Dr Eva Heinz
Senior Lecturer
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
Personal statement
Eva completed her Masters and PhD at the University of Vienna comparing non-pathogenic to pathogenic Chlamydiae. She performed postdoctoral research at Newcastle University (UK), Monash University (Australia) and the Wellcome Sanger Institute (UK) before starting her lab at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in 2019. Eva’s research includes genome evolution of bacterial pathogens in particular in the context of antimicrobial resistance; membrane protein family evolution and vaccine design; and symbioses, in particular mosquito-microbiome interactions. In June 2024 Eva joined the Strathclyde Institute of Biomedical Sciences on a Senior Lecturer position.
Publications
- Mosquito host background impacts microbiome-Zika virus interactions in field- and laboratory-reared Aedes aegypti
- Cansado-Utrilla Cintia, Saldaña Miguel A, Golovko George, Khanipov Kamil, Watson Riley K, Wild Alexander L, Brettell Laura E, Weaver Scott C, Heinz Eva, Hughes Grant L
- Animal Microbiome Vol 7 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-025-00482-0
- A 46-week outbreak of ertapenem-resistant, non-carbapenemase encoding Klebsiella pneumoniae ST45 in a paediatric cardiac unit involving shared equipment, United Kingdom, April 2022 to February 2023
- Fraser Alice J, Parry Christopher M, Larru Beatriz, Case Lindsay, Ball Kate, Duggan Caitlin, Edwards Thomas, Heinz Eva
- Eurosurveillance Vol 30 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.es.2025.30.43.2500133
- Characterization of the OMP biogenesis machinery in Fusobacterium nucleatum
- Cottom Claire Overly, Heinz Eva, Erramilli Satchal, Kossiakoff Anthony, Slade Daniel J, Noinaj Nicholas
- Structure (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2025.08.008
- High diversity of Escherichia coli causing invasive disease in neonates in Malawi poses challenges for O-antigen based vaccine approach
- Pearse Oliver, Zuza Allan, Tewesa Edith, Siyabuh Patricia, Fraser Alice J, Cornick Jennifer, Kawaza Kondwani, Musicha Patrick, Thomson Nicholas R, Feasey Nicholas A, Heinz Eva
- Communications Medicine Vol 5 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-025-01007-1
- A high-resolution genomic and phenotypic analysis of resistance evolution of an Escherichia coli strain from a critically unwell patient treated with piperacillin/tazobactam
- Fraser Alice J, Ball Robert, Cantillon Daire, Brettell Laura E, Graf Fabrice E, Munnoch John T, Hoskisson Paul A, Lewis Joseph M, van Aartsen Jon J, Parry Christopher M, Heinz Eva, Edwards Thomas
- Journal of Medical Microbiology Vol 74 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.002018
- Mosquitoes reared in nearby insectaries at the same institution have significantly divergent microbiomes
- Brettell Laura E, Hoque Ananya F, Joseph Tara S, Dhokiya Vishaal, Hornett Emily A, Hughes Grant L, Heinz Eva
- Environmental Microbiology Vol 27 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.70027
Professional Activities
- PLOS Pathogens (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 3/2025
- Microbial Genomics (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 2022
- Microbial Genomics (Journal)
- Editorial board member
- 2022
Projects
- 19-BBSRC-NSF/BIO Bacterial and host genetic factors contributing to microbiome acquisition and homeostatis in mosquitoes
- Heinz, Eva (Principal Investigator)
- 03-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2026
Contact
Dr
Eva
Heinz
Senior Lecturer
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
Email: eva.heinz@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted