Biography
Microbiologist and genomicist interested in the evolution of bacterial pathogens and their mobile genetic elements.
Research
I study how mobile genetic elements such as plasmids and phages facilitate the exchange of genetic information in bacteria and how this process impacts the emergence and evolution of pathogens. I am also interested in the dynamics of bacterial genomes and the molecular mechanisms by which bacteria evolve.
Key Projects, Countries, and Partners
Key current projects:
- Coevolution of plasmids and antibiotic resistance, with Nick Thomson and Zamin Iqbal, Sanger Institute and EMBL-EBI, UK
- Genomics of P. aeruginosa clinical isolates, with Craig Winstanley and Jo Fothergill, University of Liverpool, UK
- Sociomicrobiology of P. aeruginosa, with Rodolfo Contreras, UNAM, Mexico
- Molecular characterisation of phage proteins, with Wendy Figueroa and Daniel Cazares, University of Cambridge and UNAM, UK and Mexico
