16th JPIAMR transnational call for research projects - AMR diagnostics and surveillance 2023 (DISTOMOS)

General Information

• Type: Partner looking for project
• Organisation: Fera Science Ltd
• Country: United Kingdom (UK)
• Career stage: Other.

Research area

• Scientific area(s) of the call:
  1. Topic 1: to develop novel, or improve existing, diagnostics, including point of care diagnostics, that can rule out antimicrobial use or help identify the most effective antimicrobial treatment
• One Health Setting:
  Plants (incl. trees and crops)

• Keywords:

  plant health; produce; molecular; phenotype;

• Brief description of your expertise / expertise you are looking for:

  I am a Senior Molecular Biologist at Fera Science Ltd. My principal research interests lie in the use of High Throughput DNA sequencing (HTS) of bacterial genomes and metagenomes for food safety and plant health purposes. This includes the use of HTS and other molecular and phenotypic tools to understand the risks posed by Antimicrobial Resistance in the agrifood chain, underpinned by several projects and PhD studentships. I have extensive project management and reporting experience, including the management of a number of UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) projects, and currently hold a joint position with the FSA as Science Fellow on the cross-government PATH-SAFE Programme. I am particularly interested in the evolution and drivers of AMR in crop agriculture, including in plant pathogens, and in commensal organisms and human pathogens on crops.

• Brief description of your project / the project you would like to join:

  I am interested in joining projects related to AMR detection, either molecular detection of AMR genes (including HTS-based or rapid detection) or development of phenotypic tests for the presence of AMR bacteria. I would be particularly interested in deploying this in plant/plant agriculture environments.

Edward Haynes

• Organisation: Fera Science Ltd
• Position: Senior Molecular Biologist
• E-mail: edward.haynes@fera.co.uk
• Phone: +44 7874612713
• Web: www.fera.co.uk