FRANKLIN NOBREGA
Principal Investigator
I am an Associate Professor in Microbiology at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton. My team's research focuses on the arms-race between bacteria and their viruses, the bacteriophages, from a biological, ecological, and therapeutic perspective. We seek to understand the impact of bacteriophages in shaping natural microbial communities, particularly their role in the evolution of defence and anti-defence mechanisms, and their capacity to modulate bacterial metabolism, especially in complex microbial communitites. We also work to develop innovative phage therapy approaches to fight antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections.
Postdoctoral researchers
Simran Krishnakant Kushwaha
BRC Bridging fellowship
Yi Wu
PhD candidates
Matt Irwin
SoCoBio DTP
Co-supervision
Andrea Mula
BRC
Co-supervision
Rachel Buchanan
SoCoBio DTP
Savannah Rivera
BRC
Co-supervision
Michelle Lin
BRC and SoCoBio DTP
Co-supervision
Emma Hardy
BRC and SoCoBio DTP
Postgraduates
Robyn Pringle
Undergraduates
Internships
Esme Brisden
The Phage Collection
Alumni
Daniela Taverner, MSc Natural Sciences, 2025
Vienna-Rose Raynen, BSc Biomedical Sciences, 2025
Willam Lane, MSc Biomedical Sciences, 2025
Nonth Submunkongtawee | Internship, 2025
Kai Lambon, MRes Big Data Biology, 2024
Karel Jansen, MSc Biomedical Sciences, 2024
Thomas Todeschini, PhD, 2024
Ana Zyumbyuleva, MSc Biomedical Sciences, 2024
Velanco Fernandes, MSc Biomedical Sciences, 2024
Emma Hardy, MSc Biomedical Sciences, 2024
Michael Andrew, BMBS Medicine, 2023
Joe Pemberton | Summer intern, 2023
David Jones | Summer intern, 2023
Joaquin Cardenas Rodriguez, MSc Biomedical Sciences and Summer intern, 2023
Hamed Alahmad, MSc Biomedical Sciences, 2023
Abhirath Anand | Internship, 2023
Sarah Aveline, MSc Biomedical Sciences, 2023
David Santo, MSc Biology and Marine Biology, 2023
Rachel Buchanan, MSc Biomedical Sciences, 2023
Cristian Aparicio-Maldonado, PhD, 2023
James Weir, BMBS Medicine, 2023
Lucy Evans, SoCoBio UG Summer Studenship, 2022
Kate Pearse, BSc Biomedical Sciences, intern, 2022
Morgen Hedges, MSc Biomedical Sciences, intern, 2022
Anne van den Hurk, MSc Biomedical Sciences, 2022
Liliana Jeziorska, BSc Biomedical Sciences, intern, 2022
Jordan Dingley, MSc Biomedical Sciences, 2022
Rupavidhya Mondi, MSc Biomedical Sciences, 2022
Ameena Naji | Internship, 2021
Hans Owen | Summer intern, 2021
Alessio Labanca, MSc Genomic Medicine, 2021
Yannick van Schajik, MSc Biomedical Sciences, 2021
Callum Pickett-Smith, MSc Biochemistry, 2021 | Summer intern 2021
Jesse Rolfe, MSc Biochemistry, 2021
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Ruweyda Sayid
Black Futures Scholarship
Daniela Rothschild Rodriguez
SoCoBio DTP