SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics
Combining viral genomics with epidemiology, we investigated SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics in hospitals, analysis tools to support infection control, care home outbreaks, superspreader events, transmission in the University sector, and viral dynamics in immunocompromised patients.
Antimalarial drug resistance in Southeast Asia
Study investigating the spread and intensification of drug resistance in P. falciparum malaria in the Greater Mekong subregion of southeast Asia.
Genome-wide patterns of mutation in Plasmodium falciparum
During my PhD, I used mutation accumulation lines to study de novo mutations in P. falciparum. We discovered processes of antigenic variation for immune escape, and systematic mutation biases driving high AT content in the P. falciparum genome.
E. coli bloodstream infections
A study of E. coli bloodstream infections in Cambridge, combining genomic epidemiology with serological profiling to investigate bacterial virulence, AMR and transmission.
Developing scalable P. falciparum whole genome sequencing
A method for whole genome sequencing the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum from dried blood spots - which are readily collected in endemic settings.
Sickle-associated loci in the P. falciparum genome
Genome-wide association study identified a novel locus in the P. falciparum genome associated with sickle cell haemoglobin.
Summaries of previous projects, with links to papers