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Alasdair Hubbard

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Biography

Alasdair graduated from the University of Leeds with a BSc in Microbiology in 2007. Following his degree, he worked for the Health Protection Agency (now UKHSA) and Dstl, Porton Down before completing his PhD in Medical Microbiology and Biophysics at St George's, University of London. He then continued as a Research Assistant at the University of Oxford and a Postdoctoral Scientist at Micropathology Ltd, before a Postdoctoral Research Associate position at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine for 4 years. Alasdair was appointed a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University from 2021-2025

Alasdair moved to the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science at the University in Nottingham in 2025.

Expertise Summary

Alasdair specialises in antimicrobial resistance, microbial evolution, molecular biology and bioinformatics.

Research Summary

Alasdair's research focuses on the evolution, mechanisms and transmission of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) across clinical, environmental and agricultural settings. He combines experimental… read more

Recent Publications

  • MARIA HOERNKE, SHUAI SHI, ALASDAIR T.M. HUBBARD, NINA GERINGER, FABIO STRATI, CHEN SHEN, CHRISTIAN W脰LK and RICHARD D. HARVEY, 2025. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes. 1867,
  • DANIEL S. READ, H. SOON GWEON, MICHAEL J. BOWES, MUNA F. ANJUM, DERRICK W. CROOK, KEVIN K. CHAU, LIAM P. SHAW, ALASDAIR HUBBARD, MANAL ABUOUN, HOLLY J. TIPPER, SARAH J. HOOSDALLY, MARK J. BAILEY, A. SARAH WALKER and NICOLE STOESSER, 2024. Water Research. 264,
  • FABRICE E. GRAF, RICHARD N. GOODMAN, SARAH GALLICHAN, SALLY FORREST, ESTHER PICTON-BARLOW, ALICE J. FRASER, MINH DUY PHAN, MADALITSO MPHASA, ALASDAIR T.M. HUBBARD, PATRICK MUSICHA, MARK A. SCHEMBRI, ADAM P. ROBERTS, THOMAS EDWARDS, JOSEPH M. LEWIS and NICHOLAS A. FEASEY, 2024. Nature Communications. 15,
  • BETH JAMES, HISHIKHA REESAUL, SIDRA KASHIF, MAHBOOBEH BEHRUZNIA, CONOR J. MEEHAN, MARIA ROSA DOMINGO-SANANES and ALASDAIR T. M. HUBBARD, 2024. npj Antimicrobials and Resistance. 2,

Current Research

Alasdair's research focuses on the evolution, mechanisms and transmission of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) across clinical, environmental and agricultural settings. He combines experimental evolution, molecular biology and high鈥憆esolution sequencing to understand how pathogenic bacteria adapt under antimicrobial pressure, how resistance determinants move between hosts and environments and how these processes can be disrupted to improve treatment outcomes.

A central theme of Alasdair's work is elucidating the evolutionary dynamics of AMR during infection and treatment, particularly in Escherichia coli associated with urinary tract infections. Using physiologically relevant in vitro models that mimic the human bladder environment, Alasdair investigates how antibiotic exposure shapes resistance trajectories, collateral susceptibility patterns and fitness trade鈥憃ffs. This work aims to optimise antimicrobial regimens to limit resistance emergence and reduce recurrent infections.

Future Research

Alasdair is particularly interested in the role of insertion sequences in the movement of AMR genes, how they contribute to novel AMR mechanisms and disrupt AMR genes and contribute to AMR evolution, particularly around mobile genetic element hybridisation.

  • MARIA HOERNKE, SHUAI SHI, ALASDAIR T.M. HUBBARD, NINA GERINGER, FABIO STRATI, CHEN SHEN, CHRISTIAN W脰LK and RICHARD D. HARVEY, 2025. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes. 1867,
  • DANIEL S. READ, H. SOON GWEON, MICHAEL J. BOWES, MUNA F. ANJUM, DERRICK W. CROOK, KEVIN K. CHAU, LIAM P. SHAW, ALASDAIR HUBBARD, MANAL ABUOUN, HOLLY J. TIPPER, SARAH J. HOOSDALLY, MARK J. BAILEY, A. SARAH WALKER and NICOLE STOESSER, 2024. Water Research. 264,
  • FABRICE E. GRAF, RICHARD N. GOODMAN, SARAH GALLICHAN, SALLY FORREST, ESTHER PICTON-BARLOW, ALICE J. FRASER, MINH DUY PHAN, MADALITSO MPHASA, ALASDAIR T.M. HUBBARD, PATRICK MUSICHA, MARK A. SCHEMBRI, ADAM P. ROBERTS, THOMAS EDWARDS, JOSEPH M. LEWIS and NICHOLAS A. FEASEY, 2024. Nature Communications. 15,
  • BETH JAMES, HISHIKHA REESAUL, SIDRA KASHIF, MAHBOOBEH BEHRUZNIA, CONOR J. MEEHAN, MARIA ROSA DOMINGO-SANANES and ALASDAIR T. M. HUBBARD, 2024. npj Antimicrobials and Resistance. 2,
  • WILLIAM MATLOCK, SAMUEL LIPWORTH, KEVIN K CHAU, MANAL ABUOUN, LEANNE BARKER, JAMES KAVANAGH, MONIQUE ANDERSSON, SARAH OAKLEY, MARCUS MORGAN, DERRICK W CROOK, DANIEL S READ, MUNA ANJUM, LIAM P SHAW and NICOLE STOESSER, 2023. eLife. 12,
  • THOMAS EDWARDS, EVA HEINZ, JON VAN AARTSEN, ALEX HOWARD, PAUL ROBERTS, CAROLINE CORLESS, ALICE J. FRASER, CHRISTOPHER T. WILLIAMS, ISSRA BULGASIM, LUIS E. CUEVAS, CHRISTOPHER M. PARRY, ADAM P. ROBERTS, EMILY R. ADAMS, JENIFER MASON and ALASDAIR T.M. HUBBARD, 2022. Microbial Genomics. 8,
  • JOEL MANYAHI, SABRINA J. MOYO, UPENDO KIBWANA, RICHARD N. GOODMAN, ELLIE ALLMAN, ALASDAIR T.M. HUBBARD, BJ脴RN BLOMBERG, NINA LANGELAND and ADAM P. ROBERTS, 2022. Journal of Medical Microbiology. 71,
  • MANAL ABUOUN, HANNAH JONES, EMMA STUBBERFIELD, DANIEL GILSON, LIAM P. SHAW, ALASDAIR T.M. HUBBARD, KEVIN K. CHAU, ROBERT SEBRA, TIM E.A. PETO, DERRICK W. CROOK, DANIEL S. READ, H. SOON GWEON, A. SARAH WALKER, NICOLE STOESSER, RICHARD P. SMITH and MUNA F. ANJUM, 2021. Microbial Genomics. 7,
  • LIAM P SHAW, KEVIN K CHAU, JAMES KAVANAGH, MANAL ABUOUN, EMMA STUBBERFIELD, H SOON GWEON, LEANNE BARKER, GILLIAN RODGER, MIKE J BOWES, ALASDAIR T M HUBBARD, HAYLEAH PICKFORD, JEREMY SWANN, DANIEL GILSON, RICHARD P SMITH, SARAH J HOOSDALLY, ROBERT SEBRA, HOWARD BRETT, TIM E A PETO, MARK J BAILEY, DERRICK W CROOK, DANIEL S READ, MUNA F ANJUM, A SARAH WALKER, NICOLE STOESSER and REHAB CONSORTIUM, 2021.
  • WILLIAM MATLOCK, KEVIN K. CHAU, MANAL ABUOUN, EMMA STUBBERFIELD, LEANNE BARKER, JAMES KAVANAGH, HAYLEAH PICKFORD, DANIEL GILSON, RICHARD P. SMITH, H. SOON GWEON, SARAH J. HOOSDALLY, JEREMY SWANN, ROBERT SEBRA, MARK J. BAILEY, TIMOTHY E.A. PETO, DERRICK W. CROOK, MUNA F. ANJUM, DANIEL S. READ, A. SARAH WALKER, NICOLE STOESSER, LIAM P. SHAW, MANAL ABUOUN, MUNA F. ANJUM, MARK J. BAILEY, H. BRETT, MIKE J. BOWES, KEVIN K. CHAU, NICOLA DE MAIO, NICHOLAS DUGGETT, DANIEL J. WILSON, DANIEL GILSON, H. SOON GWEON, ALASDAIR HUBBARD, SARAH J. HOOSDALLY, WILLIAM MATLOCK, JAMES KAVANAGH, HANNAH JONES, TIMOTHY E.A. PETO, DANIEL S. READ, ROBERT SEBRA, LIAM P. SHAW, ANNA E. SHEPPARD, RICHARD P. SMITH, EMMA STUBBERFIELD, NICOLE STOESSER, JEREMY SWANN, A. SARAH WALKER and NEIL WOODFORD, 2021. ISME Journal. 15, 2322-2335
  • SABRINA J. MOYO, JOEL MANYAHI, ALASDAIR T.M. HUBBARD, RACHEL L. BYRNE, NAHYA SALIM MASOUD, SAID ABOUD, KARIM MANJI, BJ脴RN BLOMBERG, NINA LANGELAND and ADAM P. ROBERTS, 2021. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 115, 1080-1085
  • ALASDAIR T.M. HUBBARD, ISSRA BULGASIM and ADAM P. ROBERTS, 2021. Microbiology (United Kingdom). 167,
  • ALASDAIR T.M. HUBBARD, JENIFER MASON, PAUL ROBERTS, CHRISTOPHER M. PARRY, CAROLINE CORLESS, JON VAN AARTSEN, ALEX HOWARD, ISSRA BULGASIM, ALICE J. FRASER, EMILY R. ADAMS, ADAM P. ROBERTS and THOMAS EDWARDS, 2020. Nature Communications. 11,
  • ELISSAVET NIKOLAOU, ALASDAIR T.M. HUBBARD, JO脙O BOTELHO, TAYLOR A.M. MARSCHALL, DANIELA M. FERREIRA and ADAM P. ROBERTS, 2020. Genes. 11, 1-9
  • ALASDAIR T.M. HUBBARD, ENAS NEWIRE, JO脙O BOTELHO, JES脷S REIN脡, ELLI WRIGHT, EMMA A. MURPHY, WILLIAM HUTTON and ADAM P. ROBERTS, 2020. MicrobiologyOpen. 9, 1128-1134
  • H. SOON GWEON, LIAM P. SHAW, JEREMY SWANN, NICOLA DE MAIO, MANAL ABUOUN, RENE NIEHUS, ALASDAIR T.M. HUBBARD, MIKE J. BOWES, MARK J. BAILEY, T. E.A. PETO, SARAH J. HOOSDALLY, A. SARAH WALKER, ROBERT P. SEBRA, DERRICK W. CROOK, MUNA F. ANJUM, DANIEL S. READ, NICOLE STOESSER, M. ABUOUN, M. ANJUM, M. J. BAILEY, L. BARKER, H. BRETT, M. J. BOWES, K. CHAU, N. DE MAIO, D. GILSON, H. S. GWEON, A. T.M. HUBBARD, S. HOOSDALLY, J. KAVANAGH, H. JONES, D. S. READ, R. SEBRA, L. P. SHAW, A. E. SHEPPARD, R. SMITH, E. STUBBERFIELD, J. SWANN, A. S. WALKER and N. WOODFORD, 2019. Environmental Microbiomes. 14,
  • NICOLA DE MAIO, LIAM P. SHAW, ALASDAIR HUBBARD, SOPHIE GEORGE, NICHOLAS D. SANDERSON, JEREMY SWANN, RYAN WICK, MANAL ABU OUN, EMMA STUBBERFIELD, SARAH J. HOOSDALLY, DERRICK W. CROOK, TIMOTHY E.A. PETO, ANNA E. SHEPPARD, MARK J. BAILEY, DANIEL S. READ, MUNA F. ANJUM, A. SARAH WALKER and NICOLE STOESSER, 2019. Microbial Genomics. 5,
  • ALASDAIR T.M. HUBBARD, NAZILA V. JAFARI, NICHOLAS FEASEY, JENNIFER L. ROHN and ADAM P. ROBERTS, 2019. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10,
  • C. M. ROONEY, A. E. SHEPPARD, E. CLARK, K. DAVIES, A. T.M. HUBBARD, R. SEBRA, D. W. CROOK, A. S. WALKER, M. H. WILCOX and C. H. CHILTON, 2019. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 74, 1876-1883
  • M. E. REYNOLDS, H. T.T. PHAN, S. GEORGE, A. T.M. HUBBARD, N. STOESSER, I. E. MACIUCA, D. W. CROOK and D. TIMOFTE, 2019. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 74, 1207-1211
  • W. DAVID HONG, FARID BENAYOUD, GEMMA L. NIXON, LOUISE FORD, KELLY L. JOHNSTON, RACHEL H. CLARE, ANDREW CASSIDY, DARREN A.N. COOK, AMY SIU, MOTOHIRO SHIOTANI, PETER J.H. WEBBORN, STEFAN KAVANAGH, GHAITH ALJAYYOUSSI, EMMA MURPHY, ANDREW STEVEN, JOHN ARCHER, DOMINIQUE STRUEVER, STEFAN J. FROHBERGER, ALEXANDRA EHRENS, MARC P. H脺BNER, ACHIM HOERAUF, ADAM P. ROBERTS, ALASDAIR T.M. HUBBARD, EDWARD W. TATE, REMIGIUSZ A. SERWA, SUET C. LEUNG, LI QIE, NEIL G. BERRY, FABIAN GUSOVSKY, JANET HEMINGWAY, JOSEPH D. TURNER, MARK J. TAYLOR, STEPHEN A. WARD and PAUL M. O鈥橬EILL, 2019. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 116, 1414-1419
  • REG REHAL, PIERS R.J. GAFFNEY, ALASDAIR T.M. HUBBARD, ROBERT D. BARKER and RICHARD D. HARVEY, 2019. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 128, 43-53
  • H. T.T. PHAN, N. STOESSER, I. E. MACIUCA, F. TOMA, E. SZEKELY, M. FLONTA, A. T.M. HUBBARD, L. PANKHURST, T. DO, T. E.A. PETO, A. S. WALKER, D. W. CROOK and D. TIMOFTE, 2018. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 73, 672-679
  • ALASDAIR T.M. HUBBARD, SIAN E.W. DAVIES, LAURA BAXTER, SARAH THOMPSON, MARK M. COLLERY, DANIEL C. HAND, D. JOHN I. THOMAS and COLIN G. FINK, 2018. Genome. 61, 379-385
  • ALASDAIR T.M. HUBBARD, ANTHONY R.M. COATES and RICHARD D. HARVEY, 2017. Journal of Antibiotics. 70, 1020-1025
  • SOPHIE GEORGE, LOUISE PANKHURST, ALASDAIR HUBBARD, ANTONIA VOTINTSEVA, NICOLE STOESSER, ANNA E. SHEPPARD, AMY MATHERS, RACHEL NORRIS, INDRE NAVICKAITE, CHLOE EATON, ZAMIN IQBAL, DERRICK W. CROOK and HANG T.T. PHAN, 2017. Microbial Genomics. 3,
  • REG P. REHAL, HELENE MARBACH, ALASDAIR T.M. HUBBARD, ANAM A. SACRANIE, FEDERICA SEBASTIANI, GIOVANNA FRAGNETO and RICHARD D. HARVEY, 2017. Chemistry and Physics of Lipids. 206, 60-70
  • ALASDAIR T.M. HUBBARD, ROBERT BARKER, REG REHAL, KALLIOPI KELLI A. VANDERA, RICHARD D. HARVEY and ANTHONY R.M. COATES, 2017. Biochemistry. 56, 1163-1174
  • DANIEL J. PHILLIPS, JAMES HARRISON, SARAH JANE RICHARDS, DANIEL E. MITCHELL, ESTHER TICHAUER, ALASDAIR T.M. HUBBARD, COLLETTE GUY, IAN HANDS-PORTMAN, ELIZABETH FULLAM and MATTHEW I. GIBSON, 2017. Biomacromolecules. 18, 1592-1599
  • ALASDAIR T.M. HUBBARD, SIAN E.W. DAVIES, LAURA BAXTER, SARAH THOMPSON, MARK M. COLLERY, DANIEL C. HAND, COLIN G. FINK and D. JOHN I. THOMAS, 2016. Genome Announcements. 4,

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