Dr Andy Bailey
B.Sc.(Bristol), Ph.D.(Sheff.)
Current positions
Reader in Molecular Mycology
School of Biological Sciences
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Research interests
- Fungal Molecular Genetics
- Fungal Genomics
- Plant Pathology
- Fungicide Research
- Insect Pathology
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Developing Impact in Equitable and Transformative Partnership Working With Africa
Role
Co-Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Biological SciencesDates
01/01/2024 to 31/12/2024
Nutritional risks from vector-borne plant viral disease
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Biological SciencesDates
01/10/2023 to 17/05/2024
CONNECTED subaward - Characterisation of CBSV
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Biological SciencesDates
04/10/2018 to 31/12/2021
CONNECTED subaward - Unifying CBSV Surveillance
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Biological SciencesDates
04/10/2018 to 31/12/2021
Exploring Nature's Silent Pharmacy
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Biological SciencesDates
01/09/2016 to 31/08/2020
Thesis supervisions
Investigating RNA silencing and mycoviruses in Botrytis cinerea : could host-mediated gene silencing prevent the use of mycoviruses for the biological control of Botrytis cinerea?
Supervisors
Synthetic Strategies to Natural Antibiotics and Novel Derivatives
Supervisors
Development of high throughput SNP marker panels for genotyping of pathogenic bacteria
Supervisors
Developing plant chassis for heterologous expression of the pleuromutilin biosynthetic gene cluster
Supervisors
Biosynthetic Studies and Combinatorial Biosynthesis of Pleuromutilin Antibiotics
Supervisors
Investigating the function of Cassava brown streak virus and Ugandan cassava brown streak virus ham1 proteins during infection
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
04/01/2026Emerging trends in genome integration tools for precision engineering of diverse bacterial species
Synthetic Biology
Building capacity in vector-borne plant virus research
Plants People Planet
In vivo and in vitro investigations provide insights into maleidride biosynthesis in fungi
RSC Advances
Analysis of Trichoderma as an effective biological control agent against the honey fungus (Armillaria spp.)
Biological Control
Biosynthesis of pleuromutilin congeners using an Aspergillus oryzae expression platform
Chemical Science
