Professor Lori Snyder

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About

I am involved in educating students from the foundation year, to MSc programmes, to PhDs. In addition, I am active in outreach activities, including Lab in a Lorry visits, offering work experience to sixth form students, and participating in public engagement events, including making on-line content (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waaC_T2z0-I) (https://bacterialgeneticsbiology.science.blog/). My research focuses on two main areas: combating antibiotic resistant infections and bacterial genetics and genomics. I have developed, with my research team, novel antimicrobials to stop infant blindness from multi-drug resistant bacterial infections. This work was featured in Wired (www.wired.co.uk/article/fight-against-super-gonorrhoea), News Medical (https://www.news-medical.net/news/20201009/Simple-eye-drop-can-treat-antibiotic-resistant-bacterial-infection.aspx), and discussed on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQUl5-kC1OQ). I also use bacterial genome sequence data to uncover information about pathogens, informing our laboratory investigations. This work was featured in a YouTube interview (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_ttuJ6l1hI).

In April 2020, my textbook Bacterial Genetics and Genomics was published (https://www.routledge.com/Bacterial-Genetics-and-Genomics/Snyder/p/book/9780815345695).

I began doing genomic analyses and investigating mechanisms of antibiotic resistance during my PhD at Emory University, USA, with Prof. Bill Shafer, where I investigated Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis. Work on these species continued during my post-doctoral research at the University of Oxford. As a post-doc at the University of Birmingham, I worked as a bioinformatician with Prof. Mark Pallen and Prof. Nick Loman.

In 2013, I was awarded the W H Pierce Prize from the Society for Applied Microbiology in recognition of my substantial contributions to the science of applied microbiology. I have been twice elected to the Prokaryotic Division committee of the Microbiology Society, serve on the Editorial Boards of the journals Microorganisms (MDPI) and Microbial Genomics (Microbiology Society). Funding for my research has been awarded by Sparks, the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, the Society for Applied Microbiology, and the Microbiology Society, as well as an NIH award on which I am a collaborator.

Academic responsibilities

Professor

Qualifications

  • PhD. in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Emory University, 2001
  • MA in Biology, The College of William and Mary, 1995
  • BS in Biology, The College of William and Mary, 1993
  • Senior Fellow HEA, 2015

Teaching and learning

My teaching is inspired by my passion for bacterial genetics and genomics, which is the focus of my textbook, specifically written to motivate students to explore this exciting field (https://www.crcpress.com/Bacterial-Genetics-and-Genomics/Snyder/p/book/9780815345695?utm_source=individuals&utm_medium=shared_link&utm_campaign=B000928_ke1_1au_1aj_d001). Throughout the book, I have drawn on my decades of experience as an educator to ensure that my writing is clear and supported by illustrations that don't just make the subject easy to understand, but also relatable and interesting. The topic is built from the basics through to current advances and applications. Early chapters are more than simple revision, containing information and insights important for a deep understanding of the field.

My classroom teaching has taken on several innovative approaches to engage students, including group discussions and on-line research in-class to innovate and brainstorm about new antimicrobial drugs. Together we have explored the properties of existing drugs and then discussed what we would want in a new drug and how we would design it, using our smartphones and laptops in class to research what is happening now. Similarly, we have researched and shared in class exciting genome sequencing projects happening to discuss the types of sequence technologies being used, the methods of nucleic acid extractions involved, and the findings of these studies. These have developed students independent research skills, literature reading and search skills, presentation skills, critical analysis skills, and knowledge of the subjects covered in classes.

I am the module leader of our LS7020 Professional Experience module, which gives students the opportunity to gain workplace experiences relevant to their MSc degree during their studies. This was developed by me several years ago, has been praised by the IBMS during accreditation revalidation in 2018, and has also been highly praised by the students who have benefited from it. Through gaining experience in the workplace, students have told me they have found it easier to find placements and felt more confident and able to get the jobs they wanted after their graduation from 重口味SM.

In 2015, I became a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK) based on my experience and innovations in teaching undergraduate, postgraduate, and research students, as well as mentoring and peer-supporting other academic staff. Since that time, I have engaged in Aurora training and served as an Aurora Role Model and Aurora mentor, participated in Advance HE consultancy, and assisted Advance HE in the pilot development of the external examiner training programme. I have also been part of the Kingston UniversityBeyond Barriers staff mentoring scheme as both a mentor and mentee. Beyond Kingston, I have served as an external examiner to five institutions, four in the UK and one international, as well as examining research degrees here at Kingston Universityand elsewhere.

My teaching includes research-based teaching. I include students in ongoing research projects as part of their BSc and MSc projects, which has resulted in students being co-authors on peer-reviewed publications and conference abstracts.

I serve on Equality Challenge Unit panels, Kingston Universityinstitutional, and Kingston Universitydepartmental Athena Swan teams.

Qualifications and expertise

  • Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2015)
  • Teaching at the University level in both the classroom and the laboratory (1993 - present)
  • Leadership roles in higher education and beyond (2001 - present)
  • External examiner, including training by the Higher Education Academy (2013 - present)
  • Bacterial Genetics and Genomics blog: https://bacterialgeneticsbiology.science.blog/

Undergraduate courses taught

Postgraduate courses taught

Research

My research largely focuses on the pathogenic Neisseria species of bacteria: Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis. N. gonorrhoeae causes the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhoea, as well as ophthalmia neonatorum, an infection of the eyes of newborns that can lead to blindness. N. meningitidis causes meningitis and septicaemia, life threatening conditions.

Research in my lab has been addressing the problem of antibiotic resistance in gonorrhoea infections. With the support of the Sparks charity (https://www.sparks.org.uk/) and now Antibiotic Research UK (https://www.antibioticresearch.org.uk/), we have developed a promising new alternative to antibiotics that can be used to treat ophthalmia neonatorum, featured in Wired (https://www.wired.co.uk/article/fight-against-super-gonorrhoea), News Medical (https://www.news-medical.net/news/20201009/Simple-eye-drop-can-treat-antibiotic-resistant-bacterial-infection.aspx), and detailed further here: /news/article/2392/09-oct-2020-eye-drop-containing-natural-antimicrobial-agent-could-be-key-to-treating-antibioticresistant-bacterial-infection-that/.

Genomics research in my lab has provided novel insights into the genetic make-up of these bacterial pathogens. We are also investigating related non-pathogenic species, which provide alternative treatment options not yet explored. My genomics research led to my W H Pierce Prize from the Society for Applied Microbiology (https://sfam.org.uk/knowledge/awards-and-prizes/wh-pierce-prize.html).

My genomics and antimicrobial research has resulted in numerous peer-reviewed research publications and conference presentations (listed below) selected for REF2014 and REF2021, and European patent 3354264. I am the third generation in my family to hold a patent. My father is named on a patent from his work at Yale University Hospital in respiratory therapy and his father holds a patent designed from his experiences with delivering milk for a dairy in New Haven, Connecticut.

I serve on the Editorial Board for Microbial Genomics. I have reviewed many manuscripts for over 25 quality journals in my field and been reviewer for several UKRI bodies and other national and international agencies.

I have successfully supervised 7 PhD and 2 MSc by Research students who have graduated.

Conference listings limited to those from 重口味SM.

Qualifications and expertise

  • PhD in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics (2001)
  • Scientific research in the fields of microbiology and genetics (1993 - present)
  • https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lori_Snyder

Areas of specialism

  • Microbiology
  • Genomics
  • Bacteriology
  • Genetics
  • Antimicrobials

Scholarly affiliations

  • https://publons.com/researcher/1180732/lori-snyder/
  • https://growkudos.com/profile/lori_snyder
  • Microbiology Society
  • Society for Applied Microbiology
  • British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
  • Biochemical Society

Research student supervision

Main supervision

Other supervision

Publications

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Number of items: 114.

Article

and (2023) Microbial Genomics, 9(4), ISSN (online) 2057-5858

Esmaeilishirazifard, Elham, Usher, Louise, Trim, Carol, Denise, Hubert, Sangal, Vartul, Tyson, Gregory H., Barlow, Axel, Redway, Keith, Taylor, John D., Kremmyda-Vlachou, Myrto, Davies, Sam, Loftus, Tessa D., Lock, Mikaella M. G., Wright, Kstir, Dalby, Andrew, , Wuster, Wolfgang, Trim, Steve and Moschos, Sterghios A. (2022) Microbiology Spectrum, 10(3), ISSN (online) 2165-0497

, and (2021) Expert Review of Ophthalmology, 16(1), pp. 19-32. ISSN (print) 1746-9899

Anonye, Blessing O., , Furner-Pardoe, Jessica, Gabrilska, Rebecca, , , Bruce, Julie, Lee, Christina, Unnikrishnan, Meera, Rumbaugh, Kendra, and Harrison, Freya (2020) Scientific Reports, 10, p. 17513. ISSN (online) 2045-2322

, , , Santos, Jefferson Lisboa, , Wong, Alice, Avini, Amir H, Bojang, Ebrima, Yogamanaharan, Karththeepan, Sivanesan, Nivetha, Ali, Besma, Ashrafi, Mariam, Issa, Abdirizak, Kaur, Tajinder, Latif, Aisha, Mohamed, Hani A Sheik, Maqsood, Atifa, Tamang, Laxmi, Swager, Emily, and (2020) Microbial Genomics, 6(9), ISSN (online) 2057-5858

, , , , Siwoku, Opeoluwa, and (2020) Scientific Reports, 10, p. 12010. ISSN (online) 2045-2322

Dolange, Victoria, , Christodoulides, Myron and (2018) Antibiotics, 7(3), p. 59. ISSN (online) 2079-6382

Esmaeilishirazifard, E., Usher, L., Trim, C., Denise, H., Sangal, V., Tyson, G.H., Barlow, A., Redway, K.F., Taylor, J.D., Kremyda-Vlachou, M., Loftus, T.D., Lock, M.M.G., Wright, K., Dalby, A., , Wuster, W., Trim, S. and Moschos, S.A. (2018) bioRxiv, (Unpublished)

Churchward, Colin P., and (2018) PLoS One, 13(4), e0195453. ISSN (online) 1932-6203

Spencer-Smith, Russell, , Pulijala, Madhuri and (2018) Microorganisms, 6(1), p. 10. ISSN (print) 2076-2607

, , , , and (2018) Nanomaterials, 8(1), p. 51. ISSN (online) 2079-4991

, and (2018) Critical Reviews in Microbiology, 44(5), pp. 561-570. ISSN (print) 1040-841X

, , , and (2017) mBio, 8(4), e00534-17. ISSN (print) 2161-2129

, , Spencer-Smith, Russell, Pulijala, Madhuri, , and (2017) Microbiology, 163(1), pp. 31-36. ISSN (print) 1350-0872

, , , Chaidemenou, Athina and (2016) Drug Delivery and Translational Research, 6(6), pp. 722-734. ISSN (print) 2190-393X

Roberts, Sabrina, Spencer-Smith, Russell, Shah, Mahwish, , and (2016) Microorganisms, 4(3), p. 31. ISSN (online) 2076-2607

Spencer-Smith, Russell, Roberts, Sabrina, Gurung, Neesha and (2016) Microbial Genomics, 2(8), ISSN (online) 2057-5858

, Pulijala, Madhuri, Spencer-Smith, Russell, , , , and (2016) Microbial Genomics, 2016(2), ISSN (online) 2057-5858

(2016) Hospital Healthcare Europe, 2016,

(2015) Microbiologist, 16(2), pp. 10-13. ISSN (print) 1479-2699

, , McFadden, Johnjoe and (2015) FEMS Microbiology Letters, 362(9), ISSN (print) 0378-1097

Bingle, Lewis E. H., Constantinidou, Chrystala, Shaw, Robert K., Islam, Md. Shahidul, Patel, Mala, , Lee, David J., Penn, Charles W., Busby, Stephen J. W. and Pallen, Mark J. (2014) PLoS ONE, 9(1), e80160-e80160. ISSN (online) 1932-6203

, Loman, N.J., Faraj, L.J., Levi, K., Weinstock, J., Boswell, T.C., Pallen, M.J. and Ala鈥橝ldeen, D.A. (2013) Eurosurveillance, 18(42), ISSN (print) 1025-496X

Spencer-Smith, Russell, Varkey, Eldho, and (2012) PLOS One, 7(9), e46023. ISSN (online) 1932-6203

(2011) Microbiologist, 12(1), pp. 44-45. ISSN (print) 1479-2699

, Loman, NJ, Linton, JD, Langdon, RR, Weinstock, GM, Wren, BW and Pallen, MJ (2010) BMC Genomics, 11(67), ISSN (print) 1471-2164

Loman, N. J., , Linton, J. D., Langdon, R., Lawson, A. J., Weinstock, G. M., Wren, B. W. and Pallen, M. J. (2009) Journal of Bacteriology, 191(17), pp. 5566-5567. ISSN (print) 0021-9193

Woo, Patrick C. Y., Lau, Susanna K. P., Tse, Herman, Teng, Jade L. L., Curreem, Shirly O. T., Tsang, Alan K. L., Fan, Rachel Y. Y., Wong, Gilman K. M., Huang, Yi, Loman, Nicholas J., , Cai, James J., Huang, Jian-Dong, Mak, William, Pallen, Mark J., Lok, Si and Yuen, Kwok-Yung (2009) PLoS Genetics, 5(3), e1000416. ISSN (print) 1553-7390

, Cole, Jeff A. and Pallen, Mark J. (2009) BMC Genomics, 10(70), ISSN (online) 1471-2164

, Loman, Nicholas J., Futterer, Klaus and Pallen, Mark J. (2009) Trends in Microbiology, 17(1), pp. 1-5. ISSN (print) 0966-842X

, Loman, Nick, Pallen, Mark J. and Penn, Charles W (2009) Microbial Ecology, 57(1), pp. 1-3. ISSN (print) 0095-3628

Chaudhuri, Roy R., Loman, Nicholas J., , Bailey, Christopher M., Stekel, Dov J. and Pallen, Mark J. (2008) Nucleic Acids Research, 36, D543-D546. ISSN (print) 0305-1048

, McGowan, Simon, Rogers, Matthew, Duro, Eris, O'Farrell, Ewan and Saunders, Nigel J. (2007) Molecular Biology and Evolution, 24(12), pp. 2802-2815. ISSN (print) 0737-4038

Tett, Adrian, Spiers, Andrew J., Crossman, Lisa C., Ager, Duane, Ciric, Lena, Dow, J. Maxwell, Fry, John C., Harris, David, Lilley, Andrew, Oliver, Anna, Parkhill, Julian, Quail, Michael A., Rainey, Paul B., Saunders, Nigel J., Seeger, Kathy, , Squares, Rob, Thomas, Christopher M., Turner, Sarah L., Zhang, Xue-Xian, Field, Dawn and Bailey, Mark J. (2007) The ISME Journal, 1(4), pp. 331-340. ISSN (print) 1751-7362

Bentley, Stephen D., Vernikos, George S., , Churcher, Carol, Arrowsmith, Claire, Chillingworth, Tracey, Cronin, Ann, Davis, Paul H., Holroyd, Nancy E., Jagels, Kay, Maddison, Mark, Moule, Sharon, Rabbinowitsch, Ester, Sharp, Sarah, Unwin, Louise, Whitehead, Sally, Quail, Michael A., Achtman, Mark, Barrell, Bart, Saunders, Nigel J. and Parkhill, Julian (2007) PLoS Genetics, 3(2), e23. ISSN (print) 1553-7390

Whitehead, Rebekah N., Overton, Tim W., , McGowan, Simon J., Smith, Harry, Cole, Jeff A. and Saunders, Nigel J. (2007) BMC Genomics, 8(35), ISSN (online) 1471-2164

Overton, Tim W., Whitehead, Rebekah, Li, Ying, , Saunders, Nigel J., Smith, Harry and Cole, Jeff A. (2006) Journal of Biological Chemistry, 281(44), pp. 33115-33126. ISSN (print) 0021-9258

Gunsekere, Ishara C., Kahler, Charlene M., Powell, David R., , Saunders, Nigel J., Rood, Julian I. and Davies, John K. (2006) Journal of Bacteriology, 188(13), pp. 4769-4776. ISSN (print) 0021-9193

and Saunders, Nigel J. (2006) BMC Genomics, 7(128), ISSN (online) 1471-2164

Gunesekere, Ishara C., Kahler, Charlene M., Ryan, Catherine S., , Saunders, Nigel J., Rood, Julian I. and Davies, John K. (2006) Journal of Bacteriology, 188(10), pp. 3463-3469. ISSN (print) 0021-9193

, Jarvis, Stephen A. and Saunders, Nigel J. (2005) Microbiology, 151(12), pp. 4005-4013. ISSN (print) 1350-0872

, Davies, John K., Ryan, Catherine S. and Saunders, Nigel J. (2005) Plasmid, 54(3), pp. 191-218. ISSN (print) 0147-619X

Herbert, Mark A, Beveridge, Catriona J E, McCormick, David, Aten, Emmelien, Jones, Nicola, and Saunders, Nigel J (2005) BMC Microbiology, 5(31), pp. 1-11. ISSN (online) 1471-2180

Jordan, Philip W, and Saunders, Nigel J (2005) BMC Microbiology, 5(21), pp. 1-12. ISSN (online) 1471-2180

, Davies, John K and Saunders, Nigel J (2004) BMC Genomics, 5(23), pp. 1-12. ISSN (online) 1471-2164

Jordan, Philip, and Saunders, Nigel J (2003) BMC Microbiology, 3(23), pp. 1-15. ISSN (online) 1471-2180

Jerse, Ann E., Sharma, Nirmala D., Simms, Amy N., Crow, Emily T., and Shafer, William M. (2003) Infection and Immunity, 71(10), pp. 5576-5582. ISSN (print) 0019-9567

, Shafer, William M. and Saunders, Nigel J. (2003) Molecular Microbiology, 47(2), pp. 431-442. ISSN (print) 0950-382X

Salaun, Laurence, and Saunders, Nigel J. (2003) Advances in Applied Microbiology, 52, pp. 263-301. ISSN (print) 0065-2164

Saunders, Nigel J. and (2002) Microbiology, 148(12), pp. 3756-3760. ISSN (print) 1350-0872

, Butcher, Sarah A. and Saunders, Nigel J. (2001) Microbiology, 147(8), pp. 2321-2332. ISSN (print) 1350-0872

, Saunders, Nigel J. and Shafer, William M. (2001) Journal of Bacteriology, 183(4), pp. 1233-1241. ISSN (print) 0021-9193

Hagman, Kayla E., Lucas, Claressa E., Balthazar, Jacqueline T., , Nilles, Matthew, Judd, Ralph C. and Shafer, William M. (1997) Microbiology, 143(7), pp. 2117-2125. ISSN (print) 1350-0872

Book

(2020) Boca Raton, U.S. : CRC Press. 413p. ISBN 9780367263768

Book Section

Churchward, Colin P. and (2019) In: Christodoulides, Myron, (ed.) Neisseria gonorrhoeae : methods and protocols. New York, NY : Springer Science+Business Media. pp. 363-376. (Methods in molecular biology, 1997) ISSN (print) 1064-3745 ISBN 9781493994953

, Snudden, Graham, Haan, Nick and Saunders, Nigel J. (2007) In: Falciani, Francesco, (ed.) Microarray technology through applications. Abingdon, U.K. : Taylor & Francis. pp. 269-284. ISBN 9780415378536

, Jordan, Philip W. and Saunders, Nigel J. (2007) In: Pullen, Mark J. , Nelson, Karen E. and Preston, Gail M., (eds.) Bacterial pathogenomics. Washington, U.S.A. : ASM Press. pp. 90-119. ISBN 9781555814519

Saunders, Nigel J. and (2005) In: Little, Peter F. R., (ed.) Encyclopedia of genetics, genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics. Wiley InterScience. 2

Conference or Workshop Item

, and (2021) In: Annual Conference Online 2021; 26 - 30 April 2021, Held online. (Unpublished)

, and (2021) In: Early Career Scientist Research Symposium 2021; 22 - 26 Mar 2021, Held online. (Unpublished)

, and (2021) In: Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Conference 2021; 02-03 Feb 2021, Held online. (Unpublished)

, , , Menkiti, Jude, , Jorge, Erik, Sookdawar, Chetna, Anwar, Sadar, Siwoku, Opeoluwa, Sriskantharajah, Vajiharan and (2020) In: Neisseria gonorrhoeae Research Society (NgoRS) 2020 Virtual Conference; 21 - 24 Oct 2020, Held online. (Unpublished)

, and (2020) In: Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2020; , cancelled due to COVID-19. (Unpublished)

and (2020) In: Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2020; , cancelled due to COVID-19. (Unpublished)

, [Contributor], [Contributor], [Contributor], [Contributor], Jorge, Erik [Contributor], Sookdawar, Chetna [Contributor], Anwar, Sadaf [Contributor], Siwoku, Opeoluwa [Contributor] and Sriskantharajah, Vajiharan [Contributor] (2020) In: British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Conference 2020; cancelled due to COVID-19. (Unpublished)

Anonye, Blessing, , Gabrilska, Rebecca, Rumbaugh, Kendra P, and Harrison, Freya (2020) In: Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2020; , cancelled due to COVID-19. (Unpublished)

[Speaker] (2019) In: Antimicrobial Drug Discovery from Traditional and Historical Medicine; 29 Oct 2019, Oxford, U.K.. (Unpublished)

, , Lisboa Santos, J, , Williams, D, Wong, Alice, Khakbazan, AH, Bojang, E, Yogamanoharan, K, Sivanesan, N, Ali, Besma, Ashrafi, M, Issa, A, Kaur, T, Latif, A, Mohamed, HAS, Maqsood, A, Tamang, L, Swager, E and (2018) In: International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference 2018; 23-28 September, 2018, Asilomar, California, USA. (Unpublished)

[Speaker], , , , , , Swindon, J, , and (2018) In: International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference 2018; 23-28 September, 2018, Asilomar, California, USA. (Unpublished)

, Aruda, Polliane, Sears, Andrew, Galanaki, Venetia, Arutsothy, Archana, Naidu, Puspalatha Raja, Perera, Damithi, , , , and (2018) In: Microbiology Society Annual Conference, Birmingham, April 2018; 10-13 April 2018, Birmingham, UK. (Unpublished)

(2017) In: Bioinformatics : Applications in Human Genomics & Precision Medicine Congress; 09 - 10 Oct 2017, London, U.K.. (Unpublished)

, , , and (2017) In: 5th Mol Micro and 4th M4 Meeting; 13-14 Sep 2017, Birmingham, U.K.. (Unpublished)

, , Lisboa Santos, J, , Wong, Alice, Khakbazan, AH, Bojang, E, Yogamanoharan, K, Sivanesan, N, Ali, Besma, Ashrafi, M, Issa, A, Kaur, T, Latif, A, Mohamed, HAS, Maqsood, A, Tamang, L and Swager, E (2017) In: Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2017; 3-6 April 2017, Edinburgh, UK. (Unpublished)

[Speaker] (2016) In: 5th Annual Next Generation Sequencing Congress Asia and 3rd Annual Single Cell Analysis Asia Congress; 13 -14 Oct 2016, Singapore. (Unpublished)

Spencer-Smith, Russell, , Gurung, N and (2016) In: International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference 2016; 4-9 September 2016, Manchester, UK. (Unpublished)

Mos, Ellis, , , and (2016) In: International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference 2016; 4-9 September 2016, Manchester, UK. (Unpublished)

, Pulijala, M, , and (2016) In: International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference 2016; 4-9 September 2016, Manchester, UK. (Unpublished)

, and (2016) In: International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference 2016; 4-9 September 2016, Manchester, UK. (Unpublished)

Spencer-Smith, Russell, , Gurung, Neesha and (2016) In: Society for Applied Microbiology Spring Meeting; 19 Ap 2016, London, U.K.. (Unpublished)

, Pulijala, M, , and (2016) In: Festival of Genomics; 20-21 Jan 2016, London, U.K.. (Unpublished)

[Speaker] (2015) In: The Institute of Biomedical Science Congress 2015; 28-30 Sep 2015, Birmingham, U.K.. (Unpublished)

(2015) In: Advances in Next Generation Sequencing; 05 - 06 May 2015, held online. (Unpublished)

Spencer-Smith, Russell, [Speaker], Gurung, Neesha and (2015) In: Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2015; 30 March - 2 April 2015, Birmingham, U.K.. (Unpublished)

, Arruda, Polliane, Sears, Andrew and (2015) In: Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2015; 30 March - 2 April 2015, Birmingham, U.K.. (Unpublished)

(2014) In: 6th Annual Next Generation Sequencing Congress & 2nd Annual Single Cell Analysis Congress; 20-21 Nov 2014, London, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Butt, U., , and (2014) In: American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Annual Meeting and Exposition; 02-06 Nov 2014, San Diego, U.S.. (Unpublished)

[Speaker] and (2014) In: XIXth International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference; 12 - 17 October 2014, Asheville, North Carolina, USA. (Unpublished)

Spencer-Smith, R, , Gurung, N and (2014) In: XIXth International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference; 12 - 17 October 2014, Asheville, North Carolina, USA. (Unpublished)

Bojang, E, , , , Da Silva, RAG, Yogamanoharan, K, Sivanesan, N, Ali, B, Ashrafi, M, Issa, A, Kaur, T, Latif, A, Mohamed, HAS, Maqsood, A and (2014) In: XIXth International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference; 12 - 17 Oct 2014, Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.. (Unpublished)

, Sears, Andrew, Arruda, Polliane and (2014) In: XIXth International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference; 12 - 17 October 2014, Asheville, North Carolina, USA. (Unpublished)

[Speaker] (2014) In: Bioinformatics & Pharmacogenomics: Managing and Analyzing Big Data (part of the Nucleic Acids Summit); 19 - 20 Jun 2014, San Diego, California, U.S.. (Unpublished)

[Speaker] (2014) In: Advances in NGS & Big Data; 14 - 15 May 2014, Barcelona, Spain. (Unpublished)

, Mustafa, Y., Cranenburgh, T., Smith, L. and Jansen, V. (2014) In: 24th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases; 10-13 May 2014, Barcelona, Spain. (Unpublished)

, Yogamanoharan, K, Sivanesan, N, Ali, B, Ashrafi, M, Issa, A, Kaur, T, Latif, A, Mohamed, HAS, Maqsood, A and Bojang, E (2014) In: Advances in NGS & Big Data; 14 - 15 May 2014, Barcelona, Spain. (Unpublished)

[Speaker] (2013) In: 3rd Annual Next Generation Sequencing Congress Asia; 08 - 09 Oct 2013, Singapore. (Unpublished)

(2013) In: Society for Applied Microbiology Summer Conference; 01 - 04 Jul 2013, Cardiff, U.K.. (Unpublished)

(2012) In: 4th Annual Next Generation Sequencing Congress; 15-16 Nov 2012, London, U.K.. (Unpublished)

(2012) In: Society for Applied Microbiology PECS Conference; 25 Oct 2012, London, U.K.. (Unpublished)

(2012) In: Ion Torrent User Group Meeting; 09 - 11 Oct 2012, Faro, Portugal. (Unpublished)

and (2012) In: XVIIIth International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference (IPNC); 09 - 14 Sep 2012, W眉rzburg, Germany. (Unpublished)

and (2012) In: XVIIIth International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference (IPNC); 09 - 14 Sep 2012, W眉rzburg, Germany. (Unpublished)

, , , Pulijala, M., Spencer-Smith, R. and (2012) In: XVIIIth International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference (IPNC); 09 - 14 Sep 2012, W眉rzburg, Germany. (Unpublished)

Spencer-Smith, R., , , , Bharaj, D., and (2012) In: XVIIIth International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference (IPNC); 09 - 14 Sep 2012, W眉rzburg, Germany. (Unpublished)

Spencer-Smith, R., Varkey, E., and (2012) In: XVIIIth International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference (IPNC); 09 - 14 Sep 2012, W眉rzburg, Germany. (Unpublished)

(2012) In: SMi Next-Generation Sequencing Conference; 17 - 18 Sep 2012, London, U.K.. (Unpublished)

[Speaker] (2012) In: Next Generation Sequencing 2012; 12 - 13 Jun 2012, Prague, Czech Republic. (Unpublished)

[Speaker] (2012) In: European Lab Automation; 30 - 31 May 2012, Hamburg, Germany. (Unpublished)

[Speaker] (2011) In: 3rd Annual Next Generation Sequencing Congress; 14 - 15 Nov 2011, London, U.K.. (Unpublished)

[Speaker] (2011) In: 21st European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases & 27th International Congress of Chemotherapy; 07 - 10 May 2011, Milan, Italy. (Unpublished)

, and (2010) In: International Conference on Antimicrobial Research (ICAR2010); 03 - 05 Nov 2010, Valladolid, Spain. (Unpublished)

[Speaker] (2010) In: Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms; 25 - 26 Nov 2010, Birmingham, U.K.. (Unpublished)

, , Aamin, Hafsa, Azam, Jibran, Bharaj, Devashish, Mtangadura, Yvonne, Shen, Rebecca and Varkey, Eldho M (2010) In: IPNC 2010 : 17th International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference; 11 - 16 Sep 2010, Banff, Canada. (Unpublished)

, Marri, Pradeep Reddy, Weyand, Nathan and So, Magdalene (2010) In: IPNC 2010 : 17th International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference; 11 - 16 Sep 2010, Banff, Canada. (Unpublished)

[Speaker] (2009) In: Next Generation Sequencing Congress; 16 - 17 Nov 2009, London, U.K.. (Unpublished)

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Professional practice, knowledge exchange and impact

I am an active member of the Microbiology Society, currently serving as an elected member of the Prokaryotic Division, a committee responsible for the planning and delivery of the Microbiology Society Annual Conference. I am also on the Editorial Board of the Microbiology Society journal Microbial Genomics, having previously served on the Advisory Board. Within the Society, I have also been part of the team that organised the Antimicrobial Drug Discovery from Traditional and Historical Medicine Focused Meeting in 2019 (https://microbiologysociety.org/event/society-events-and-meetings/antimicrobial-drug-discovery-from-traditional-and-historical-medicine-1.html) and I am leading the team organising a Focused Meeting on metagenomics in 2022. Each year, I apply to the Society to recognise one of our students for their achievements with the Undergraduate Microbiology Prize.

I am also actively involved with the Advance HE Equality Challenge Unit Athena SWAN initiative, working to address inequalities in academia. In addition to my roles within 重口味SM, I regularly assess applications from other institutions as part of Athena SWAN Award assessment panels and have served as chair of such panels.

Also within AdvanceHE, I participated in the pilot programme to train external examiners and followed-up this training by participating in a trial of an on-line training programme for external examiners. Since that time I have regularly provided feedback to AdvanceHE on how this training has benefited me and those I have mentored. To-date, I have been external examiner for 6 institutions, including one university overseas. I have also been an external research degree examiner for three research degrees at three separate institutions.

As Module Leader for LS7020 Professional Experience, I have worked with outside institutions to provide opportunities for our students to develop their professional practice and knowledge. As an Aurora and Beyond Barriers mentor, I have explored with my mentees the development of their professional practice and networks. 

Qualifications and expertise

  • Editorial Board member of Microbial Genomics (Microbiology Society)
  • Editorial Board member of Microorganisms (MDPI)
  • Prokaryotic Division committee member (Microbiology Society)
  • Focused Meeting organiser (Microbiology Society, 2019 & 2022)

Professional and scholarly affiliations

  • Microbiology Society
  • Society for Applied Microbiology
  • British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
  • Biochemical Society

Leadership and management

I am the Admissions, Recruitment, and Outreach Tutor for the Department of Biomolecular Sciences and the Department of Applied and Human Sciences and a portion of the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry. This role is part of the AMF (Academic Management Framework) at Kingston Universityand involves coordination of responsibilities and scheduling for over 50 members of academic staff participating in Open Days, Experience Days, Clearing, and Outreach activities. I work together with a team of other Admissions, Recruitment, and Outreach Tutors, members of the admissions and marketing team, and admissions tutors to assess our recruitment strategies and improve applicant experiences. In this role I have sought to improve staff work/life balance, whilst satisfying our commitment to delivering quality experiences. I have worked to enhance our Open Days, including the Department of Biomolecular Sciences and the Department of Applied and Human Sciences making use of the Outreach Centre as hub for attendees to meet staff and get answers to questions

My colleagues and I have also been successful in obtaining external funding for new outreach activities to support our public engagement programmes, both at our Outreach Centre at Kingston Universityand in our Lab in a Lorry (/schools-and-colleges/book-activities/lab-in-a-lorry/). My Microbiology Society Education and Outreach funding has developed our ‘Identify. Treat.' outreach programme, centred on learning about microbes and how they are identified and treated. Working with staff and students across disciplines, I have also led in the development of a crime scene investigation outreach activity for school-age students involving forensics, geography, biology, pharmacy, and computer science.

I have been an Athena Swan Institutional Self-Assessment Team working group leader and an Athena Swan Departmental Self-Assessment Team working group leader, both with ongoing roles, duties, and responsibilities post-award. Outside of 重口味SM, I have been a panel chair at the Equality Challenge Unit for the assessment of Athena Swan applications, as well as having sat on several decision panels.

I am also an assessor for applications to the Higher Education Academy AFHEA, FHEA, and SFHEA through the KAPS programme (/learning-and-teaching-enhancement-centre/kingston-academic-practice-standards-framework/).

External to 重口味SM, I have served on the Microbiology Society Prokaryotic Division since 2015, where my leadership roles involve aspects of organization of the Microbiology Society Annual Conference, an international conference of excellence. I was co-organizer of the Microbiology Society Focused Meeting, Antimicrobial Drug Discovery in Traditional and Historical Medicine in 2019 and am the lead organizer of an upcoming Microbiology Society Focused Meeting on metagenomics (2022).

In 2017, I was fortunate to be supported in my leadership training by 重口味SM, through the opportunity to attend the Aurora programme (https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/programmes-events/aurora). I was honoured to be asked to then become an Aurora Role Model and have been pleased to have given back to this experience ever since, sharing my insight with other women across the UK and at Kingston Universityas an Aurora mentor.

I have also mentored women in the Beyond Barriers programme and am a mentor to an external examiner in another School within the University.

Qualifications and expertise

  • Aurora, Leadership Foundation for Higher Education, 2017
  • Broadcast Media Training: Control your message, ACM Training, 2019
  • GDPR Essentials training, 重口味SM, 2018
  • Windows 10, Office 2016, Office 365 Digital Culture Training, 重口味SM, 2018
  • Unconscious Bias Workshop, 重口味SM, 2017
  • Equality Essentials, Kingston University2017
  • Athena SWAN assessment panel training, Equality Challenge Unit 2016, 2017 & 2018
  • KAPS Higher Education Academy assessment panel training, Kingston University2016, 2018
  • Mentor training, Kingston University2013, 2016, 2017 & 2018

University responsibilities

  • Admissions, Recruitment, and Outreach Tutor
  • Athena Swan Institutional Self-Assessment Team
  • Athena Swan Departmental Self-Assessment Team
  • KAPS panel assessor
  • Aurora mentor

Public and CIVIC roles

  • Equality Challenge Unit panel member (and sometimes chair)
  • Microbiology Society Prokaryotic Division member
  • Microbiology Society Focused Meeting organizer and co-organizer
  • Aurora Role Model

Videos of my work

Bacterial Genetics and Genomics is a new text book from Taylor & Francis' CRC Press / Garland Science, written by Dr. Lori A. S. Snyder. She highlights its features in this video, all about the launch of the book.

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