Qualifications

PhD in Microbiology, Department of Microbiology, King's College London Dental Institute

Personal Profile/Teaching Experience

2012 - Date: Senior Lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University
2006 - 2011: Postdoctoral Research Associate at University College London: Eastman Dental Institute
2005 - 2005: Research Associate at King's College London
2001 - 2005: PhD in Microbiology at King's College London

Teaching microbiology and genetics in the following modules:
General Microbiology
Medical Microbiology
Microbial Applications
DNA and Gene Manipulation
Foundation studies

Research Interests

My research interest is focused on the genetic basis of antibiotic resistance and their association with mobile genetic elements, in particular conjugative transposons or integrative conjugative elements. These elements are highly mobile and are capable of transfer between different bacterial species, making them important in the spread of antibiotic resistance.

Publications

Warburton PJ, Ciric L, Lerner A, Seville LA, Roberts AP, Mullany P, Allan E. 2013. TetAB(46), a predicted heterodimeric ABC transporter conferring tetracycline resistance in Streptococcus australis isolated from the oral cavity. J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 68:17-22.

Mullany P, Allan E, Warburton PJ. 2012. Tetracycline resistance genes and mobile genetic elements from the oral metagenome. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 18 (Suppl 4):58-61.

Warburton PJ, Allan E, Hunter S, Ward J, Booth V, Wade W, Mullany P. 2011. Accessing bacterial extra-chromosomal DNA from human dental plaque associated with periodontal disease, using transposon-aided capture (TRACA). FEMS Microb. Ecology. 78: 349-354.

Brouwer MSM, Warburton PJ, Roberts AP, Mullany P, Allen E. 2011. Genetic organisation, mobility and predicted functions of genes on integrated, mobile genetic elements in sequenced strains of Clostridium difficile. PLoS ONE 6(8): e23014.

Mullany P, Warburton PJ, Allan, E. Chapter 9: The Human Oral Metagenome; In Metagenomics of the Human Body. 2011, p165-173. Springer Science+Business media.

Warburton P, Roberts AP, Allan E, Seville L, Lancaster H, Mullany P. 2009. Characterisation of tet(32) genes from the oral metagenome. Antimicrob. Agents. Chemother. 53:273-276.

Warburton P, Palmer, R.M. Wade, W.G. 2007. Demonstration of in-vivo transfer of doxycycline resistance mediated by a novel transposon. J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 60:973-980.