Mr Alan Calder

About

Over 7 years' experience teaching lab skills at Undergraduate level. 

Academic responsibilities

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Qualifications

  • BSc Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Applied Biology

Teaching and learning

A critical role working alongside fellow academics to effectively deliver undergraduate curricula within the School of Life sciences, Pharmacy and Chemistry.

Qualifications and expertise

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

Research

Research areas include: microbiology, genetics, bioinformatics and molecular biology. 

Areas of specialism

  • Bioinformatics
  • Microbiology
  • Genetics
  • Genomics

Publications

Number of items: 9.

Article

Calder, Alan and Snyder, Lori A. S. (2023) Diversity of the type VI secretion systems in the 'Neisseria' spp. Microbial Genomics, 9(4), ISSN (online) 2057-5858

Calder, Alan, Menkiti, Chukwuma Jude, Cagdas, Aylin, Santos, Jefferson Lisboa, Streich, Ricarda, Wong, Alice, Avini, Amir H, Bojang, Ebrima, Yogamanaharan, Karththeepan, Sivanesan, Nivetha, Ali, Besma, Ashrafi, Mariam, Issa, Abdirizak, Kaur, Tajinder, Latif, Aisha, Mohamed, Hani A Sheik, Maqsood, Atifa, Tamang, Laxmi, Swager, Emily, Stringer, Alex J. and Snyder, Lori AS (2020) Virulence genes and previously unexplored gene clusters in four commensal 'Neisseria' spp. isolated from the human throat expands the neisserial gene repertoire. Microbial Genomics, 6(9), ISSN (online) 2057-5858

Churchward, Colin P., Calder, Alan and Snyder, Lori A. S. (2018) Mutations in 'Neisseria gonorrhoeae' grown in sub-lethal concentrations of monocaprin do not confer resistance. PLoS One, 13(4), e0195453. ISSN (online) 1932-6203

Zelewska, Marta A., Pulijala, Madhuri, Spencer-Smith, Russell, Mahmood, Hiba-Tun-Noor A., Norman, Billie, Churchward, Colin P., Calder, Alan and Snyder, Lori AS (2016) Phase variable DNA repeats in 'Neisseria gonorrhoeae' influence transcription, translation, and protein sequence variation. Microbial Genomics, 2016(2), ISSN (online) 2057-5858

Conference or Workshop Item

Ukachukwu, Faith, Rafiq, Afshan, Calder, Alan, Menkiti, Jude, Horsburgh, Emily, Jorge, Erik, Sookdawar, Chetna, Anwar, Sadar, Siwoku, Opeoluwa, Sriskantharajah, Vajiharan and Snyder, Lori (2020) Exploring novel antimicrobials to treat resistant gonococcal infections. In: Neisseria gonorrhoeae Research Society (NgoRS) 2020 Virtual Conference; 21 - 24 Oct 2020, Held online. (Unpublished)

Calder, Alan and Snyder, Lori (2020) The type VI secretion system in commensal 'Neisseria' spp. In: Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2020; , cancelled due to COVID-19. (Unpublished)

Snyder, Lori, Ukachukwu, Faith [Contributor], Calder, Alan [Contributor], Rafiq, Afshan [Contributor], Horsburgh, Emily [Contributor], Jorge, Erik [Contributor], Sookdawar, Chetna [Contributor], Anwar, Sadaf [Contributor], Siwoku, Opeoluwa [Contributor] and Sriskantharajah, Vajiharan [Contributor] (2020) Antimicrobial fatty acids to combat antibiotic resistant 'Neisseria gonorrhoeae' infections. In: British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Conference 2020; cancelled due to COVID-19. (Unpublished)

Snyder, Lori [Speaker], Churchward, Colin, Al-Kinani, Ali, Kirk, Ruth, Walker, Anthony J., Abdelkader, Hamdy, Swindon, J, Calder, Alan, Varnakulasingam, Thinuba and Alany, Raid (2018) A prophylaxis and treatment for gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum. In: International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference 2018; 23-28 September, 2018, Asilomar, California, USA. (Unpublished)

Churchward, Colin, Calder, Alan and Snyder, Lori (2016) Induced mutations in Neisseria gonorrhoeae upon repeated passage on media containing a fatty acid and a monoglyceride. In: International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference 2016; 4-9 September 2016, Manchester, UK. (Unpublished)

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