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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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The genesis, diversity and dynamics of integron gene cassettes
Gillings, M. (Primary Chief Investigator) & Ghaly, T. (Chief Investigator)
29/04/19 → 28/04/20
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Adaptative and ancient co-evolution of integrons with Xanthomonas genomes
Colombi, E., Ghaly, T. M., Rajabal, V., Elbourne, L. D. H., Gillings, M. & Tetu, S., 2025, In: Microbial Genomics. 11, 9, p. 1-15 15 p., 001503.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Diverse, cryptic, and undescribed: club and coral fungi in a temperate Australian forest
McPherson, V. J., Gillings, M. R. & Ghaly, T. M., Jul 2025, In: Journal of Fungi. 11, 7, p. 1-15 15 p., 502.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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EcoFoldDB: protein structure-guided functional profiling of ecologically relevant microbial traits at the metagenome scale
Ghaly, T. M., Rajabal, V., Russell, D., Colombi, E. & Tetu, S. G., Sept 2025, In: Environmental Microbiology. 27, 9, p. 1-12 12 p., e70178.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effects of agricultural inputs on soil virome-associated antibiotic resistance and virulence: a focus on manure, microplastic and pesticide
Li, W. J., Ghaly, T. M., Tetu, S. G., Huang, F. Y., Li, H. Z. & Li, H., 15 Sept 2025, In: Journal of Hazardous Materials. 496, p. 1-11 11 p., 139380.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Genetic drivers of plant root colonisation by the biocontrol agent Pseudomonas protegens Pf-5
Ghaly, T. M., Fabian, B. K., Vick, S. H. W., Foster, C., Asher, A. J., Hassan, K. A., Elbourne, L. D. H., Paulsen, I. T. & Tetu, S. G., Aug 2025, In: Environmental Microbiology Reports. 17, 4, p. 1-12 12 p., e70179.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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