Research output per year
Research output per year
Accepting PhD Students
I lead a team of postgraduates and research associates which I support with research council and industrial grants. We are interested in bacterial physiology and ecology as it relates to human health and disease and to clinical/environmental persistence. A central theme is the in vitro modelling and characterisation of microbial communities; we have expertise in model systems including the constant depth film fermenter, the CDC biofilm reactor, and a variety of other model systems, including several that we have designed and validated in house, that have been adopted elsewhere. Additionally, I am currently involved in collaborative research projects that aim to better understand interactions between bacteria and the host.
I studied for my PhD in Medical Microbiology at the University of Cambridge with the Medical Research Council. Since 1999, my research at Manchester has focused on the responses of biofilms to antimicrobial treatments and the interaction of microorganisms colonising the skin, nasopharynx, oral cavity and intestine with the human host in health and disease. I have successfully supervised 39 PhD or MD students.
Collaborators
Prof. Catherine O'Neill
Prof. Sheena Cruickshank
Dr. Chris Knight
Dr. Joanne Konkel
Prof. Jon Lloyd
Dr Alain Pluen
Prof Frank Bowling
Prof. Ian Stratford
Prof. Anna Nicolaou
Prof. John McLoughlin
Prof. Curtis Dobson
Prof. Jian Lu
Prof. Rachel Watson
Prof. Mark Dickinson
Prof. Titus Augustine
Prof. Mathias Nilsson
Dr Drupad Trivedi
Affiliated staff
Editor: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Member of: American Society for Microbiology, Society for Applied Microbiology, International Association for Dental Research.
In vitro modelling (for biofilms, microbiotas, antimicrobial susceptibilty testing)
Human microbiome research (including oral, skin and intestine)
Biofilms in chronic wounds
Microbial community profiling
Infection models
Probiotics and prebiotics
Antimicrobial resistance
Microbicides (biocides)
Industrial consultancy
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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 › Article › peer-review
Westwood, M. (PI), Cottrell, E. (CoI), Desforges, M. (CoI), Dilworth, M. (CoI), Mann, E. (CoI), Mcbain, A. (CoI) & Stevens, A. (CoI)
1/05/24 → 30/04/27
Project: Research
Mcbain, A. (PI), Humphreys, G. (CoI), Lu, J. (CoI) & Waigh, T. (CoI)
1/09/19 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
(Corresponding participant) & Mcbain, A. (Participant)
Impact: Economic, Health and wellbeing
Singh, G. (Creator), J. McBain, A. (Creator), McLaughlin, J. T. (Creator) & Stamataki, N. (Creator), University of Manchester Figshare, 23 Jan 2024
DOI: 10.48420/24970158, https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Associated_code_and_data_for_Singh_et_al_2024_manuscript_Consumption_of_the_non-nutritive_sweetener_stevia_for_12_weeks_does_not_alter_the_composition_of_the_human_gut_microbiota_/24970158
Dataset
Serrage, H. (Creator), Eling, C. J. (Creator), U. Alves, P. (Creator), Xie, E. (Creator), McBain, A. J. (Creator), Dawson, M. D. (Creator), O'Neill, C. (Creator), Laurand, N. (Creator), Serrage, H. J. (Creator) & O'Neill, C. (Contributor), University of Manchester Figshare, 2 May 2024
DOI: 10.48420/25316077, https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/dataset/_b_Spectral_characterization_of_a_blue_light-emitting_micro-LED_platform_on_skin-associated_microbial_chromophores_b_/25316077/1
Dataset
14/03/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
O'Neill, C. & Mcbain, A.
11/04/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other
O'Neill, C. & Mcbain, A.
9/04/17
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
1/09/16
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research