Foster, Howard - University of Salford - Biomedical Research Centre

个人简介

I did my degree in Biochemistry at the University of Leeds and stayed on to do my PhD in Microbial Biochemistry of the social soil bacterium Myxococcus xanthus with Dr Howard Parish. I spent three years as a postdoc in the Microbiology Unit at the University of Oxford working on sporulation in Bacillus subtilis under Joel Mandelstam and three years with Dr Colin Clarke at the University of East Anglia working on the developmental cycle in Myxococcus. I was appointed lecturer in Microbiology here at Salford in 1978. Initially I continued working with myxobacteria looking for novel antibiotics but through collaborative work I developed an interest in a number of different bacteria including Streptococcus spp. and Staphylococcus aureus and, more recently on infection control surfaces. This has given me an excellent background in Microbiology.

研究领域

My main research interests are in Medical and Clinical Microbiology and in Food/Environmental/Plant Microbiology, isolation, testing and characterisation of novel antimicrobials, oral/intestinal Microbiology and the role of pre- and pro-biotics, and cancer research.

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Smullen, J., Finney, M., Storey, D.M. and Foster, H. A. (2012) Prevention of artificial dental plaque formation in vitro by plant extracts Journal of Applied Microbiology 113, 964-973. Foster, H.A., Sheel, D.W., Evans, P., Sheel, P., Varghese, S., Elfakhri, S.O, Yates, H.M. (2012) Antimicrobial activity of dual layer CuO-TiO2 coatings prepared by CVD against hospital related pathogens. Chemical Vapour Deposition 18; 140-146. Cook, I., Sheel , D. W, Foster, H. A. , Varghese, S. (2011) Durability of silver nanoparticulate films within a silica matrix by flame assisted chemical vapour deposition for biocidal applications. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 11; 1–6. Foster H.A., Ditta I.B, Varghese S. and Steele A. (2011). Photocatalytic disinfection using titanium dioxide: Spectrum and mechanism of antimicrobial activity, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 90(6), 1847-1868 Foster, H.A., Sheel, D.W., Sheel, P. Evans, P., Varghese, S., Rutschke, N., Yates, H.M. (2010) Antimicrobial activity of titania/silver and titania/copper films prepared by CVD Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 216; 283-289. Musil J., Louda M., Cerstvy R., Ditta I.B., Steele A. and Foster H.A. (2009) Two-functional DC sputtered Ag-containing TiO2 thin films. Nanoscale Research Letters 4, 313-320.