Developing safe and eco-friendly detergents based on natural ingredients (with Bio-D) Funded by QR FHS Research Fund and the University of Hull (£9,000) IN PROGRESS
Elucidating how various bacterial subunits affect human immune cell response to infection Funded by Ms Rachel Williams, co-supervised with Dr Stefano Caserta in 2022 (£9,000) IN PROGRESS
Elucidating how pathogenic and probiotic bacteria affect murine immune cell response to infection Funded by Ms Wanzhu Jia, co-supervised with Dr Stefano Caserta in 2021 (£9,000) COMPLETED
Natural ANTimicrobials as preservatives for biomass solid Fuels (NaturANT-Fuels) Funded by Research England via BioVale as part of the THYME Project in 2021 (£47,000) COMPLETED In collaboration with Dr Vicky Skoulou (Hull), BetaTec and Peter Hurst from the University of York
An in silico genomic and metabolomic study of Lactobacillus reuteri Funded by The University of Hull in 2021 (£2,900) COMPLETED Output: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35889060/
Evaluating the antibacterial properties of natural cleaning products Funded by Bio-D in 2020 (£2,700)COMPLETED
A genomic mining study of biofilm formation by foodborne pathogenic bacteria Funded by The University of Hull in 2020 (£4,600) COMPLETED An in silico genomic and metabolomic study of key probiotic bacteria Funded by Research England via BioVale as part of the THYME Project in 2020 (£6,000) COMPLETED
Machine learning and metabolic modelling of key bacteria growing in biofilm mode in the human gut Funded by Research England via BioVale as part of the THYME Project in 2019 (£50,000) COMPLETED In collaboration with Dr Claudio Angione from Teesside University Output: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36720400/
Evaluating the anti-biofilm properties of Scottish heather honey Funded by the Scottish Funding Council in 2018 (£5,000) COMPLETED In collaboration with Dr Veronique Seidel from the University of Strathclyde and the Scottish Bee Company Output: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33334017/