ABOUT ME
Jeff Cheng
Welcome to my semi-professional website, where I try to keep it updated on a regular basis (sorry!).
Here you will find information about myself, what I have and currently work on.
I am a Research Fellow at the University of Warwick in the School of Life Sciences with Prof. David Roper and Dr. Freya Harrison.
My passion is to transform innovative research and science into practical applications and products.
Research Interests
Host-pathogen interactions and mechanisms of virulence with medical devices
The gut microbiome
Phage isolation, characterisation and development of therapeutic products
Characterisation and applications of biomaterials
Development of pneumococcal vaccines
Selected Publications
Cheng JKK, Đapa T, Chan IYL, MacCreath TO, Slater R, Unnikrishnan M (2023). Regulatory Role of Anti-Sigma Factor RsbW in Clostridioides difficile Stress Response, Persistence, and Infection. Journal of Bacteriology 205 (5), e00466-22
Cheng JKK, Unnikrishnan M (2023). Clostridioides difficile infection: traversing host–pathogen interactions in the gut. Microbiology 169 (2) 001306
Nale JY, Thanki AM, Rashid SJ, Shan J, Vinner GK, Dowah ASA, Cheng JKK, Sicheritz-Pontén T, Clokie MRJ (2022). Diversity, Dynamics and Therapeutic Application of Clostridioides difficile Bacteriophages. Viruses 14 (12), 2772.
Hassall J, Cheng JKK, Unnikrishnan M (2021). Dissecting individual interactions between pathogenic and commensal bacteria within a multispecies gut microbial community. Msphere 6 (2) e00013-21.
Frost LR, Cheng JKK, Unnikrishnan M (2021). Clostridioides difficile biofilms: A mechanism of persistence in the gut? PLoS Pathogens 17 (3) e1009348.
Nale JY, Chutia N, Cheng JKK, Clokie MRJ (2020). Refining the Galleria mellonella Model by Using Stress Marker Genes to Assess Clostridioides difficile Infection and Recuperation during Phage Therapy. Microorganisms 8 (9) 1306.
Jeff K J Cheng
The School of Life Sciences Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, Warwickshire, CV4 7AL, UK
Personal: Jeff.K.J.Cheng@gmail.com
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