Lab Members
PhD Student
Jasira Patel
Jasira's research focusses on understanding the interplay between harmless commensal bacteria and the respiratory pathogen Haemophilus influenzae, determining whether the commensals can be used as future therapeutics for infection.
PhD Student
Divine Derefaka
Divine's research focusses on the development of a humane respiratory mucosal model that replaces the use of animal models and animal-based products to investigate the role of Streptococcus pneumoniae biofilms in respiratory infections.
PhD Student
Harini Satkunarasa
Harini's research focusses on the development of a lab-based laundering model for the investigation of biofilm formation, antimicrobial/disinfectant resistance, and biofilm-removal interventions.
MRes Student
Lord Cudjoe
Lord's research focusses on the development and evaluation of novel phytochemicals as nebulisable treatments for respiratory tract biofilm infections.
PhD Student
Katie Hussain
Katie's research focusses on investigating the role of biofilms within industrial healthcare, pharmaceutical and hospitality laundries. She explores their impact on infection control, antibiotic resistance, wastewater and the environment.
MRes Student
Muhammad Atif
Muhammad's research focusses on understanding the interactions taking place within interkingdom biofilms, determining how bacteria and fungi contribute towards respiratory infection.
Recent & Key Publications
Multi-excitation Raman spectroscopy for label-free, strain-level characterisation of bacterial pathogens in artificial sputum media (2022).
Lister AP, Highmore CJ, Hanrahan N, Read J, Munro APS, Tan S, Allan RN, Faust SN, Webb JS, Mahajan S.
Analytical Chemistry.
PMID: 34978813
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c02501
An integrated model system to gain mechanistic insights into biofilm-associated antimicrobial resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa MPAO1 (2020).
Allan RN*, Varadarajan AR*, Valentin JDP*, Castaneda Ocampo OE, Somerville V, Pietsch F, Buhmann MT, West J, Skipp PJ, van der Mei HC, Ren Q, Schreiber F, Webb JS, Aherns CH.
npj Biofilms and Microbiomes.
PMID: 33127897
DOI: 10.1038/s41522-020-00154-8
[Article Link] *Equal contribution
Targeting Biofilms: Current and Prospective Therapeutics (2017).
Allan RN*, Koo H, Howlin RP, Stoodley P & Hall-Stoodley L.
Nature Reviews Microbiology.
PMID: 28944770
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro.2017.99
Pronounced metabolic changes in adaptation to biofilm growth by Streptococcus pneumoniae (2014).
Allan RN, Skipp P, Jefferies J, Clarke SC, Faust SN, Hall-Stoodley L & Webb J.
PLoS One.
PMID: 25188255
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107015
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