Dr Andrew Nelson

Senior Scientific Officer

School: Geography and Natural Sciences

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Key Publications

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Addressing pandemic-wide systematic errors in the SARS-CoV-2 phylogeny, Hunt, M., Hinrichs, A., Anderson, D., Karim, L., Dearlove, B., Knaggs, J., Constantinides, B., Fowler, P., Rodger, G., Street, T., Lumley, S., Webster, H., Sanderson, T., Ruis, C., Kotzen, B., de Maio, N., Amenga-Etego, L., Amuzu, D., Avaro, M., Awandare, G., Ayivor-Djanie, R., Barkham, T., Bashton, M., Batty, E., Bediako, Y., De Belder, D., Benedetti, E., Bergthaler, A., Boers, S., Campos, J., Carr, R., Chen, Y., Cuba, F., Dattero, M., Dejnirattisai, W., Dilthey, A., Duedu, K., Endler, L., Engelmann, I., Francisco, N., Fuchs, J., Gnimpieba, E., Groc, S., Gyamfi, J., Heemskerk, D., Houwaart, T., Hsiao, N., Huska, M., Hölzer, M., Iranzadeh, A., Jarva, H., Jeewandara, C., Jolly, B., Joseph, R., Kant, R., Ki, K., Kurkela, S., Lappalainen, M., Lataretu, M., Lemieux, J., Liu, C., Malavige, G., Mashe, T., Mongkolsapaya, J., Montes, B., Mora, J., Morang’a, C., Mvula, B., Nagarajan, N., Nelson, A., Ngoi, J., da Paixão, J., Panning, M., Poklepovich, T., Quashie, P., Ranasinghe, D., Russo, M., San, J., Sanderson, N., Scaria, V., Screaton, G., Sessions, O., Sironen, T., Sisay, A., Smith, D., Smura, T., Supasa, P., Suphavilai, C., Swann, J., Tegally, H., Tegomoh, B., Vapalahti, O., Walker, A., Wilkinson, R., Williamson, C., Zair, X., de Oliveira, T., Peto, T., Crook, D., Corbett-Detig, R., Iqbal, Z. 9 Feb 2026, In: Nature Methods
Oral microbiomes as forensic markers of origin and migration: Insights from an underrepresented population, Nigeria, Ogbanga, N., Nelson, A., Smith, D., Somiari, R., Procopio, N. 1 Mar 2026, In: Forensic Science International: Genetics
Assessment of upper respiratory and gut bacterial microbiomes during COVID-19 infection in adults: potential aerodigestive transmission, Al-Momani, H., Nelson, A., Al Balawi, H., Al Balawi, D., Aolymat, I., Khasawneh, A., Tabl, H., Alsheikh, A., Zueter, A., Pearson, J., Ward, C. 13 Jan 2025, In: Scientific Reports
House dust - a Pandora’s box of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) activity?, Pearce, D., Crown, M., Nelson, A., Jabeen, K., Thompson, J., Argyraki, A., Hursthouse, A., Bashton, M., Entwistle, J. 22 Oct 2025, In: Sustainable Microbiology
Novel diagnostic approaches to the recovery of nontuberculous mycobacteria from clinical samples, Stephenson, D., Preece, C., Perry, A., Nelson, A., Perry, J., Jones, A. 17 Jun 2025, 20th International Symposium on the Biology of Actinomycetes
OC98 Host-microbiome and immune-related protein interactions in the preterm milk fortification in neonates (PUFFIN) study, Cifuentes, M., Young, G., Nelson, A., Palmer, J., Johnson, M., Garg, S., Lamb, C., Embleton, N., Stewart, C., Berrington, J. 20 Aug 2025, In: Frontline Gastroenterology
PglZ from Type I BREX phage defence systems is a metal-dependent nuclease that forms a sub-complex with BrxB, Readshaw, J., Doyle, L., Puiu, M., Kelly, A., Nelson, A., Kaiser, A., Mcguire, S., Peralta Acosta, J., Smith, D., Stoddard, B., Kaiser, B., Blower, T. 8 Jul 2025, In: Nucleic Acids Research
Protocol to study the inter-relationship between phageome and lipidome in low-volume preterm milk, Yew, W., Young, G., Cheung, W., Nelson, A., Berrington, J., Smith, D. 19 Sep 2025, In: STAR Protocols
S18 Streptococcus is enriched in the gut microbiome in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and associated with worse survival, Smith, D., Teng, N., Wu, Z., Yazbeck, L., Chua, F., Domi, V., Han Liu, W., McCann, C., Nelson, A., Nguyen-Phuoc, K., Walker, S., Smith, D., Lloyd, C., Molyneaux, P. 2 Nov 2025, In: Thorax
SARS-CoV-2 genomic diversity and within-host evolution in individuals with persistent infection in the UK: an observational, longitudinal, population-based surveillance study: an observational, longitudinal, population-based surveillance study, Ghafari, M., Kemp, S., Hall, M., Clarke, J., Ferretti, L., Thomson, L., Studley, R., Walker, A., Golubchik, T., Lythgoe, K., Bashton, M., Crown, M., Henderson, J., Hollis, A., McCann, C., Nelson, A., Smith, D., Stanley, W., Young, G., Yew, W. 9 Sep 2025, In: The Lancet Microbe

Professional Activity

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Invited talk: Decontamination 2019

PGR Supervision

Jasmine Jessop Characterising Prophage diversity and function in the preterm infant pathogen, Staphylococcus epidermidis Start Date: 01/10/2021 End Date: 17/10/2025
Jasmine Jessop Characterising Prophage diversity and function in the preterm infant pathogen, Staphylococcus epidermidis Start Date: 01/10/2021 End Date: 31/10/2025