2013-2017: BSc (Hons), University of Edinburgh, Biomedical Sciences (Infectious Diseases)
2018-2019: MSc, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Tropical Disease Biology
2019-2022: Research Assistant, Complement Research Group, Newcastle University
2023-present: Research Assistant, University of Stirling
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Woodford L, Messer LF, Ormsby MJ, White HL, Fellows R & Quilliam RS (2025) Exploiting microplastics and the plastisphere for the surveillance of human pathogenic bacteria discharged into surface waters in wastewater effluent. Water Research, 281, p. 123563. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2025.123563
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Pow CJ, Fellows R, White HL, Woodford L & Quilliam RS (2025) Fluvial flooding and plastic pollution – The delivery of potential human pathogenic bacteria into agricultural fields. Environmental Pollution, 366, Art. No.: 125518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.125518
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Ormsby MJ, Woodford L, Fellows R, White HL & Quilliam RS (2024) Rapid colonisation of environmental plastic waste by pathogenic bacteria drives adaptive phenotypic changes. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 480, Art. No.: 136359. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.136359
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Ormsby MJ, Woodford L, White HL, Fellows R & Quilliam RS (2024) The plastisphere can protect Salmonella Typhimurium from UV stress under simulated environmental conditions. Environmental Pollution, 358, Art. No.: 124464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124464
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Woodford L, Fellows R, White HL, Ormsby MJ, Pow CJ & Quilliam RS (2024) Survival and transfer potential of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium colonising polyethylene microplastics in contaminated agricultural soils. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 31, pp. 51353-51363. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-34491-4
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A perspective on the impacts of microplastics on mosquito biology and their vectorial capacity
Jones CM, Hughes GL, Coleman S, Fellows R & Quilliam RS (2024) A perspective on the impacts of microplastics on mosquito biology and their vectorial capacity. Medical and Veterinary Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mve.12710
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Woodford L, Fellows R, White HL, Ormsby MJ & Quilliam RS (2024) Salmonella Typhimurium and Vibrio cholerae can be transferred from plastic mulch to basil and spinach salad leaves. Heliyon, 10 (10), p. e31343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31343
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Metcalf R, Fellows R, White HL & Quilliam RS (2024) Persistence of ‘wet wipes’ in beach sand: An unrecognised reservoir for localised E. coli contamination. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 201, Art. No.: 116175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116175
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Ormsby MJ, Woodford L, White HL, Fellows R, Oliver DM & Quilliam RS (2024) Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae can cycle between environmental plastic waste and floodwater: Implications for environmental management of cholera. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 461, p. 132492. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132492
