Staff Profile

Introduction

I began my career working with enteric bacteria, using molecular microbiology tools to understand how these bacteria interact with their host. Since joining the Environmental Engineering group at Newcastle University I have adapted my skills to use microbiology to address environmental issues that connect both human and environmental health. My current research focus is the use of wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) as a tool for health protection, including in the surveillance of COVID-19 and AMR.

Current and Recent Projects

National Covid-19 Wastewater Epidemiology Surveillance Program (N-WESP) - PDRA

Tackling AMR in Wastewater Systems with Sneaky Bacteria - PDRA

Empower: Identifying best practice for empowerment through entrepreneurial freedom: A project for the marginalized in informal settlements in Delhi. India - PDRA (https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/empower-en/)

Qualifications

PhD Molecular Microbiology, Dept. Biological Sciences (University of Edinburgh, 2014)

MSc by Research, Infectious Diseases (University of Edinburgh, 2009)

BSc (Hons), Microbiology and Infection (University of Edinburgh, 2008)

More Information

Graham Group 

https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/grahamr/

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-jobling-9a645510b/

• Articles

  • Jobling K, Quintela-Baluja M, Hassard F, Adamou P, Blackburn A, Term Research Team, McIntyre-Nolan S, O'Mara O, Romalde JL, Di Cesare M, Graham DW. Comparison of gene targets and sampling regimes for SARS-CoV-2 quantification for wastewater epidemiology in UK prisons. Journal of Water and Health 2024, 22(1), 64-76.
  • Quintela-Baluja M, Jobling K, Graham DW, Tabraiz S, Shamurad B, Alnakip M, Böhme K, Barros-Velázquez J, Carrera M, Calo-Mata P. Rapid Proteomic Characterization of Bacteriocin-Producing Enterococcus faecium Strains from Foodstuffs. International Journal of Molecular Biosciences 2022, 23(22), 13830.
  • Quintela-Baluja M, Jobling K, Graham DW, Gomez-Lopez M, Romalde JL, Barros-Velázquez J, Calo-Mata P, Thrash JC. Nearly Complete Genome Sequence of Raoultella ornithinolytica Strain MQB_Silv_108, Carrying an Uncommon Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-like bla_BEL Gene. Microbiology Resource Announcements 2022, 11(11), e01012-22.
  • Quintela-Baluja M, Jobling K, Graham DW, Alnakip M, Böhme K, Barros-Velázquez J, Calo-Mata P, Newton IRG. Draft Genome Sequences of Two Bacteriocin-Producing Enterococcus faecium Strains Isolated from Nonfermented Animal Foods in Spain. Microbiology Resource Announcements 2022, 11(11), e00866-22.
  • Quintela-Baluja M, Frigon D, Abouelnaga M, Jobling K, Romalde JL, Gomez Lopez M, Graham DW. Dynamics of integron structures across a wastewater network – Implications to resistance gene transfer. Water Research 2021, 206, 117720.
  • Sherwood JE, Fraser S, Citron DM, Wexler H, Blakely G, Jobling K, Patrick S. Multi-drug resistant Bacteroides fragilis recovered from blood and severe leg wounds caused by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Afghanistan. Anaerobe 2011, 17, 152-155.
  • Patrick S, Jobling KL, O'Connor D, Thacker Z, Dryden DTF, Blakely GW. A unique homologue of the eukaryotic protein-modifier ubiquitin present in the bacterium Bacteroides fragilis, a predominant resident of the human gastrointestinal tract. Microbiology 2011, 157, 3071-3078.