Prof Andy Weightman - PhD
Projects
- The Deep Sub-Seafloor Biosphere – adaptations to an extreme environment (EC, NERC)
- Aquatic microbial metagenomics and biogeochemical cycles (NERC)
- Adaptation of ecosystems to aliphatic organohalogens and the evolution of bacterial xenobiotic-degrading enzymes (NERC, AstraZeneca, Wellcome Trust)
- Tackling the problem of 16S rRNA chimeras through analysis of sequence regularity – a software solution (BBSRC)
- Development of a recA gene based identification approach for the entire Burkholderia genus (NERC)
- Studying prokaryotic diversity and interactions in deep terrestrial sediments (Leverhulme Trust).
- Microbial adaptation to degradation of natural and synthetic organohalogens: effects on ecosystem acclimation and natural bioremediation of polluted sites (EC)
- Do deep marine sediment layers contain uniquely adapted physiological types of anaerobic bacteria? (NERC)
- Microbial activity and diversity measurements as tools for improved evaluation of the environmental risks posed by contaminated soil and sediments (ICI/NERC)
Research Group Members
Affiliated Staff
Dr Kevin Ashelford
Dr Louise O’Sullivan
Dr Gerard Selleck
PhD Students
Mark Leggett
Judith White
Chloe Heywood
Julia Sas
Emily Flowers
Falko Matthes
Kwestan Ahmad