Core Members
Researchers based at OHRBID
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Lab Manager
Keeps our lab working well and looking ship shape!
Experienced in a range of molecular techniques
Has collaborated internationally in Tanzania and Germany
Tianjiao Fang
PhD student
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Background in veterinary medicine and infectious disease
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Interests: AMR, aquaculture, molecular biology
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Research: Exploring factors shaping antimicrobial resistance in aquatic environments
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Favourite bacteria: Erysipelothrix, Coxiella
PhD student
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Background in veterinary medicine and infectious disease
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Interests: neglected zoonotic diseases, molecular epidemiology and mathematical modelling
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Research: Exploring the genetic diversity, antimicrobial resistance determinants and transmission dynamics of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in hospitals and communities from northern Tanzania
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Favourite bacteria: Escherichia coli, Salmonella enterica, Klebsiella pneumoniae
Senior Lecturer
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Interests: molecular epidemiology, aquaculture, AMR, wildlife disease
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Research: 'Next Generation Veterinarian', applying bacterial genomics approaches to address global health challenges
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Favourite bacteria: Erysipelothrix, Bacillus anthracis, ESBL Enterobacteriaceae, Group B Streptococcus
Senior Lecturer
Interests: epidemiology, surveillance and control of zoonotic pathogens
Research: investigating the health, productivity and ecological impacts of endemic bacterial zoonoses in Tanzania and in Scotland
Favourite bacteria: Brucella, Bartonella, Coxiella and Leptospira
PhD student
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Veterinarian interested in investigating risk posed by ruminant-associated Coxiella burnetii to livestock and human health in Great Britain
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Interests: Infectious diseases, Public Health, Zoonotic diseases, Epidemiology, Surveillance
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Favourite bacteria: Coxiella, Mycobacterium, Brucella and Salmonella
Alan Mollins
PhD student (Strathclyde / Glasgow)
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Background in biomedical engineering with industry experience in translational science. Now researching the development of organic bioelectronics for rapid AMR testing.
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Interests: AMR, biosensing, optical sensing and imaging, point of care diagnostics, global health
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Favourite bacteria: Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Lab Technician
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Providing support and help across the lab
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Background in molecular and immunological techniques
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Interests: disease pathology, immune-mediated diseases, public health
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Favourite bacteria: Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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PhD student
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Research: Exploring how climate change affects bacterial virulence, resistance, and persistence in agricultural settings.
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Interests: AMR, microbial ecology, infectious disease
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Favourite bacteria: Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp., Yersinia pestis
Lecturer
Interests: bacterial genomics, AMR and infectious diseases
Research: Microbiologist, studying the transmission of human and animal pathogens and AMR in hospital and community settings
Favourite bacteria: Enterobacteriaceae, Group A Streptococcus, Mycoplasma, human and bovine tuberculosis
Lecturer
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Interests: One Health microbiology, AMR, aquaculture, infectious disease, evolution
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Research: Investigating how veterinary, clinical and environmental bacterial pathogens can persist in the environment, and how environmental factors may drive their evolution towards the emergence of variants with enhanced pathogenicity
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Favourite bacteria: Yersinia ruckeri, E. coli, Salmonella spp., Vibrio cholerae