisseriaLink opens in a new window
Dr Natalie Garton	Understanding the roles of triacylglycerol in modulating mycobacterial growth and biophysical propertiesLink opens in a new window
Dr. James T. Hodgkinson	The synthesis and application of small-molecule siderophore vectors to aid new antibiotic discoveryLink opens in a new window
Dr Richard Hopkinson	Treating bacterial infections using aldehydesLink opens in a new window
Dr Himanshu Kaul	How does spatial organisation impact host-microbiome interactions in human airways?Link opens in a new window
Prof Galina Mukamolova	Revival of the immortals: investigation of molecular mechanisms of mycobacterial resuscitation from dormancyLink opens in a new window
Dr Helen O’Hare	Molecular level understanding of Mycobacterium tuberculosisLink opens in a new window
Dr Katrin Schilcher	Single-cell analysis of macrophage-bacterium interaction at the organ level to understand infectionLink opens in a new window

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Warwick based projects

Principal Supervisor	Project title
Prof Thomas Walker	The effects of natural Wolbachia bacteria on their Anopheles mosquito hosts and implications for malaria biocontrol strategiesLink opens in a new window
Dr Lijiang Song	Antimicrobial discovery from marine actinomycetes using genome mining approachLink opens in a new window
Dr Antonia Sagona	Investigation of the effect of oxygen and temperature levels on E.coli K1 phages infectionLink opens in a new window
Dr Ryan Mushinski	Reactive nitrogen biogeochemistry in agronomic systemsLink opens in a new window
Prof Greg Challis	Elucidating and exploiting molecular mechanisms of bacterial natural product biosynthesisLink opens in a new window
Prof John McCarthy	How to build next-generation regulatory devices to control the production of biotherapeuticsLink opens in a new window
Professor Ioannis Nezis	Isolation and characterization of novel microbial natural products that activate autophagyLink opens in a new window
Dr Séamus Holden	Using single molecule super-resolution microscopy to reveal how bacteria remodel their cell wallLink opens in a new window
Professor Matthew I. Gibson	Point of Care Low Cost NanobiosensorsLink opens in a new window
Dr Elizabeth Fullam	Towards new drugs and diagnostics for tuberculosis: Elucidating and exploiting essential pathways in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenLink opens in a new window
Dr Bruno Martins	The coupling between the circadian clock, metabolism and the environment: a systems' approachLink opens in a new window
Dr Alexander Darlington	Synthetic/Engineering biology: Improving performance within host and biotechnological constraintsLink opens in a new window
Dr Alexander Darlington	Understanding and engineering membrane protein expression for industrial biotechnology applicationsLink opens in a new window
Dr Fabrizio Alberti	Harnessing biopharmaceuticals from microorganismsLink opens in a new window
Professor David Roper	Understanding bacterial cell wall synthesis and its linkage to cell division for next generation antibiotic drugsLink opens in a new window
Prof Phillip Stansfeld	Assembly & Dynamics of Macromolecular Complexes from Bacterial PathogensLink opens in a new window
Prof Phillip Stansfeld	Identifying new drug targets within Mycobacterium tuberculosisLink opens in a new window
Prof Christopher Rodrigues	Spore formation in model and pathogenic bacteriaLink opens in a new window
Dr Meera Unnikrishnan	Investigation the molecular basis of C. difficile-commensal interactionsLink opens in a new window
Prof Orkun Soyer	Cell metabolism dynamics in cancerLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window
Prof Orkun Soyer	Microbial interactions in spatially organised photogranulesLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window
Prof Orkun Soyer	Multicellularity and motility in filamentous cyanobacteriaLink opens in a new window
Dr. Matthew Jenner	Genomics-driven exploitation of aphid-killing bacteria as a source of novel biopesticidesLink opens in a new window
Prof Anne Straube	Mechanisms of dynein-mediated transport of Marek's Disease VirusLink opens in a new window
Dr Wing Ying Chow	Solid-state NMR approaches to deliver new insights into the extracellular matrixLink opens in a new window
Dr Craig Thompson	The Evolution of Virus TopologyLink opens in a new window
Dr. Matthew Jenner	Engineering Biosynthetic Assembly Lines for the Incorporation of Photoreactive DiazirinesLink opens in a new window
Dr Munehiro Asally	Self-organizing collective dynamics in bacteriaLink opens in a new window
Dr Munehiro Asally	Molecular basis of bacterial electrophysiologyLink opens in a new window
Professor Yin Chen	Uncovering the role of lipid renovation in bacteria-host interactions
Professor Yin Chen	What is the role of uracil in DNA?

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Aston based projects

Principal Supervisor	Project title
Dr Doug Browning	Antimicrobial resistance and gene regulation in Enteroaggregative Escherichia coliLink opens in a new window
Dr Jonathan Cox	Investigating how cell wall lipid composition impacts physiology and pathogenicity of Mycobacterium abscessus complexLink opens in a new window
Dr Alan Goddard	Cell membrane engineering for biotechnologyLink opens in a new window
Dr Ewan Ross	Investigating the host pathogen interaction between Salmonella and the bone marrow stem cell nicheLink opens in a new window
Dr Alice Rothnie	Investigating the effect of lipid environment on ABC transporter structure and functionLink opens in a new window
Professor Corinne M. Spickett	Rusty Cells: redox regulation of cell signalling and responses to stressLink opens in a new window

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