Dr Andrew Nelson

Dr Nelson’s research is led by his technical expertise is genomic, proteomic and metabolomic projects he developed throughout his career. He uses these approaches to understand how microbes form communities from pioneer species and how succession occurs. Understanding these processes will allow us to create a framework and develop actions that disrupt community assembly.

1. Preterm infant infection
2. Adult lung microbiome
3. Biofouling

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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. 1 Mar 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

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• Organising a conference, workshop, ...: Viruses of Microbes Conference 2026
• Publication Peer-review: Gut Microbiology (Journal) 2025
• Editorial work: Gut Microbiology (Journal) 2025
• Publication Peer-review: Nutrients (Journal) 2025
• Publication Peer-review: Microbiology (Journal) 2024
• Publication Peer-review: Microbiome (Journal) 2022
• Membership of network: COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium (External organisation) 2020
• Publication Peer-review: FEMS Microbiology Ecology (Journal) 2020
• Invited talk: Decontamination 2019

• 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

• Microbiology PhD September 01 2007
• Fellow Higher Education Academy FHEA 2021
• Biomedical Scientist Health & Care Professional Council (HCPC) 2013
• Early Career Scientist Society for General Microbiology (SGM) 2013

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