Prof Paul Wigley BSc(hons) PhD
Professor of Avian Infection and Immunity Infection Biology & Microbiomes
- Work email Paul.Wigley@liverpool.ac.uk
Research
Campylobacter jejuni
Biology and control of Campylobacter in poultry production
Salmonella enterica
Immunobiology of avian salmonellosis
Mechanisms of pathogenesis and host adaptation
Poultry gut health and mucosal immunity
Research Grants
Caecal Microbiome Transfer: a novel approach to Campylobacter control and improved broiler chicken gut health
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
May 2018 - September 2021
Rapid diagnostics and control strategies for enteric bacterial pathogens in backyard and commercial production in Thailand & Philippines
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY (BEIS) (UK)
May 2018 - March 2021
Peter Richards Case Award
DANISCO UK LTD (UK)
September 2016 - March 2021
CamChain - Campylobacter in Chicken Production:Survival, Virulence and Control
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
July 2012 - October 2015
Contamination of dog chews with Salmonella (Rawhide)
MARS UK LIMITED (UK)
February 2011 - July 2011
Interactions between Salmonella and amoeba
SOCIETY FOR APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY (UK)
June 2007 - August 2007
Reducing the impact of infectious disease on village poultry production in Ethiopia
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
November 2010 - April 2015
Effect of immunosupression associated with point-of-lay on Salmonella infection and immunity in laying hens.
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
July 2006 - March 2010
Sources, Seasonality, Transmission and Control: Campylobacter and human behaviour in a changing environment (ESEI)
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
January 2012 - December 2017
Use of pathogenomic approaches to characterise emerging layer-associated Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli
BRITISH EGG MARKETING BOARD RES & ED
October 2010 - September 2014
Evolution of host adaptation in avian salmonellosis
HOUGHTON TRUST (UK)
January 2013 - March 2013
The potential role of soluble plantain fibre and its components in preventing colonisation and invasion of the intestinal mucosa by S.Typhimurium.
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
October 2009 - December 2012
Effect of a feed additive on microbial colonisation and avian immune parameters challenged with Salmonella Typhimurium and Campylobacter jejuni
DANISCO UK LTD (UK)
December 2014 - July 2016
Susceptibility of broiler chickens to Campylobacter: impacts of the gut environment and immune status on colonisation
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
October 2012 - February 2016