David Whitworth
BA, PhD, SFHEA
Professor
Contact Details
- Email: dew@aber.ac.uk
- ORCID: 0000-0002-0302-7722
- Office: 2.36 (the room previously known as S22), Cledwyn Building
- Phone: +44 (0) 1970 621828
- Research Portal Profile
Teaching
Module Coordinator
- BR12210 - Molecular Laboratory Skills
- BR22920 - Practical Skills for Biochemists
- BR12010 - Metabolism
Coordinator
- BR22920 - Practical Skills for Biochemists
- BR12210 - Molecular Laboratory Skills
- BR12010 - Metabolism
Lecturer
- BR23920 - Behavioural Ecology
- BR15320 - Biochemistry and the Cellular Basis of Life
- BR14310 - Evolution and the Diversity of Life
- BR36020 - Molecular Biology of Development
- BR26620 - Proteins and Enzymes
- BRM4820 - Field and Laboratory Techniques
Tutor
Grader
Research
My research focuses on the myxobacterial predator Myxococcus xanthus and how it preys upon other microbes. We are studying natural myxobacterial isolates using a variety of genomic, proteomic and phenotypic techniques to identify the genes conferring antimicrobial activity. Particular topics of interest include the predatory vesicles shed by myxobacteria, and myxobacterial signalling pathways and how they alter behaviour in response to a changing environment.
Publications
Khalid, A, Cookson, AR, Whitworth, DE, Beeton, ML, Robins, LI & Maddocks, SE 2023, 'A Synthetic Polymicrobial Community Biofilm Model Demonstrates Spatial Partitioning, Tolerance to Antimicrobial Treatment, Reduced Metabolism, and Small Colony Variants Typical of Chronic Wound Biofilms', Pathogens, vol. 12, no. 1, 118. 10.3390/pathogens12010118
Arakal, BS, Whitworth, DE, James, PE, Rowlands, R, Madhusoodanan, NPT, Baijoo, MR & Livingstone, PG 2023, 'In Silico and In Vitro Analyses Reveal Promising Antimicrobial Peptides from Myxobacteria', Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 202-214. 10.1007/s12602-022-10036-4
Zwarycz, AS & Whitworth, DE 2023, 'Myxobacterial Predation: A Standardised Lawn Predation Assay Highlights Strains with Unusually Efficient Predatory Activity', Microorganisms, vol. 11, no. 2, 398. 10.3390/microorganisms11020398
Payne, S & Whitworth, D 2022, 'Increasing creative self-efficacy: Developing the confidence of biochemistry undergraduates to innovate', Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 296-306. 10.1002/bmb.21628
Whitworth, D 2022, 'Myxobacteria: Physiology and Regulation', Microorganisms, vol. 10, no. 4, 805. 10.3390/microorganisms10040805
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