CV
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Education
The University of Queensland (UQ) Brisbane, Australia
Ph.D., Microbial Genomics expected graduation 2022
Supervisor: Associate Professor Scott Beatson
Teaching in Advanced Genome Informatics, Concepts
in Bioinformatics, Genomics & Bioinformatics,
and Microbial Genomics
Cardiff University Cardiff, United Kingdom
BSc. (Hons.), Biology Graduated 2016
Peer Reviewed Publications
Kidsley AK, White RT, Beatson SA, Saputra S, Schembri MA, Gordon D, Johnson JR,
O’Dea M, Mollinger JL, Abraham S, Trott DJ. Companion animals are spillover hosts
of the multidrug-resistant human extraintestinal Escherichia coli pandemic clones
ST131 and ST1193. Frontiers in Microbiology 2020;11:1968
doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01968
Omalekia L, Blackall PJ, Cuddihy T, White RT, Courtice JM, Turnia C, Forde BM,
Beatson SA. Phase variation in the glycosyltransferase genes of Pasteurella
multocida associated with outbreaks of fowl cholera on free-range layer farms.
Microbial Genomics 2022;8:000772
doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000772
White RT, Anstey SI, Kasimov V, Jenkins C, Devlin J, El-Hage C, Pannekoek Y, Legione AR,
Jelocnik, M. One clone to rule them all: Culture-independent genomics of Chlamydia
psittaci from equine and avian hosts in Australia. Microbial Genomics 2022;8:000888
doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000888
White RT, Jelocnik M, Klukowski N, Haque MH, Sarker S. The first genomic insight into
Chlamydia psittaci sequence type (ST)24 from a healthy captive psittacine host in
Australia demonstrates evolutionary proximity with strains from psittacine, human, and
equine hosts. Veterinary Microbiology 2023;109704
doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2023.109704
White RT, Legione AR, Taylor-Brown A, Fernandez CM, Higgins DP, Timms P, Jelocnik M.
Completing the genome sequence of Chlamydia pecorum strains MC/MarsBar and
DBDeUG: New insights into this enigmatic koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) pathogen.
Pathogens 2021;10(12):1543
doi: 10.3390/pathogens10121543
White RT. Escherichia coli: placing resistance to third-generation cephalosporins and
fluoroquinolones in Australia and New Zealand into perspective. Microbiology Australia
2021;42:104-110
doi: 10.1071/MA21031
Preprints
Ashcroft MM, Forde BM, Phan MD, Peters KM, Henderson A, Hancock SJ, Roberts LW,
White RT, Chan KG, Chong TM, Yin WF, Paterson DL, Walsh TR, Schembri MA,
Beatson SA. Genomic characterisation and context of the blaNDM-1 carbapenemase
in Escherichia coli ST101. bioRxiv:860726v2 [Preprint]. 2019.
Available from: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/860726v2
doi: 10.1101/860726
White RT, Bull MJ, Barker CR, Arnott JM, Wootton M, Jones LS, Howe RA, Morgan M,
Ashcroft MM, Forde BM, Connor TR, Beatson SA. Genomic epidemiology reveals
geographical clustering of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli sequence type (ST)131
associated with bacteraemia in Wales, United Kingdom. medRxiv:21257487v1 [Preprint].
2021. Available from: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.21.21257487v1
doi: 10.1101/2021.05.21.21257487
Awards
The FEMS Journals Best Poster Prize at the NZMS Conference 2022
Federation of European Microbiological Societies
Nanopore Bursary 2019, 2021, & 2022
Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd.
ASM Nancy Millis Student Award Finalist 2021
The Australian Society for Microbiology Queensland Branch
ASM National Meeting Registration Grant 2018, 2019, & 2021
The Australian Society for Microbiology
UQ Research Training Scholarship 2018
School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences – UQ
Research Higher Degree Scholarship 2017
School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences – UQ
UQ Research Training Scholarship 2017
School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences – UQ
The Karen Folk Professional Training Year Scholarship 2014
Danau Girang Field Centre – Cardiff University
Related Experience
The Institute of Environmental Science and Research, Porirua August 2022 to present
Scientist
Centre for Bioinnovation, USC April 2021 to August 2022
Bioinformatician
School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, UQ July 2017 to August 2022
Casual Demonstrator
Public Health Wales NHS Trust, Cardiff January 2017 to March 2017
Public Health Intelligence Analyst
Cardiff University, Cardiff July 2014 to May 2015
Researcher
Asda Stores Ltd., Cardiff May 2015 to March 2017
Dispensary Assistant (part time)
Service Development Outreach
Academic Service
- Organising comittee for the Microbiology in Moreton Bay meeting for ASM Queensland Branch, 2019
- Organising comittee for the Nancy Millis student awards for ASM Queensland Branch, 2019
- Organising comittee for the student career panel event for ASM Queensland Branch, 2018
- Organised a seminar - COMBINE Brisbane networking seminar series, 2018
Professional Service
- ASM Communications Ambassador, 2018 - 2022
- ASM Queensland Branch Ex-officio, 2019 - 2021
- COMBINE (student-run Australian organisation for computational biology & bioinformatics) Media & Communications officer, 2019
- ASM Queensland Branch Student representative, 2018
- COMBINE local representative for Queensland, 2018
Professional Development
- ASM Social Media Communication training workshop – Zoom, Australia, 2020
- ASM Social Media Communication training workshop - Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, QLD, Australia, 2018
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences 3 Minute Thesis Heats - The University of Queensland, QLD, Australia, 2017
- Faculty of Science English for Academic Communication course - The University of Queensland, QLD, Australia, 2017
- PacBio SMRT Sequencing Workshop – Queensland University of Technology, QLD, Australia, 2017
- Nature Microbiology Writing Workshop – The University of Queensland, QLD, Australia, 2017
- Public Health Research, Policy and Practice: Working Together in Wales – The University of South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, 2016