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William Matlock
BSc (Hons.), MSc, DPhil
Postdoctoral research assistant
- Computational biologist in Modernising Medical Microbiology
- Microbiology Society ECM Board Reviewer
My Research
I am interested how mobile genetic elements, such as plasmids, integrons, and transposons, evolve and spread antimicrobial resistance genes. I spend most of my time developing novel genomic and epidemiological methods to then apply them in clinical settings, but I also work on more fundamental questions surrounding plasmid evolution.
Recent publications
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Survey of healthcare-associated sink infrastructure, and sink trap antibiotic residues and biochemistry, in twenty-nine UK hospitals
Journal article
Rodger G. et al, (2025), Journal of Hospital Infection, 159, 140 - 147
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Erratum: Towards quantifying plasmid similarity.
Journal article
Matlock W. et al, (2024), Microbial genomics, 10
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Author Correction: The plasmidome associated with Gram-negative bloodstream infections: a large-scale observational study using complete plasmid assemblies
Journal article
Lipworth S. et al, (2024), Nature Communications, 15
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The plasmidome associated with Gram-negative bloodstream infections: A large-scale observational study using complete plasmid assemblies
Journal article
Lipworth S. et al, (2024), Nature Communications, 15
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Global genomic epidemiology ofblaGES-5carbapenemase-associated integrons
Preprint
Matlock W. et al, (2024)