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Dr Vartul Sangal

Assistant Professor

Department: Applied Sciences

Dr Sangal completed his Ph.D. at the Max-Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin followed by postdoctoral research at the Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He established his independent research at Northumbria University as an Anniversary Research Fellow and was appointed as a Senior Lecturer in Cellular and Molecular Sciences in September 2016.

Dr Sangal works in collaboration with many research groups both nationally and internationally and delivered invited talks in several international conferences.

Vartul Sangal

Dr Sangal is interested in evolutionary and genetic analysis of whole genome sequences of bacteria and microbial community analysis of soil samples from challenging environments using computational approaches. His group works on identification and characterisation of novel virulence genes in pathogenic bacteria using molecular techniques. His research also emphasises the importance of incorporating genome sequence-based approaches into systematics for a reliable identification and classification of prokaryotic taxa.

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • Entering Poorly Charted Waters: The Biology of the Filamentous Acid-Loving Actinomycetes and Acidimicrobia, Golińska, P., Goodfellow, M., Sangal, V. 6 Feb 2024, Actinomycetes in Marine and Extreme Environments , Abingdon, CRC Press
  • Environmental microbiome in the home and daycare settings during the COVID-19 pandemic, and potential risk of non-communicable disease in children, McKay, J., Crown, M., Bashton, M., Pearce, D., Entwistle, J., Sangal, V. Feb 2024, In: Environmental Microbiology Reports
  • In memoriam - Michael Goodfellow (1941 - 2024), Embley, M., Sangal, V., Sutcliffe, I., Trujillo, M. 15 Apr 2024, In: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
  • Is the bacterial genus name Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 illegitimate? Request for an Opinion, Goodfellow, M., Oren, A., Sangal, V., Sutcliffe, I. 25 Jan 2024, In: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
  • Phylogenomic analyses of multidrug resistant Corynebacterium striatum strains isolated from patients in a tertiary care hospital in the UK, Sangal, V., Marrs, E., Nelson, A., Perry, J. 1 Jul 2024, In: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
  • Phylogenomic diversity within Corynebacterium diphtheriae, a re-emerging threat to global public health, Sangal, V., Burkovski, A. 1 May 2024, Phylogenomics, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Elsevier
  • Phylogenomic diversity within Corynebacterium diphtheriae, a reemerging threat to global public health, Burkovski, A., Sangal, V. May 2024, Phylogenomics, London, Elsevier
  • A multiomic approach to defining the essential genome of the globally important pathogen Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Goodall, E., Azevedo Antunes, C., Möller, J., Sangal, V., Torres, V., Gray, J., Cunningham, A., Hoskisson, P., Burkovski, A., Henderson, I. 26 Apr 2023, In: PLoS Genetics
  • Evaluating the impact of a ‘competitive salary’ in a placement job advertisement on different student groups: Final Report of a 2023 ASET Student Research Bursary Project, Akel, S., Hooper, H., Sangal, V. 23 Nov 2023
  • Corynebacterium guaraldiae sp. nov.: a new species of Corynebacterium from human infections, de Oliveira Sant'Anna, L., Dos Santos, L., Araújo, M., da Rocha, D., Ramos, J., Baio, P., Del Peloso, P., da Costa Ferreira Leite, C., Peixoto, R., Almuzara, M., Vay, C., Barberis, C., Sangal, V., Burkovski, A., Aguiar, E., Mattos-Guaraldi, A., Pacheco, L., Vieira, V. 1 Jun 2023, In: Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • Invited talk: 9th International Weigl Conference, University of Rzeszów - Distinct microbial communities in acidic forest soil environments with capacities to produce novel biomolecules  2024
  • Invited talk: Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun - Environmental microbiome: shaping our health, environment and economy 2024
  • Invited talk: Bergey’s International Society for Microbial Systematics: Spatiotemporal variations in the honeybee gut microbiome with capacity to produce novel biomolecules 2023
  • Invited talk: Legitimate, illegitimate, valid, correct, rejected: negotiating a nomenclatural minefield with Prescottella equi. 2023
  • Invited talk: London Interdisciplinary Biosciences Consortium (LIDo) Lecture Week: Impact of vaccine on evolutionary dynamics of human pathogen Corynebacterium diphtheriae 2021
  • Invited talk: University of Cambridge: Influence of vaccine on evolution of Corynebacterium diphtheriae 2020
  • Oral presentation: Application of whole genome sequencing to exploring intra-generic heterogeneity 2018
  • Invited talk: Does vaccine drive the evolution of Corynebacterium diphtheriae? 2017
  • Invited talk: Is vaccine driving the evolution of Corynebacterium diphtheriae? 2017
  • Invited talk: From genes to genome: a paradigm shift in inferring evolution, epidemiology and genetics of virulence in pathogenic bacteria 2015

  • Megan Paterson Start Date: 01/10/2017 End Date: 02/03/2021
  • Esther Smith Diagnosing asthma using PBM-Hale: comparing cytokines and the microbiome in exhaled breath condensate Start Date: 01/02/2024
  • Megan Paterson Molecular characterisation of novel pathways for cell envelope protein localisation in Rhodococcus equi Start Date: 01/10/2017

  • Molecular Biology PhD October 01 2008
  • Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2016


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