Projects
Funded research across health, agriculture, environment, and biosecurity
SUSTAIN CDTSUSTAIN: UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Agri-Food Systems
UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable, Understandable agri-food Systems Transformed by Artificial INtelligence.
Food-CoCentreCo-Centre for Sustainable Food Systems
Large-scale co-centre bringing together researchers across sustainable and resilient food systems.
MDR EvolutionRevealing new insights into MDR evolution, ecology and transmission across human, animal and environmental microbiomes
Investigating multi-drug resistance evolution and transmission dynamics across the One Health interface.
ZnO & AMRIntended and unintended consequences of the ZnO ban from pig diets on antimicrobial resistance, post-weaning diarrhoea and the microbiome
Assessing how the EU/UK ban on zinc oxide in pig feed affects antimicrobial resistance and the pig gut microbiome.
AquaPhage 2AquaPhage Phase 2: Lough Neagh Harmful Algal Bloom biocontrol using phages
Using bacteriophages to control harmful cyanobacterial blooms in Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland.
IntercroppingEvaluation of cereals and protein crops for mono and intercropping and their impact on land
Computational evaluation of cereal and protein crop systems for sustainable land use.
Micro-Mach UTIMicro-Mach UTI: Combining microbiome and genomic approaches with machine learning for early detection and treatment of urinary tract infection
Applying microbiome sequencing and machine learning to improve UTI diagnosis and treatment.
UTI DetectionEarly Detection and Pre-Emptive Management of Urinary Tract Infection and Renal Catheter-related Sepsis
Early detection tools for urinary tract infection and sepsis in catheter patients.
Biosecurity AIAI-Driven Pangenomics in Bacteria
Developing AI tools to detect deliberately introduced or engineered genomic elements in bacterial genomes.
Broiler StuntingUnravelling the aetiology of Stunting in UK Broiler Flocks through novel microdissection and genomic sequencing
Using genomic sequencing to understand the causes of stunting in UK broiler chicken flocks.
PHA PolymersProduction-Application-Environmental Impact of Biodegradable Polymers Based on Polyhydroxyalkanoates
Investigating the production, application, and environmental impact of biodegradable PHA-based polymers.