Focus area: Genetics

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  An interview with Dr Amy Pickering

  Dr Amy Pickering is a Research Fellow and Lab Manager based at the Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh. She is a member of the Microbiology Society and Chair of the ECM Forum Executive. In this interview she tells us more about her research into the evolution and pathogenesis of Staphylococcal species, why this is important, and why it is important to be so involved with the Microbiology Society.

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  An interview with Anna Dewar

  Anna Dewar is a PhD student in the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford, and a member of the Microbiology Society. In this interview, she discusses her research on bacterial cooperation and horizontal gene transfer and tells us why she thinks microbiology matters.

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  An interview with Connor Bamford

  Connor Bamford is a Wellcome Institutional Strategic Support Fund (ISSF) Fellow at Queens University, Belfast and a member of the Microbiology Society. In this interview, he tells us more about the importance of CRISPR-Cas and its impact on the world of genetics.

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  An interview with Dr Emma Denham

  Dr Emma Denham is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Bath, and a member of the Microbiology Society. In this interview, she tells us more about her research which focuses on studying gene regulation in bacteria, and how, with the use of cutting-edge RNA-sequencing techniques and molecular biology, she is helping to identify the interacting partners of sRNAs.

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  An interview with Professor Geraldine Butler

  Geraldine Butler is Professor in the School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science at University College in Dublin. She is also a member of the Microbiology Society and is organising and chairing the Candida and Candidiasis 2021 meeting. In this interview, she tells us more about her research and why she thinks microbiology matters.

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  An interview with Dr Liz Jenkinson

  Dr Liz Jenkinson is Chief Executive at Biocleave, a company that uses microbiology and chemistry to create sustainable ingredients which can be used in the manufacture of consumer goods and industrial products. In this interview, she tells us more about how her research is helping to develop sustainable alternatives in industry and why she values being a member of the Microbiology Society.

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  An interview with Dr Lori Snyder

  Dr Lori Snyder is an Associate Professor at Kingston University, UK, and a member of the Microbiology Society. In this interview, she shares how her interest in the issue of antimicrobial resistance has led her to identify alternative therapies, using genomics with experimental work in order to understand bacterial pathogens.

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  An interview with Norman Van Rhijin

  Norman van Rhijin is a Research Associate based at the University of Manchester, a member of the Microbiology Society, and Society Champion. In this interview, he tells us more about his research which focuses on Aspergillus fumigatus, why he thinks microbiology is important, and why he values being a member of the Microbiology Society.

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  An interview with Dr Paul Fogg

  Dr Paul Fogg is a Sir Henry Dale Fellow at the University of York and a member of the Microbiology Society. His research focuses on Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT), and in this interview, he tells us more about his research, including how working to understand rapid bacterial evolution can help to predict and fight the spread of antibiotic resistance.

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  An interview with Dr Stineke van Houte

  Dr Stineke van Houte is a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Future Leader Fellow and is based at the Environment and Sustainability Institute at the University of Exeter. She is also a member of the Microbiology Society. In this interview, she tells us more about her research into CRISPR-Cas immune systems in bacteria, why her research is important and why microbiology matters.

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  An interview with Dr Tim Regan

  Dr Tim Regan is a postdoctoral researcher based at the Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and a member of the Microbiology Society. In this interview, he tells us more about his research into early-life host-microbiota interactions, why the relationship between pathogens and their hosts is important, and more about his research into CRISPR-Cas.

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  An interview with Professor Graham Hatfull

  Graham Hatfull is Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, USA, and is a member of the Microbiology Society and was awarded the 2020 Peter Wildy Prize, and he is a Fellow of the American Society for Microbiology. In this interview, he tells us about his research into bacteriophages and roles in science, science education, and medicine.

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  An interview with Meaghan Castledine

  Meaghan Castledine is a PhD student at the University of Exeter, UK, and a member of the Microbiology Society. In this interview, she tells us more about her research which focuses on phage therapy and why this research is essential in order to develop methods to predict bacteria and phage evolution.

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  An interview with Dr Nick Watefield

  Dr Nick Waterfield is a Reader in the department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Warwick Medical School and a member of the Microbiology Society. In this interview he tells us more about why understanding how pathogens jump species barriers to infect humans and livestock is important to microbiology.

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  An interview with Dr Callum Cooper

  Dr Callum Cooper is a Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Microbiology at the University of Sunderland. He is also a member of the Microbiology Society and in this interview, tells us more about bacteriophages and how we can use them to treat antimicrobial resistant bacteria infections.

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  An interview with Dr Antonia Sagona

  Dr Antonia Sagona is an Assistant Professor at the University of Warwick and a member of the Microbiology Society. Her research focuses on identifying the mechanisms via which bacterial pathogens infection cells and which bacteriophages invade human cells. In this interview, she tells us more about why this research is important and why microbiology matters.

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  An interview with Dr Evelien Adriaenssens

  Dr Evelien Adriaenssens is a Group Leader at the Quadram Institute, Norwich, UK, and a member of the Microbiology Society. In this interview, she tells us more about her research which focuses on investigating the effects of specific phage isolates on the healthy gut microbiome and looking at the interaction between AMR and phage resistance.

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  An interview with Dr Prateek Sharma

  Dr Prateek Sharma is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, UK, and a member of the Microbiology Society. In this interview, he tells us more about his research in the field of genetics, why he thinks this is important to microbiology, and what it is like to be a member of the Microbiology Society.