Doctor Nela Nikolic

Dr Nela Nikolic

Lecturer in Microbiology

Research interests

  • Roles of accessory genetic elements in bacterial resilience
  • Phenotypic heterogeneity and individual behaviors underlying stress adaptation in bacterial populations
  • Dynamic interactions between bacterial viruses (phages) and bacterial populations

More research

Accepting applications from PhD students.

About

We are broadly interested in understanding what makes microbes such experts to live almost everywhere and to successfully occupy new habitats. We investigate genomic traits that re-route bacterial core regulatory networks, and as such make bacteria resilient to survive in harsh conditions, fight viral predators, and colonize new hosts.

Group members
Kathryn Burdon, PhD student
Charlotte Hill, MRes student
Molly Lockyer, MSci student
Aafrin Shaikh, BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences, third-year project
Poppy Barnett, BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences, third-year project
Thomas Lee, BSc (Hons) Biology, third-year project
Zeynep Yetkin, BSc (Hons) Biochemistry, third-year project
Kavilaish Ravindran, BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences, third-year project

Alumni
2025 Amy Holtom, BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences, third-year project
2025 William Easeman, BSc (Hons) Biology, third-year project