Congratulations Dr Parr

Emily Parr passed her PhD viva

Emily cut the cake at her viva, 2019 — Cutting the cake at Emily's viva, 2019

A big celebration for another LBEP Staph-icianado! On November 5th 2019, Emily Parr successfully passed her viva and defended her work on the role of staphylococcal prophage Avβ in her PhD thesis: "Phage-mediated adaptation of Staphylococcus aureus to the avian innate immune response". Her internal examiner was Dr Thamarai Dorai-Schneiders (R(D)SVS) and her external examiner was Professor Paul Wigley (The University of Liverpool). Congratulations Emily!

Her scientific career will continue in her new position as a policy officer for the Microbiology Society. Good luck!

Staff profile page: Dr Thamarai Dorai-Schneiders

Staff profile page: Professor Paul Wigley (The University of Liverpool)

This article was published on 27 Mar, 2020