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Dr Timothy Ghaly is a microbial ecologist in the School of Natural Sciences. Timothy obtained his PhD from Macquarie University in 2022 for research in microbial genetics and adaptation. Following this, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher investigating the ecology of environmental microbiomes using metagenomics. He then secured the highly competitive Macquarie University Research Fellowship (~8% success rate). As part of his fellowship, he combines a variety of experimental and computational methods to investigate how soil microbiomes and their ecological functions respond to agricultural land degradation and restoration – and how these microbial shifts contribute to plant health and drought tolerance. Building on these insights, his current research aims to engineer microbial communities to enhance plant growth, climate resilience, and sustainable agriculture.
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Dissecting molecular evolution of class 1 integron gene cassettes and identifying their bacterial hosts in suburban creeks via epicPCR
Qi, Q., Ghaly, T. M., Rajabal, V., Gillings, M. R. & Tetu, S. G., Jan 2024, In: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 79, 1, p. 100-111 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring the role of mobile genetic elements in shaping plant–bacterial interactions for sustainable agriculture and ecosystem health
Rajabal, V., Ghaly, T. M., Egidi, E., Ke, M., Penesyan, A., Qi, Q., Gillings, M. R. & Tetu, S. G., Mar 2024, In: Plants People Planet. 6, 2, p. 408-420 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring virus-host-environment interactions in a chemotrophic-based underground estuary
Ghaly, T. M., Focardi, A., Elbourne, L. D. H., Sutcliffe, B., Humphreys, W. F., Jaschke, P. R., Tetu, S. G. & Paulsen, I. T., 30 Jan 2024, In: Environmental Microbiome. 19, 1, p. 1-13 13 p., 9.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Horizontal gene transfer in plant microbiomes: integrons as hotspots for cross-species gene exchange
Ghaly, T. M., Gillings, M. R., Rajabal, V., Paulsen, I. T. & Tetu, S. G., 2024, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 15, p. 1-10 10 p., 1338026.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Vegetable phylloplane microbiomes harbour class 1 integrons in novel bacterial hosts and drive the spread of chlorite resistance
Qi, Q., Ghaly, T. M., Rajabal, V., Russell, D. H., Gillings, M. R. & Tetu, S. G., 1 Dec 2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 954, p. 1-11 11 p., 176348.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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