Core Committee
Bonnie Whatmough
Chair
Bonnie is a PhD student, studying leafcutter ant-associated Actinobacteria and their antibiotics.
Mairi Franklin
Vice Chair
Mairi is a rotation PhD student working on virus-mediated gene editing in grass pea, while also studying its drought intolerance.
Aled Griffith
Treasurer
Aled is a PhD student in the Webster lab studying chloroplast translation initiation, focusing on the role the ribosomal protein bS1c plays in this process.
Kira Falaschi
MSc Rep
Dami Shodeinde
MSc Rep
Academic and Science
Tom Wright
Training Rep
Tom is a PhD student investigating the role of transcription factors involved in sporulation and antibiotic production in Streptomyces venezuelae.
Gaia Galiberti
Student ASM Coordinator
Gaia is a PhD student studying how cytoskeletal proteins assemble within the rice blast fungus (Magnaporthe oryzae) to drive plant infection.
Nathan Williams
Student ASM Coordinator
Nathan is a rotation PhD student studying how plant kinase fusion proteins function as immune receptors and contribute to plant-pathogen interactions.
Bonnie Whatmough
Responsible Research Conduct Officer
Bonnie is a PhD student, studying leafcutter ant-associated Actinobacteria and their antibiotics.
Social and Wellbeing
Steph Little
Social Secretary
Steph is a PhD student studying how temperature fluctuations influence the Arabidopsis circadian clock.
Caroline White
Social Secretary
Caroline is a PhD student in the Dodd lab, investigating the contribution of circadian rhythm interactions between the circadian clock models Arabidopsis and Bacillus, and how these interactions influence organismal fitness.
Linus Theinert
Social Secretary
Linus is a PhD student in the Hutchings lab – this group works on the specialised metabolites made by Streptomyces species and closely related actinomycete bacteria.
Student Culture
Amrithapriya Bindu
Inclusivity and Diversity Rep
Amritha is a PhD student working on plant–insect interactions, focusing on understanding the genetic basis of resistance in white mustard against the cabbage stem flea beetle.
Eloise Maher
GSE Officer
Eloise is a PhD student investigating root legume endosymbiosis signalling in the Charpentier Group.
Hannah Gunn
Eco Rep
Hannah is a PhD student working on pollination, hybridisation and climate change in Alpine orchids.
Petra Merzan
Wellbeing Officer and Embedding Engagement Rep
Communications and Social Media
Becca Testa
Comms Secretary
Becca is a PhD student, researching the regulation of leaf senescence in wheat.
Marina Mitchell
Comms Secretary
Becca Strachan
Social Media Rep
Becca is a PhD student investigating the role of macrophage infectivity potentiators in virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Phoebe Elvin
Webmaster
Phoebe is a PhD student researching the regulation of effector expression in fungal plant pathogens.