Publications

Write Once, Practice Often : Teaching Technical Skills with Quarto

Feeney Morgan, Pritchard Leighton

Learning and Teaching Day (2026)

Using Virtual Escape Rooms to Teach Biomedical Microbiology

Feeney Morgan

Microbiology Society Annual Conference (2026)

Using Virtual Escape Rooms to Teach Biomedical Microbiology

Feeney Morgan

Glasgow Microbiology Collective (2025)

Analysis of the ability of streptomyces to biosynthesize selenoproteins

Womack Devondrian, Feeney Morgan

Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists (ABRCMS) (2024)

Quantifying the fractal complexity of nutrient transport channels in Escherichia coli biofilms under varying cell shape and growth environment

Bottura Beatrice, Rooney Liam, Feeney Morgan, Hoskisson Paul A, McConnell Gail

Microbiology Vol 170 (2024)

https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.001511

Fractal complexity of Escherichia coli nutrient transport channels is influenced by cell shape and growth environment

Bottura Beatrice, Rooney Liam, Feeney Morgan, Hoskisson Paul A, McConnell Gail

(2023)

https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.11.29.569150

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Professional Activities

Royal Society Partnership Award

Contributor

1/2/2026

Celebrating Excellence in Learning and Teaching at Strathclyde

Participant

19/6/2025

R For Reproducible Scientific Analysis "Carpentries" workshop

Organiser

16/6/2025

Supporting University Widening Access Dept's Accelerate programme

Contributor

18/5/2025

Richard Lloyd

Host

11/11/2024

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Projects

Antimicrobial Drug Discovery and Isolation of Actinobacteria from Scottish Lichens

Feeney, Morgan (Principal Investigator)

Antimicrobial resistance is a growing problem, with multi-drug resistant bacterial and fungal infections becoming increasingly common and many pathogens becoming resistant to our drugs of last resort. Discovering new antibiotics to tackle these infections is therefore an important priority, and aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goal 3 (good health and well-being). Many antibiotics come from actinobacteria, Gram-positive bacteria often found in soil, water, or mutualistic associations with plants and animals. However, after many decades of drug discovery research focussed on isolating these bacteria from soil, it is becoming necessary that we turn our attention to new ecological niches in order to discover new drugs. One such new ecological niche is lichens, the composite organisms formed by a mutualistic association between fungi and algae or cyanobacteria. Recently, it has been discovered that many lichens harbour endophytic bacteria, including actinobacteria that produce novel chemical compounds that could potentially be exploited as new antibiotics. However, this work has focussed on lichens from e.g. New Zealand, Thailand, and British Columbia; no reports have yet explored the lichens found in Scotland, in spite of the fact that Scotland is home to over 1500 species of lichens and represents an important source of lichen biodiversity. This project aimed to isolate actinobacteria from Scottish lichens and characterise their ability to produce antimicrobial compounds.

17-Jan-2024 - 16-Jan-2024

Analysis of non-canonical start codon use in Streptomyces - Harry Smith Vacation Studentship (2022)

Feeney, Morgan (Principal Investigator)

A better understanding of start codon use in Streptomyces is necessary for correct genome annotation, the ability to heterologously express recombinant proteins or biosynthetic gene clusters, and the industrial optimization of antibiotic-producing strains. Bioinformatic analysis of the non-canonical start codons used for translation of sigR.

01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2022

Linking Genotype to Phenotype for Faster Antibiotic Discovery - 2. Vertically Integrated Projects for Sustainable Development (VIP4SD) Lady Curran Summer Internship (2021)

Feeney, Morgan (Principal Investigator) Herron, Paul (Co-investigator) Murray, Paul (Co-investigator)

21-Jan-2021 - 18-Jan-2021

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