STAFF & POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH STUDENTS
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Dr Freya Harrison (PI)
Oluwatosin Orababa (PhD student)
Manuela Marai (PhD student)
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Dr Dean Walsh (post-doc)
Phoebe Do Carmo Silva (PhD student)
Ayomikun Kade (PhD student)
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Rupika Gulati (PhD student)
Natasha Reddy (PhD student)
Charlotte Cornbill (PhD student)
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LAB ALUMNI
Dr Jenny Littler (PhD student) passed her viva in 2023 and moved to a role as Senior Scientist at Warwick's NEQAS-accredited Antimicrobial Screening Facility. She tweets here.
Dr Blessing Oydemi (post-doc) left the lab in 2022.
Dr Jessica Furner-Pardoe (PhD student) passed her viva in 2022 and moved to a post at the UK Health Security Agency. She tweets here.
Dr Ramón Garcia Maset (PhD student) passed his viva in 2022 and moved to a post-doc at UCL. He tweets here.
Dr Niamh Harrington (PhD student) passed her viva in 2022 and moved to a post-doc at the University of Liverpool. She tweets here.
Dr Holly Shropshire (research assistant) joined us to lead an antimicrobial screening project for an industrial partner, before moving to a post-doc at Warwick.
Dr John Lapage (post-doc) left to become a Bioscience Lead fighting COVID-19 at the Rosalind Franklin Megalab. He tweets here.
Dr Esther Sweeney (research technician) left for a research manager post at the University of Southampton. She tweets here.
Dr Blessing Anonye (post-doc) left for a lectureship at the University of Central Lancashire. She tweets here.
Dr Marwa Hassan (post-doc) left for a post-doc position at the University of Surrey. She tweets here.
UNDERGRADUATE, MSc & FIRST-YEAR PHD ROTATION PROJECTS
2022-23
2021-22
2020-21
2019-20
2018-19
2017-18
2016-17
Dr Jenny Littler (PhD student) passed her viva in 2023 and moved to a role as Senior Scientist at Warwick's NEQAS-accredited Antimicrobial Screening Facility. She tweets here.
Dr Blessing Oydemi (post-doc) left the lab in 2022.
Dr Jessica Furner-Pardoe (PhD student) passed her viva in 2022 and moved to a post at the UK Health Security Agency. She tweets here.
Dr Ramón Garcia Maset (PhD student) passed his viva in 2022 and moved to a post-doc at UCL. He tweets here.
Dr Niamh Harrington (PhD student) passed her viva in 2022 and moved to a post-doc at the University of Liverpool. She tweets here.
Dr Holly Shropshire (research assistant) joined us to lead an antimicrobial screening project for an industrial partner, before moving to a post-doc at Warwick.
Dr John Lapage (post-doc) left to become a Bioscience Lead fighting COVID-19 at the Rosalind Franklin Megalab. He tweets here.
Dr Esther Sweeney (research technician) left for a research manager post at the University of Southampton. She tweets here.
Dr Blessing Anonye (post-doc) left for a lectureship at the University of Central Lancashire. She tweets here.
Dr Marwa Hassan (post-doc) left for a post-doc position at the University of Surrey. She tweets here.
UNDERGRADUATE, MSc & FIRST-YEAR PHD ROTATION PROJECTS
2022-23
- Nicole Gilardi-Scopa (Fourth-year MBio project): Investigating Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a novel ventilator-associated pneumonia model.
- Joni MacDonald (Fourth-year MBio project): Investigating Candida albicans in a novel ventilator associated-pneumonia model.
- Six third-year undergrad projects - systematic reviews and laboratory explorations of the antimicrobial efficacy of plants traditionally used to treat infections, and a meta-analysis of the effects of Aspergillus infection onpeople with cystic fibrosis.
2021-22
- Matt Pledge (Fourth-year MBio project): Comparing the growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Burkholderia cenocepacia in models of cystic fibrosis lung infection and ventilator-associated pneumonia.
- Puney Jain (Fourth-year MBio project): The evolution of antibiotic resistance in different laboratory media and infection models.
- Anisa Blower (Fourth-year MBio project): The uses of honey and vinegar as 'ancientbiotics'
2020-21
- Freya Allen (Fourth-year MBio project): Pseudomonas aeruginosa gene expression over time in an ex vivo model of cystic fibrosis
- Robynn Wiszniewska (Fourth-year MBio project): The effect of environment on bacterial susceptibility to antibiotics
- Third-year undergrad projects - systematic reviews of the antimicrobial efficacy of plants traditionally used to treat infections
2019-20
- Philip Hewlett (Fourth-year MBio project): Streptococcus pneumoniae lung infections
- Branagh Crealock-Ashurst (elective research placement during post-grad medicine degree): Assessing acute and chronic Staphylococcus aureus virulence and persistence within cystic fibrosis using an ex vivo lung infection model
- Third-year undergrad projects on the role of Aspergillus spp. in CF lung disease and the antimicrobial properties of stinging nettles.
2018-19
- Callum Parsons, MSc(Research) project: Biological activity of a medieval ‘antibiotic’ preparation
- Two third-year undergrad projects on Investigating the immunomodulatory effects of a medieval “antibiotic”
- Warwick Undergraduate Research Support Scheme summer placement: Colonisation of an ex vivo lung infection model by Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Warwick Undergraduate Research Support Scheme summer placement: Ancientbiotics: investigating the biology behind historical treatments for infection
2017-18
- Two third-year undergrad projects on Why does antibiotic susceptibility testing fail?
- Shajini Subhaskaran (Fourth-year MBio project) How does an "ancientbiotic" kill bacteria?
- Ilyas Alav (Year 1 PhD rotation, Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership) Antibiotic resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms in an ex vivo lung model of cystic fibrosis
2016-17
- Navneet Jandu (Microbiology Society Harry Smith Vacation Project Student) Treating wound pathogens with “ancientbiotics” made from nettles
- Jenny Littler (Third-year undergrad) Ancientbiotics? Testing historical treatments for infection
- Shajini Subhaskaran (Third-year undergrad) 'Ancientbiotics’: discovering antibiotics in historical medical texts
