Dr Caroline Meharg
RESEARCH FOCUS
The goal of the research is to better understand host-microbial interactions in the context of food security. To achieve this goal, we use next generation sequencing, bioinformatics, molecular biology and experimental approaches to study environmental microbiomes and the effect on their host: Next-Generation Sequencing and the study of genomes/transcriptomes and their response to and interaction with the environment, microbiomes, transcriptomics and diversity analysis, soil-plant-microbial interactions, food pathogens and gut microbiota.
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Research Students
PhD title: Amplicon sequencing and metagenomics to study soil microbiota in rice paddy soils in the context of nutrient and toxin flow to the rice plant
Name: Hasina Afroz
First Supervisor: Caroline Meharg
Second Supervisor: Andy Meharg
PhD title: Transcriptomics and amplicon sequencing to study soil microbiota in rice paddy soil amended with different types of fertilisers in the context of nutrient and toxin flow to the rice plant
Name: Monira Begun
First Supervisor: Caroline Meharg
Second Supervisor: Andy Meharg
PhD title: Amplicon sequencing to study soil microbiota in rice paddy soil from different regions in the context of nutrient and toxin flow to the rice plant
Name: Jayani Ampitiyage
First Supervisor: Andy Meharg
Second Supervisor: Caroline Meharg
PhD title: Optimisation of rice cooking procedures to maximise nutritional value whilst limiting bacterial contamination with focus on Bacillus cereus type organisms
Name: Esesua Pogoson
First Supervisor: Andy Meharg
Second Supervisor: Caroline Meharg
Research students
PhD title: Transcriptomics analysis to study edaphic stress adaptations and host microbial interactions in the wild grass Holcus lanatus
Name: Dr. Ellen Young
First Supervisor: Caroline Meharg
Second Supervisor: Andy Meharg
PhD title: Transcriptomics to study toxin and non-toxin producing microalgae first
Name: Fiona Nelson
First Supervisor: Caroline Meharg
Second Supervisor: Katrina Campbell
PhD title: Genomics and transcriptomics to study Bacillus cereus type organisms isolated from rice food products
Name: Laksamee Muensritharam
First Supervisor: Caroline Meharg
Second Supervisor: Chris Elliot
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