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In collaboration with other biological science faculties, our research areas are: 

  • environmental agri-food and clinical settings of physiology 
  • antimicrobial resistance 
  • development 
  • evolution 
  • genetics
  • molecular ecology of biofilms
  • microbiome communities
  • infectious prions

 
We have recently led a successful bid by 4 leading Russell Group research institutions and a wider partnership of 14 collaborating institutions across the UK for the new National Innovation Biofilm Centre funded by: 

  • the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) 
  • Innovate UK  
  • partnering companies

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Dr Catherine Bryant

Research Fellow in Bio-engin Nanocoating

Email: c.a.bryant@soton.ac.uk

Address: B85, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Professor Charles Keevil

Professor In Environmental Health Care

Email: c.w.keevil@soton.ac.uk

Address: B85, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

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Dr Daniel Kaganovich

Associate Professor of Neurobiology

Dr Franklin Nobrega BSc, MSc, PhD

Associate Professor

Email: f.nobrega@soton.ac.uk

Address: B85, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

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Professor Jeremy Webb

Professor of Microbiology

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: j.s.webb@soton.ac.uk

Address: B85, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

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Dr Marc Dumont

Lecturer in Environmental Microbiology

Research interests

  • Methanotrophs and methane cycling
  • Microbial communities in soils, sediments, and aquatic systems
  • Biogeochemical cycles

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: m.g.dumont@soton.ac.uk

Address: B85, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

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Dr Nela Nikolic

Lecturer in Microbiology

Research interests

  • Roles of accessory genetic elements in bacterial resilience
  • Dynamic interactions between bacterial viruses (phages) and bacterial populations
  • Novel antimicrobial treatments and phage therapy against bacterial diseases

Accepting applications from PhD students

Dr Rodolphe Herve

Senior Research Fellow

Email: r.herve@soton.ac.uk

Address: Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road Shirley, SO16 6YD

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Dr Sandra Wilks

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Applied biofilm research
  • Medical devices
  • Infection prevention

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: s.a.wilks@soton.ac.uk

Address: B85, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

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Professor Vladimir Jiranek

Professor

Research interests

  • Microbiology of beverage fermentations 
  • Cell-cell interations and filamentous/invasive growth in yeast
  • How has yeast evolved to survive in nature and interact with insects 

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: v.jiranek@soton.ac.uk

Address: B85, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

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My research group aims to understand how biofilms develop and disperse and how they respond to environmental stresses including therapeutic compounds.
Professor Jeremy Webb
Professor of Microbiology
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