Jake Lacey is a bioinformatician and computational microbiologist working within the Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory (MDU-PHL). He works on a wide variety of microbial pathogens to track outbreaks and evolution within remote and hospital settings.
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Key Achievements
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Dr Lacey has made notable contributions to his field through his research, as shown with the number of publications he authored in high impact journals.
He has also been successful in securing a number of Early Career Research (ECR) grants, and his expertise and communication skills have been acknowledged through numerous awards for presentations.
Publications
Research Groups
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Howden Group
Research from Professor Ben Howden’s group research uses genomics, molecular biology, epidemiology and clinical studies to address a broad range of issues related to invasive bacterial diseases in humans, especially those caused by staphylococci, enterococci and other antimicrobial-resistant species. Additionally, working closely with scientists in the MDU PHL, they investigate the epidemiology, evolution, and spread of bacterial pathogens of public health significance such as Neisseria gonorrhoea, Listeria monocytogenes, Shigella and Salmonella spp., Legionella spp., and carbapenemase-producing gram-negative bacteria.
Lab Team
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Director Of Microbiological Diagnostic Unit (MDU) Public Health Laboratory
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Clinical Microbiologist & Infectious Diseases Physician
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Computational Microbiologist, Bioinformatician
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Dr Anders Gonçalves da Silva
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Dr Andre Mu
Research Officer
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Robyn Lee
Research Fellow
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Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory
The role of the Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory (MDU PHL) is to collaborate with health professionals to provide vital analytic services and technical advice in public health microbiology to inform public health policy and practice.