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Dr Caroline Meharg

School of Biological Sciences
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Dr Caroline Meharg

School of Biological Sciences

The goal of the research is to better understand host-microbial interactions in the context of food security. To achieve this goal, we use next generation sequencing, bioinformatics, molecular biology and experimental approaches to study environmental microbiomes and the effect on their host: Next-Generation Sequencing and the study of genomes/transcriptomes and their response to and interaction with the environment, microbiomes, transcriptomics and diversity analysis, soil-plant-microbial interactions, food pathogens and gut microbiota.

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  • askmhls@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 6880, +44 (0)28 9097 4961

Research Interests

Understanding host-microbial interactions in the context of food security

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Research students

PhD Title Amplicon sequencing and metagenomics to study soil microbiota in rice paddy soils in the context of nutrient and toxin flow to the rice plant
   
PhD Title  Transcriptomics and amplicon sequencing to study soil microbiota in rice paddy soil amended with different types of fertilisers in the context of nutrient and toxin flow to the rice plant
   
PhD Title Amplicon sequencing to study soil microbiota in rice paddy soil from different regions in the context of nutrient and toxin flow to the rice plant
   
PhD Title Optimisation of rice cooking procedures to maximise nutritional value whilst limiting bacterial contamination with focus on Bacillus cereus type organisms 

 

 

 

 


Alumni: Where are they now

PhD Title Transcriptomics analysis to study edaphic stress adaptations and host microbial interactions in the wild grass Holcus lanatus
   
PhD Title  Transcriptomics to study toxin and non-toxin producing microalgae first
   
PhD Title Genomics and transcriptomics to study Bacillus cereus type organisms isolated from rice food products

 


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