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Microbiology

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About

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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People, projects and publications

People

Dr Sandra Wilks

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Applied biofilm research
  • Medical devices
  • Infection prevention

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Sandra

Email: S.A.Wilks@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 2034

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Dr Tomislav Cernava

Assoc Prof in Plant-Microbe Interactions

Research interests

  • Plant-microbe interactions
  • Plant and environmental microbiomes
  • Microbiome genes (M genes)

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Tomislav

Email: T.Cernava@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2380592559

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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

Connect with Vladimir

Email: V.Jiranek@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 4466

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Dr William King

Lecturer in Plant-Microbe Interactions

Research interests

  • Root microbiome
  • Microbial interactions
  • Microbiome manipulation

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with William

Email: W.L.King@soton.ac.uk

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Jeremy Webb
Professor of Microbiology
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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.