Flagship project

One Health pathogen genomics in Thailand.

Long-term research on bacterial transmission, antimicrobial resistance and host adaptation across food-production systems.

Project passport

Following bacterial populations through poultry, pigs, food and people.

The Thailand programme is built through sustained collaboration with Chiang Mai University and partners across veterinary medicine, microbiology and food safety.

Research spans Campylobacter, Salmonella, Streptococcus suis and complex host-associated microbiomes, with a recurring focus on antimicrobial resistance and transmission through production systems.

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Poultry and food-system setting in Southeast Asia

Research areas

Population genomics across linked production systems.

Poultry

Campylobacter, Salmonella, microbiomes and genomic approaches to control from farm to food.

Pigs

Resistance, biofilm formation and bacterial movement through pork-production systems.

Host adaptation

How lineages of Campylobacter and Streptococcus suis adapt to animal and human-associated niches.

Training

Long-term exchange of students, methods and genomic analysis between UK and Thai partners.

Scientific contribution

A programme that connects fundamental evolution to applied food safety.

Thailand provides a powerful setting for studying bacterial movement across intensive, indigenous and smallholder production systems. Genomic analysis can reveal where resistance circulates, which lineages cross host boundaries and where interventions may be most useful.

Long-term collaboration

Research partnerships grow through repeated exchange.

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Collaboration and project discussion in Chiang Mai
Members of the Thai and UK collaboration sharing a meal
A long-term Thai–UK research partnership

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