Collaborators
David Randall and Magdi Yaqoob, William Harvey Research Institute, Chronic kidney disease, 2017
Dr Thomas Clavel, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany, 2016
Yogesh S. Shouche, National Centre For Cell Science, Pune, 2016
Professor Simon Carding, Institute of Food Research, Norwich, 2016
Dr Simon McArthur, Blizard Institute, 2015
Dr Lindsay Hall, Institute of Food Research, Norwich, 2015
Professor Dr Friederike Hilbert, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria, 2015
Dr Alistair Noble, St Mark's Hospital, Imperial College London, 2015
Professor Stella Knight, St Mark's Hospital, Imperial College London, 2015
Dr Anne L. McCartney, University of Reading, 2005
Professor Glenn R. Gibson, University of Reading, 2005
Professor Edward Moore, CCUG: Culture Collection, University of Göteborg, Sweden, 1997
Guest Lectures
Integrated systems biology to understand the role of the gut microbiome in health and disease, Invest in ME Research, London, 2018
Integrated systems biology to study the contribution of the gut microbiome to liver disease in obese women, University of Warwick, Coventry, 2017
Integrated systems biology tostudy the contribution of thegut microbiome to steatosis inobese women, Imperial College London, London, 2017
Gut metagenomics and human health, Institute of Biomedical Science, Congress - Birmingham, 2017
Integrated systems biology to study non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in obese women, Middlesex University, London, UK, 2017
Dietary methylamines, the gut microbiota and host health, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany, 2016
Use of next-generation sequencing in microbiome studies, University of Westminster, London, 2016
Systems biology applied to the in vivo and in vitro microbiome, University of Westminster, London, 2015
Introducing IMP: Imperial Metagenomics Pipeline, London Microbiome Meeting, St Thomas' Hospital, 2015
Microbiota and metabolome associated with the human caecum, Exploring Human Host–Microbiome Interactions in Health and Disease, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, 2013
Research Student Supervision
Alambriti,E, Does exposure to branched-chain amino acids affect intestinal and blood-brain barrier integrity?
Alhuzimi,E, Validation of a customized scoring matrix to identify EhSINE1 tandem repeats in the AT-rich genome of Entamoeba histolytica, and application of the methodology to the human genome
Bergamaschi,C, Comparison of DNA extraction methods for use with in vitro fermentation samples
Brook,TC, Genomic diversity of gut-associated lytic bacteriophages with activity against Klebsiella pneumoniae
Brueul,E, Characterization of β-glucanases of aerobic bacilli isolated from human faeces
Chambers,R, Use of denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis to investigate the microbial diversity of faecal samples from autistic individuals
Charge,Z, Exploiting 16S rRNA gene sequence data to examine diversity of Coriobacteriia in microbiomes
Chen,Y, Diversity of Klebsiella oxytoca and related species in the human gut microbiota
Chen,Y, Genome analysis of Gram-negative bacteria isolated from preterm baby faeces and whole-genome analysis of Klebsiella oxytoca
Golding,C, Comparison of metagenomic and metataxonomic data generated from in vitro fermentation systems
Hargreaves,S, Pangenome and metapangenome analyses of Collinsella aerofaciens
Hobbs,D, Isolation and characterization of lipase-positive bacteria isolated from human faeces
Honda,H, Characterization of Bacillus species with potential probiotic applications
Hsieh,SY, Investigating the intestinal virome in myalgic encephalomyelitis
Jones,S, Gut-derived microbial metabolites affect gene expression in an in vitro model of the human blood–brain barrier
Khan,H, The isolation and characterisation of bacteriophages that infect Klebsiella pneumoniae subspecies pneumoniae
Kisa,MT, Characterization of bacteriophages active against clinical strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae
Newberry,F, Gut viruses and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome
Niedzwiedzka,D, Analysis and interpretation of microarray data to understand the influence of gut-derived microbial metabolites on the brain–gut axis
Paenkaew,P, Influence of TNFalpha and IFNgamma on the blood-brain barrier: making better use of publicly available gene expression data
Paredes Caballero,M, Isolation and characterization of bacteriophages that kill Klebsiella pneumoniae
Qiling,C, Influence of trimethylamine N-oxide on metabolism and gene expression of Klebsiella pneumoniae L4-FAA5 isolated from the human caecum
Quinonez Gaspar,C, Harry Smith Vacation Studentship: Isolation and characterization of lytic bacteriophages that infect Klebsiella pneumoniae
Savarese,F, Comparison of methods of RNA isolation from the strain L4-FAA5 of Klebsiella pneumoniae subspecies pneumoniae
Shibu,P, Isolation and characterisation of bacteriophages active against carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria
Snelling,T, Understanding the influence of gut-derived microbial metabolites on the brain–gut axis
Solaiman,NS, Isolation of bacteriophages against Streptococcus cristatus
Thorasin,T, Investigation of diversity of Coriobacteriaceae populations in the human faecal microbiota
Tijani,T, Isolation and characterization of bacteriophages that infect and kill Klebsiella pneumoniae subspecies pneumoniae
Umlai,UK, Gut-derived microbial short-chain fatty acids and methylamines: in vitro effects on blood-brain barrier function
Xia,WJ, Isolation and molecular characterization of aerobic bacilli and Actinobacteria associated with the human faecal microbiota