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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

Professor Charles Keevil

Professor In Environmental Health Care
Connect with Charles

Email: C.W.Keevil@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 4726

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Dr Daniel Kaganovich

Associate Professor of Neurobiology
Connect with Daniel

Email: D.Kaganovich@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Franklin Nobrega BSc, MSc, PhD

Associate Professor
Connect with Franklin

Email: F.Nobrega@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2380 590263 (20263)

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Professor Jeremy Webb

Professor of Microbiology

Research interests

  • Microbial biofilms and their control
  • Adaptive biology and evolution of microorganisms
  • Biofilm-associated infection

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Jeremy

Email: J.S.Webb@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 4390

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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

Connect with Marc

Email: M.G.Dumont@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 4369

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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

Connect with Nela

Email: N.Nikolic@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Rodolphe Herve

Senior Research Fellow
Connect with Rodolphe

Email: R.Herve@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2381205711

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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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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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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