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.
PhD candidates
Matt Irwin
SoCoBio DTP
Co-supervision
Yi Wu
SNIPRBiome
Simran Krishnakant Kushwaha
Co-supervision
Birla Institute of Technology and Science
Ruweyda Sayid
Black Futures Scholarship
Rachel Buchanan
SoCoBio DTP
Co-supervision
Savannah Rivera
BRC
Co-supervision
Ann Varghese
BRC and LifeArc
Postgraduates
Karel Jansen
Undergraduates
Ana Zyumbyuleva
Velanco Fernandes
Emma Hardy
Kai Lambon
Alumni
Michael Andrew, BMBS Medicine, 2023
Joe Pemberton | Summer intern, 2023
David Jones | Summer intern, 2023
Joaquin Cardenas Rodriguez, MSc Biomedical Sciences, 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
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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Thomas Todeschini
Daniela Rothschild Rodriguez
SoCoBio DTP