Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Dr Ben Temperton

Dr Ben Temperton

Associate Professor of Microbiology

 b.temperton@exeter.ac.uk

 5434

 01392 725434

 Geoffrey Pope L01

 

Geoffrey Pope Building, University of Exeter , Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QD, UK

Overview

I am a microbial ecologist, specializing in bioinformatic analyses of ‘big data’ (metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, metaproteomics) to better understand how interactions within microbial communities enable functional diversity and efficiency that is greater than the sum of its parts. As a former professional software developer, I am interested in combining high-performance computing with multivariate statistical analyses to identify putative drivers of function and diversity in complex communities. Importantly, these hypotheses are then tested in the laboratory using model systems. During my postdoc with Prof. Steve Giovannoni at Oregon State University, I was involved in the discovery of (probably) the most abundant virus on Earth, and my current research continues to explore the fascinating biology of this system.

Broad research specialisms:

Marine microbial ecology, bioinformatics, host-phage interaction, community dynamics, single-cell genomics.

Qualifications

PhD. Microbiology, Queens University Belfast, 2009-2011
MSc Information Technology (Software Engineering), University of Nottingham, 1998-1999
BSc Chemistry (2:i), University Of Birmingham, 1995-1998

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Research

Research interests

My research focuses on the systems biology of marine microbial communities, particularly members like the ubiquitous SAR11 clade which take advantage of communal resources to streamline their genomes to maximize efficiency in oligotrophic environments. This streamlining has an impact on ecotypic specialisation, viral infectivity and defence and community connectedness. Ultimately, co-evolution of streamlined organisms and their communities (particularly their associated viruses) underpins the efficacy of biogeochemical cycling. My research combines bioinformatic analysis of meta 'omics and single-cell genomics with experimental validation of emergent hypotheses in cultured model organisms. I am a strong proponent of open science and founder of the

Bioinformatics Testing Consortium

to improve the quality of bioinformatics via codebase peer-review.

Research projects

Development of sequencing technology for field-based long-read sequencing of marine viruses (NERC)

Microbial Mechanisms of marine carbon flux in the Sargasso Sea (BIOS-SCOPE)

Development of an algal crop protection program through vaccination by novel viruses. (Phyconet)

Using flow cytometry and genomics to characterise and optimise microalgal-bacterial consortia cultivated on Wastewater to produce biomass for Biofuel (BBSRC)

Current Grants:

  • 2018: A War of Tiny Giants - Do viruses impact Pelagibacterales genotype dynamics in the Western English Channel (£798k, NERC)
  • 2016: Developing methods for long-read marine viral metagenomics (£39k, NERC)
  • 2016: Developing Nanopore MinION as a platform for long read viral metagenomics and in-situ screening of viral threats (£10k, Royal Society)
  • 2015: BIOS-SCOPE Fellowship to investigate carbon biogeochemistry in the Sargasso Sea (£90k, Simons Foundation International)
  • 2015: Sea-DNA Development and application of eDNA tools to assess the structure and function of coastal sea ecosystems (£369k, NERC)
  • 2015: Development of an algal crop protection program through vaccination by novel viruses (£70k, Phyconet, BBSRC)
  • 2014: Environmental Single Cell Genomics Instrumentation
    (£495,954, NERC Strategic Environmental Science Capital Call)
  • 2014: AVaRICE: Algal Valorisation & Remediation of metal Ion Contaminated Effluents
    (£70k, GW4+ Funding Panel)
  • 2015: UK Centre of Excellence for Environmental Single Cell Genomics (eSCG)
    (£500,000, Wolfson Foundation

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Publications

Journal articles

Buchholz H, Michelsen M, Parsons R, Bates N, Temperton B (In Press). Draft genomes of Pelagimyophage Mosig EXVC030M and Pelagipodophage Lederberg EXVC029P isolated from Devil’s Hole in Bermuda. Microbiology Resource Announcements
Buchholz H, Michelsen M, Temperton B, Bolanos L, Allen M (In Press). Efficient Dilution-to-Extinction isolation of novel virus-host model systems for fastidious heterotrophic bacteria. The ISME Journal: multidisciplinary journal of microbial ecology
Witherall L, Wagley S, Butler C, Tyler C, Temperton B (In Press). Genome sequences of four Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains isolated from the English Channel and the River Thames. Microbiology Resource Announcements
Warwick-Dugdale J, Buchholz H, Allen M, Temperton B (In Press). Host-hijacking and Planktonic Piracy: How Phages Command the Microbial High Seas. Virology
Warwick-Dugdale J, Moore K, Allen M, Temperton B (In Press). Long-read viral metagenomics captures abundant and microdiverse viral populations and their niche-defining genomic islands. PeerJ
Temperton B (In Press). Marine viral macro- and micro-diversity from pole to pole. Cell Abstract.
Bell AG, McMurtrie J, Bolaños LM, Cable J, Temperton B, Tyler CR (2024). Influence of host phylogeny and water physicochemistry on microbial assemblages of the fish skin microbiome. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 100(3). Abstract.
Fletcher J, Manley R, Fitch C, Bugert C, Moore K, Farbos A, Michelsen M, Alathari S, Senior N, Mills A, et al (2024). The Citizen Phage Library: Rapid Isolation of Phages for the Treatment of Antibiotic Resistant Infections in the UK. Microorganisms, 12(2), 253-253. Abstract.
Alathari S, Chaput DL, Bolaños LM, Joseph A, Jackson VLN, Verner-Jeffreys D, Paley R, Tyler CR, Temperton B (2023). A Multiplexed, Tiled PCR Method for Rapid Whole-Genome Sequencing of Infectious Spleen and Kidney Necrosis Virus (ISKNV) in Tilapia. Viruses, 15(4), 965-965. Abstract.
Noell SE, Hellweger FL, Temperton B, Giovannoni SJ (2023). A Reduction of Transcriptional Regulation in Aquatic Oligotrophic Microorganisms Enhances Fitness in Nutrient-Poor Environments. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, 87(2). Abstract.
Alathari S, Chaput DL, Bolaños LM, Joseph A, Jackson VLN, Verner-Jeffreys D, Paley R, Tyler CR, Temperton B (2023). Correction: Alathari et al. A Multiplexed, Tiled PCR Method for Rapid Whole-Genome Sequencing of Infectious Spleen and Kidney Necrosis Virus (ISKNV) in Tilapia. Viruses 2023, 15, 965. Viruses, 15(7), 1476-1476. Abstract.
Cotton S, McHugh MP, Dewar R, Haas JG, Templeton K, Consortium TCGU, Robson SC, Connor TR, Loman NJ, Golubchik T, et al (2023). Investigation of hospital discharge cases and SARS-CoV-2 introduction into Lothian care homes. Journal of Hospital Infection, 135, 28-36.
Zhong Z-P, Vik D, Rapp JZ, Zablocki O, Maughan H, Temperton B, Deming JW, Sullivan MB (2023). Lower viral evolutionary pressure under stable versus fluctuating conditions in subzero Arctic brines. Microbiome, 11(1). Abstract.  Author URL.
Bell AG, Thornber K, Chaput DL, Hasan NA, Mehedi Alam M, Haque MM, Cable J, Temperton B, Tyler CR (2023). Metagenomic assessment of the diversity and ubiquity of antimicrobial resistance genes in Bangladeshi aquaculture ponds. Aquaculture Reports, 29, 101462-101462.
Buchholz HH, Bolaños LM, Bell AG, Michelsen ML, Allen MJ, Temperton B (2023). Novel pelagiphage isolate Polarivirus skadi is a polar specialist that dominates SAR11-associated bacteriophage communities at high latitudes. ISME J, 17(10), 1660-1670. Abstract.  Author URL.
Williams J, Severin J, Temperton B, Mitchelmore PJ (2023). Phage Therapy Administration Route, Regimen, and Need for Supplementary Antibiotics in Patients with Chronic Suppurative Lung Disease. PHAGE, 4(1), 4-10.
Parsons RJ, Liu S, Longnecker K, Yongblah K, Johnson C, Bolaños LM, Comstock J, Opalk K, Kido Soule MC, Garley R, et al (2023). Suboxic DOM is bioavailable to surface prokaryotes in a simulated overturn of an oxygen minimum zone, Devil's Hole, Bermuda. Front Microbiol, 14 Abstract.  Author URL.
Debnath SC, McMurtrie J, Temperton B, Delamare-Deboutteville J, Mohan CV, Tyler CR (2023). Tilapia aquaculture, emerging diseases, and the roles of the skin microbiomes in health and disease. Aquaculture International, 31(5), 2945-2976. Abstract.
Buchholz HH, Bolaños LM, Bell AG, Michelsen ML, Allen MJ, Temperton B (2022). A Novel and Ubiquitous Marine Methylophage Provides Insights into Viral-Host Coevolution and Possible Host-Range Expansion in Streamlined Marine Heterotrophic Bacteria. Appl Environ Microbiol, 88(7). Abstract.  Author URL.
Baker S, Dougan G, Hess C, Kingston N, Lehner PJ, Lyons PA, Matheson NJ, Owehand WH, Saunders C, Summers C, et al (2022). Author Correction: SARS-CoV-2 evolution during treatment of chronic infection. Nature, 608(7922), e23-e23.
Baker S, Dougan G, Hess C, Kingston N, Lehner PJ, Lyons PA, Matheson NJ, Owehand WH, Saunders C, Summers C, et al (2022). Author Correction: Sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 to mRNA vaccine-elicited antibodies. Nature, 608(7922), e24-e24.
Aggarwal D, Page AJ, Schaefer U, Savva GM, Myers R, Volz E, Ellaby N, Platt S, Groves N, Gallagher E, et al (2022). Genomic assessment of quarantine measures to prevent SARS-CoV-2 importation and transmission. Nature Communications, 13(1).
Aggarwal D, Warne B, Jahun AS, Hamilton WL, Fieldman T, du Plessis L, Hill V, Blane B, Watkins E, Wright E, et al (2022). Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in a UK university identifies dynamics of transmission. Nature Communications, 13(1). Abstract.
Bolaños LM, Tait K, Somerfield PJ, Parsons RJ, Giovannoni SJ, Smyth T, Temperton B (2022). Influence of short and long term processes on SAR11 communities in open ocean and coastal systems. ISME Communications, 2(1). Abstract.
Gregory AC, Gerhardt K, Zhong Z-P, Bolduc B, Temperton B, Konstantinidis KT, Sullivan MB (2022). MetaPop: a pipeline for macro- and microdiversity analyses and visualization of microbial and viral metagenome-derived populations. Microbiome, 10(1). Abstract.  Author URL.
Robson SC, Connor TR, Loman NJ, Golubchik T, Martinez Nunez RT, Bonsall D, Rambaut A, Snell LB, Ludden C, Corden S, et al (2022). Publisher Correction: Genomic reconstruction of the SARS CoV-2 epidemic in England. Nature, 606(7915), e18-e18.
McMurtrie J, Alathari S, Chaput DL, Bass D, Ghambi C, Nagoli J, Delamare-Deboutteville J, Mohan CV, Cable J, Temperton B, et al (2022). Relationships between pond water and tilapia skin microbiomes in aquaculture ponds in Malawi. Aquaculture, 558, 738367-738367.
Ashford F, Best A, Dunn SJ, Ahmed Z, Siddiqui H, Melville J, Wilkinson S, Mirza J, Cumley N, Stockton J, et al (2022). SARS-CoV-2 Testing in the Community: Testing Positive Samples with the TaqMan SARS-CoV-2 Mutation Panel to Find Variants in Real Time. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 60(4), e02408-e02421.
du Plessis L, McCrone JT, Zarebski AE, Hill V, Ruis C, Gutierrez B, Raghwani J, Ashworth J, Colquhoun R, Connor TR, et al (2021). Establishment and lineage dynamics of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in the UK. Science, 371(6530), 708-712. Abstract.
Volz E, Hill V, McCrone JT, Price A, Jorgensen D, O’Toole Á, Southgate J, Johnson R, Jackson B, Nascimento FF, et al (2021). Evaluating the Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Mutation D614G on Transmissibility and Pathogenicity. Cell, 184(1), 64-75.e11.
Buchholz HH, Bolaños LM, Bell AG, Michelsen ML, Allen MJ, Temperton B (2021). Genomic evidence for inter-class host transition between abundant streamlined heterotrophs by a novel and ubiquitous marine Methylophage. Abstract.
Vöhringer HS, Sanderson T, Sinnott M, De Maio N, Nguyen T, Goater R, Schwach F, Harrison I, Hellewell J, Ariani CV, et al (2021). Genomic reconstruction of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in England. Nature, 600(7889), 506-511. Abstract.
Knipe H, Temperton B, Lange A, Bass D, Tyler CR (2021). Probiotics and competitive exclusion of pathogens in shrimp aquaculture. REVIEWS IN AQUACULTURE, 13(1), 324-352.  Author URL.
Kemp SA, Collier DA, Datir RP, Ferreira IATM, Gayed S, Jahun A, Hosmillo M, Rees-Spear C, Mlcochova P, Lumb IU, et al (2021). SARS-CoV-2 evolution during treatment of chronic infection. Nature, 592(7853), 277-282. Abstract.
Collier DA, De Marco A, Ferreira IATM, Meng B, Datir RP, Walls AC, Kemp SA, Bassi J, Pinto D, Silacci-Fregni C, et al (2021). Sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 to mRNA vaccine-elicited antibodies. NATURE, 593(7857), 136-+.  Author URL.
Zablocki O, Michelsen M, Burris M, Solonenko N, Warwick-Dugdale J, Ghosh R, Pett-Ridge J, Sullivan MB, Temperton B (2021). VirION2: a shortand long-read sequencing and informatics workflow to study the genomic diversity of viruses in nature. PeerJ, 9 Abstract.
Masoli JAH, Jeffries A, Temperton B, Auckland C, Michelsen M, Warwick-Dugdale J, Manley R, Farbos A, Ellard S, Knight B, et al (2021). Viral genetic sequencing identifies staff transmission of COVID-19 is important in a community hospital outbreak. Abstract.
Lucchesi AM, Henson MW, Temperton B, Thrash JC (2020). Complete Genome Sequence of. <i>Marinobacterium</i>. sp. Strain LSUCC0821, Isolated from the Coastal Gulf of Mexico. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 9(49). Abstract.
Manley R, Temperton B, Boots M, Wilfert L (2020). Contrasting impacts of a novel specialist vector on multihost viral pathogen epidemiology in wild and managed bees. Mol Ecol, 29(2), 380-393. Abstract.  Author URL.
Buchholz HH, Michelsen M, Bolaños LM, Browne E, Allen MJ, Temperton B (2020). Efficient Dilution-to-Extinction isolation of novel virus-host model systems for fastidious heterotrophic bacteria. Abstract.
Henson MW, Lanclos VC, Pitre DM, Weckhorst JL, Lucchesi AM, Cheng C, Temperton B, Thrash JC (2020). Expanding the Diversity of Bacterioplankton Isolates and Modeling Isolation Efficacy with Large-Scale Dilution-to-Extinction Cultivation. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 86(17). Abstract.
Zablocki O, Michelsen M, Burris M, Solonenko N, Warwick-Dugdale J, Ghosh R, Pett-Ridge J, Sullivan MB, Temperton B (2020). VirION2: a short- and long-read sequencing and informatics workflow to study the genomic diversity of viruses in nature. Abstract.
Giovannoni SJ, Halsey KH, Saw J, Muslin O, Suffridge CP, Sun J, Lee C-P, Moore ER, Temperton B, Noell SE, et al (2019). A Parasitic Arsenic Cycle That Shuttles Energy from Phytoplankton to Heterotrophic Bacterioplankton. mBio, 10(2). Abstract.  Author URL.
Martinez MA, Woodcroft BJ, Ignacio Espinoza JC, Zayed AA, Singleton CM, Boyd JA, Li YF, Purvine S, Maughan H, Hodgkins SB, et al (2019). Discovery and ecogenomic context of a global Caldiserica-related phylum active in thawing permafrost, Candidatus Cryosericota phylum nov. Ca. Cryosericia class nov. Ca. Cryosericales ord. nov. Ca. Cryosericaceae fam. nov. comprising the four species Cryosericum septentrionale gen. nov. sp. nov. Ca. C. hinesii sp. nov. Ca. C. odellii sp. nov. Ca. C. terrychapinii sp. nov. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 42(1), 54-66. Abstract.
Manley R, Temperton B, Doyle T, Gates D, Hedges S, Boots M, Wilfert L (2019). Knock-on community impacts of a novel vector: spillover of emerging DWV-B from Varroa-infested honeybees to wild bumblebees. Ecol Lett, 22(8), 1306-1315. Abstract.  Author URL.
Roux S, Adriaenssens EM, Dutilh BE, Koonin EV, Kropinski AM, Krupovic M, Kuhn JH, Lavigne R, Brister JR, Varsani A, et al (2019). Minimum Information about an Uncultivated Virus Genome (MIUViG). Nat Biotechnol, 37(1), 29-37. Abstract.  Author URL.
Warwick-Dugdale J, Solonenko N, Moore K, Chittick L, Gregory AC, Allen MJ, Sullivan MB, Temperton B (2018). Long-read viral metagenomics enables capture of abundant and microdiverse viral populations and their niche-defining genomic islands. Abstract.
Thrash JC, Baker BJ, Seitz KW, Temperton B, Campbell LG, Rabalais NN, Henrissat B, Masond OU (2018). Metagenomic assembly and prokaryotic metagenome-assembled genome sequences from the Northern Gulf of Mexico "dead Zone". Microbiology Resource Announcements, 7(9). Abstract.
Thrash JC, Seitz KW, Baker BJ, Temperton B, Gillies LE, Rabalais NN, Henrissat B, Mason OU (2017). Metabolic Roles of Uncultivated Bacterioplankton Lineages in the Northern Gulf of Mexico "Dead Zone". mBio, 8(5). Abstract.  Author URL.
Learman DR, Henson MW, Thrash JC, Temperton B, Brannock PM, Santos SR, Mahon AR, Halanych KM (2016). Biogeochemical and microbial variation across 5500 km of Antarctic surface sediment implicates organic matter as a driver of benthic community structure. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7 Abstract.
Thrash JC, Seitz KW, Baker BJ, Temperton B, Gillies LE, Rabalais NN, Henrissat B, Mason OU (2016). Metabolic roles of uncultivated bacterioplankton lineages in the northern Gulf of Mexico “Dead Zone”. Abstract.
Sun J, Todd JD, Thrash JC, Qian Y, Qian MC, Temperton B, Guo J, Fowler EK, Aldrich JT, Nicora CD, et al (2016). The abundant marine bacterium Pelagibacter simultaneously catabolizes dimethylsulfoniopropionate to the gases dimethyl sulfide and methanethiol. Nature Microbiology, 1(8).
Sun J, Todd JD, Thrash JC, Qian Y, Qian MC, Temperton B, Guo J, Fowler EK, Aldrich JT, Nicora CD, et al (2016). The abundant marine bacterium Pelagibacter simultaneously catabolizes dimethylsulfoniopropionate to the gases dimethyl sulfide and methanethiol. Corrigendum. Nature Microbiology, 1(11).
Airs RL, Temperton B, Sambles C, Farnham G, Skill SC, Llewellyn CA (2014). Chlorophyll f and chlorophyll d are produced in the cyanobacterium Chlorogloeopsis fritschii when cultured under natural light and near-infrared radiation. FEBS Letters, ---. Abstract.
Carini P, Campbell EO, Morré J, Sañudo-Wilhelmy SA, Cameron Thrash J, Bennett SE, Temperton B, Begley T, Giovannoni SJ (2014). Discovery of a SAR11 growth requirement for thiamin’s pyrimidine precursor and its distribution in the Sargasso Sea. The ISME Journal, 8(8), 1727-1738. Abstract.
Giovannoni SJ, Cameron Thrash J, Temperton B (2014). Implications of streamlining theory for microbial ecology. The ISME Journal, 8(8), 1553-1565. Abstract.
Thrash JC, Temperton B, Swan BK, Landry ZC, Woyke T, DeLong EF, Stepanauskas R, Giovannoni SJ (2014). Single-cell enabled comparative genomics of a deep ocean SAR11 bathytype. The ISME Journal, 8(7), 1440-1451. Abstract.
Zhao Y, Temperton B, Thrash JC, Schwalbach MS, Vergin KL, Landry ZC, Ellisman M, Deerinck T, Sullivan MB, Giovannoni SJ, et al (2013). Abundant SAR11 viruses in the ocean. Nature, 494(7437), 357-360.
Giovannoni S, Temperton B, Zhao Y (2013). Giovannoni et al. reply. Nature, 499(7459), E4-E5.
Vergin KL, Beszteri B, Monier A, Thrash JC, Temperton B, Treusch AH, Kilpert F, Worden AZ, Giovannoni SJ (2013). High-resolution SAR11 ecotype dynamics at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study site by phylogenetic placement of pyrosequences. The ISME Journal, 7(7), 1322-1332. Abstract.
Temperton B, Giovannoni SJ (2012). Metagenomics: microbial diversity through a scratched lens. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 15(5), 605-612.
Gilbert JA, Steele JA, Caporaso JG, Steinbrück L, Reeder J, Temperton B, Huse S, McHardy AC, Knight R, Joint I, et al (2011). Defining seasonal marine microbial community dynamics. The ISME Journal, 6(2), 298-308. Abstract.
Gilbert JA, Laverock B, Temperton B, Thomas S, Muhling M, Hughes M (2011). Metagenomics. , 733, 173-183. Abstract.
Temperton B, Gilbert JA, Quinn JP, McGrath JW (2011). Novel Analysis of Oceanic Surface Water Metagenomes Suggests Importance of Polyphosphate Metabolism in Oligotrophic Environments. PLoS ONE, 6(1), e16499-e16499.
Temperton B, Thomas S, Tait K, Parry H, Emery M, Allen M, Quinn J, Macgrath J, Gilbert J (2011). Permanent draft genome sequence of Vibrio tubiashii strain NCIMB 1337 (ATCC19106). Standards in Genomic Sciences, 4(2), 183-190. Abstract.
Beszteri B, Temperton B, Frickenhaus S, Giovannoni SJ (2010). Average genome size: a potential source of bias in comparative metagenomics. The ISME Journal, 4(8), 1075-1077. Abstract.
Craft JA, Gilbert JA, Temperton B, Dempsey KE, Ashelford K, Tiwari B, Hutchinson TH, Chipman JK (2010). Pyrosequencing of Mytilus galloprovincialis cDNAs: Tissue-Specific Expression Patterns. PLoS ONE, 5(1), e8875-e8875.
Gilbert JA, Field D, Swift P, Thomas S, Cummings D, Temperton B, Weynberg K, Huse S, Hughes M, Joint I, et al (2010). The Taxonomic and Functional Diversity of Microbes at a Temperate Coastal Site: a ‘Multi-Omic’ Study of Seasonal and Diel Temporal Variation. PLoS ONE, 5(11), e15545-e15545.
Temperton B, Field D, Oliver A, Tiwari B, Mühling M, Joint I, Gilbert JA (2009). Bias in assessments of marine microbial biodiversity in fosmid libraries as evaluated by pyrosequencing. The ISME Journal, 3(7), 792-796. Abstract.
Thomas S, Burdett H, Temperton B, Wick R, Snelling D, McGrath JW, Quinn JP, Munn C, Gilbert JA (2009). Evidence for phosphonate usage in the coral holobiont. The ISME Journal, 4(3), 459-461. Abstract.

Conferences

Mitchelmore P, Michell S, Fletcher J, Manley R, Chait R, Graham J, Fitch C, Zheng J, Sacher J, Mills A, et al (2023). A citizen phage library for respiratory infection. Respiratory infections and bronchiectasis.

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External Engagement and Impact

Committee/panel activities

Member of the International Organizing Committee for the Aquatic Virus Workshop (AVG)


Editorial responsibilities

Editor for the journal Biomolecular Detection and Quantification


Invited lectures

2014: NERC workshop on ‘Omics Miniaturisation, Oxford

2012: Panel discussion on Openness of Standards and Standards of Openness at the 13th Annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC), Long Beach, CA.

2012: Metabolic reconstruction in marine bacterial communities: from parts list to pathways. Bioinformatics Special Interest Group, Gordon and Betty More Foundation Investigator Symposium.

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Teaching

I teach both bioinformatics and marine microbial ecology to second and third year students. 

BIO1333 - Fundamental Principles for Bioscientists

BIO2092 - Genomics and Introductory Bioinformatics

BIO3092 - Bioinformatics

BIO3097 - Living in a Microbial World

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Supervision / Group

Postgraduate researchers

  • Holger Buchholz
  • Anthony Messer Anthony's MRes is focused on evaluating currently available metagenomic bioinformatic pipelines against a known microbial community to determine biases in taxonomic and functional annotation. He is based at DSTL.
  • Joanna Warwick-Dugdale Jo's PhD is aimed at investigating the role of the benthic-pelagic boundary layer (sometimes called the 'fluff' layer) in the remineralization of dissolved organic carbon from phytoplankton blooms by microbial communities in the Western English Channel

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