Science Scrapbook
This page is a living scrapbook of press/media links related to my scientific work—projects I’m involved in, collaborations, and selected press/media coverage. It’s mainly here as a quick reference for anyone who wants to explore the work in more detail.
Invasive Meningococcal Disease Outbreak 2026
- UKHSA Technical Briefing: Invasive Meningococcal Disease Outbreak 2026 — I am a named member of the UKHSA TARZET Technical Group convened to respond to the 2026 MenB outbreak (Canterbury cluster, 23 cases). The briefing covers whole genome sequencing, cgMLST phylogenetics, and vaccine antigen analysis.
COVID19/SARSCoV2
- I spoke on BBC news about SARSCoV2 Omnicron wave in 2022, BBC News Look East; Time: 18:43 01 Feb 2022.
- Large scale COVID-19 genome sequencing in Norfolk helps manage outbreaks
- Quadram goes global on COVID-19
Media for reconstructing a Salmonella genome from 800 years ago
The article describing the reconstruction of a Salmonella genome from 800 years ago picked up a lot of press. I'm quite proud it got into Newsweek.
- Press release for reconstructing a Salmonella genome from 800 years ago, "Evidence of Salmonella Paratyphi C found for the first time in medieval northern Europe". PDF
- Newsweek.com, "Salmonella: medieval skeleton unlocks ancient history of potentially deadly bacteria". 7-25-18. PDF
- Nature.com, "Medieval skeleton offers clues to bacterial killer's origins". 19-7-18.
- Nature News, "Collapse of Aztec society linked to catastrophic salmonella outbreak". 16-2-2017
- ScienceDaily.com, "Evidence of Salmonella Paratyphi C found for the first time in medieval northern Europe". 19-7-2018
- Futurity.com, "DNA from skeleton puts enteric fever in medieval Europe"
- Kompas.com, "Kerangka dari Abad Pertengahan Ungkap Jejak Perkembangan Salmonella". 26-7-18
- Medicalnewstoday.com, "Medieval skeleton sheds light on deadly Salmonella". 24-7-2018
Other press and media
- Press release for the Microbial Bioinformatics (Micro Binfie) Podcast. PDF
- Press release for the Microbial Bioinformatics (Micro Binfie) Conference 2020. PDF
- The Salmonella overview, was recommended by Prof. Jay Hinton on F1000 PDF
- BRIG was on the national news, skip to 1:20, Seven News (Seven Network); Time: 18:00; Broadcast Date: Saturday, 5th April 2014; Duration: 2 min., 16 sec.