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Thesis title: Reducing the risk of viral contamination of the UK’s food and water supply

Background

I completed my MBiolSci at the University of Sheffield in 2009 in Biochemistry and Microbiology and spent two years at the University of York investigating protein-protein interactions in E. coli. I subsequently trained as a secondary school chemistry teacher and taught in several schools in Leeds and North Yorkshire. In 2017, I returned to research by joining the STARS PhD programme at ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ.

Project description:

I am examining how sewage sludge treatments affect the viral communities of soil. At present, we know that human pathogenic viruses such as hepatitis and norovirus can be detected in both sewage sludge and soil. What we don’t have is an overall understanding of how long these viruses persist in the soil, what affects this persistence, and for how long viruses remain infective. Sludge-amended soils have the potential to act as reservoirs of pathogenic viruses which could leach into watercourses over time or during storm events, or contaminate crops and livestock. By combining viral metagenomics with qPCR and infectivity studies, I am aiming to increase our understanding of the flow of viruses through this underexplored route, and address the possible policy implications for sludge disposal as part of food production.

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• Other: PGCE Chemistry
  University of York, 2011–2012
• Other: MBiolSci Biochemistry and Microbiology (1st class honours)
  University of Sheffield, 2005–2009

2024

• Published
  Farkas, K., Williams, R. C., Hillary, L. S., Garcia-Delgado, A., Jameson, E., Kevill, J. L., Wade, M. J., Grimsley, J. M. S. & Jones, D. L., 30 Nov 2024, In: Food and Environmental Virology. 17, 1, 5.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

2022

• Published
  Hillary, L. S., Adriaenssens, E. M., Jones, D. L. & McDonald, J. E., 8 Apr 2022, In: ISME Communications. 2, 1, p. 34 34.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2021

• Published
  Farkas, K., Hillary, L., Thorpe, J., Walker, D., Lowther, J. A., McDonald, J., Malham, S. & Jones, D. L., 23 Feb 2021, In: Methods and Protocols. 4, 1, 10 p., 17.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Farkas, K., Hillary, L. S., Thorpe, J., Walker, D. I., Lowther, J. A., McDonald, J. E., Malham, S. K. & Jones, D. L., 12 Nov 2021, In: Methods and Protocols. 4, 4
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Hillary, L. S., Farkas, K., Maher, K. H., Lucaci, A., Thorpe, J., Distaso, M. A., Gaze, W. H., Paterson, S., Burke, T., Connor, T. R., McDonald, J. E., Malham, S. K. & Jones, D. L., 15 Jul 2021, In: Water Research. 200, p. 117214 1 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

• Published
  Farkas, K., Mannion, F., Hillary, L., Malham, S. & Walker, D., Aug 2020, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health. 16, p. 1-6
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Jones, D. L., Baluja, M. Q., Graham, D. W., Corbishley, A., McDonald, J. E., Malham, S. K., Hillary, L. S., Connor, T. R., Gaze, W. H., Moura, I. B., Wilcox, M. H. & Farkas, K., 20 Dec 2020, In: Science of the Total Environment. 749, 141364.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
• Published
  Farkas, K., Walker, D., Adriaenssens, E., McDonald, J., Hillary, L., Malham, S. & Jones, D. L., 15 Aug 2020, In: Water Research. 181, 115926.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Farkas, K., Hillary, L., Malham, S., McDonald, J. & Jones, D. L., Oct 2020, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health. 17, p. 14-20 7 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

• Unpublished
  Hillary, L., 2018, (Unpublished).
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

2020

• 20 Jan 2020 – 22 Jan 2020

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Organiser)

2019

• 4 Dec 2019

  Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)

• 13 Mar 2019

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant)

• 14 Jan 2019 – 17 Jan 2019

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)

2018

• Phages Under Foot: viromics detects long-term persistence of faecally associated viruses in biosolid amended soils (poster presentation)

  17 Dec 2018 – 18 Dec 2018

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  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)