Research Output per year
Research Output per year
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Accepting PhD Students
Research output per year
Alex began her career studying Microbiology at the University of Leeds, including a year’s work experience placement at the Public Health Laboratory Service in Preston, and graduated in 2003. She took a PhD position at the University of Leicester to study transcriptional regulation in the pathogenic fungus Candida albicans, and after her PhD was awarded she remained at Leicester in a variety of postdoctoral research positions including working on phase variation in the infectious bacteria Campylobacter jejuni and Streptococcus pneumoniae. Alex joined the University of Northampton as a Lecturer in 2017.
Alex’s research focuses on how infectious bacteria respond to changes in their environment and how this affects their ability to grow and cause disease in humans. She is interested in the very different responses of Campylobacter jejuni during colonisation of the chicken gut and of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the human lungs and bloodstream. These organisms are leading causes of gastroenteritis and pneumonia respectively, contributing to extremely high levels of disease and mortality worldwide.
Lewis Waterfield; Sports, Exercise and Life Science
Response of Streptococcus pneumoniae to metal and oxidative stresses.
Mett Smart; Sports, Exercise and Life Science
Bacterial Growth within Endoscope Channels between Reprocessing and Use: a scientific approach
Alex contributes to teaching on the following programmes, focusing on Microbiology, Epidemiology, Genetics and Molecular biology
Alex is module leader for the following modules:
Bachelor, University of Leeds
PhD, University of Leicester
Junior Editor, Access Microbiology, Microbiology Society
1 Oct 2018 → …Honorary Visiting Fellow, University of Leicester
1 Jul 2017 → 1 Jul 2022Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Review Article › peer-review
Research output: Types of Thesis › Doctoral Thesis
Alexandra Woodacre (Speaker)
Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Oral presentation › Research
Alexandra Woodacre (Reviewer)
Activity: Publication Peer-review and Editorial Work › Publication Peer-review › Research
Lee Machado (Participant), Alexandra Woodacre (Participant), Gemma L Marsden (Participant) & Amber Hameed (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising a conference or workshop › Participating in a conference or workshop › Research
Alexandra Woodacre (Participant) & Amber Hameed (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising a conference or workshop › Participating in a conference or workshop › Research
Alexandra Woodacre (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising a conference or workshop › Participating in a conference or workshop › Teaching
Alexandra Woodacre (Reviewer)
Activity: Publication Peer-review and Editorial Work › Editorial work › Research
24/01/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
6/09/17 → 7/09/17
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media