Dr Isabella Romeo-Melody

Assistant Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences

School of Health Sciences

Email:: Isabella.Romeo-Melody@bcu.ac.uk

Dr Romeo-Melody completed a BSc in Biology at the University of Portsmouth. Whilst completing her PhD ‘Antimicrobial efficacy of XF-73 and photo-activated XF-73 against clinically relevant microorganisms in planktonic and biofilm modes of growth’ at Aston University, she joined BCU as a research technician and became a project manager for a Citizen Science project ‘Exploring the chopping board microbiome’ at Aston University.

Upon completion of her PhD Isabella then joined the academic team as an assistant lecturer in Biomedical Sciences, where she teaches Essential Skills and Microbiology at Level 4 and Academic Skills and Career Development at Level 5, and she also supervises microbiology-based research projects at Level 6. Recently Isabella was awarded Pilot Project funding and will begin her research career investing the microbiological function of a 3D skin aging model designed by Dr Figgitt as an in-vitro wound model for a range of skin-based healthcare-associated infections.

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Conference presentations:

Bioscience Research Day, 2022, Birmingham, 10-minute presentation with 5-minutes of questions: Antibacterial efficacy of XF-73 via two mechanisms of action against Gram-positive microorganisms in biofilm mode of growth. Isabella Romeo-Melody, Daniel Hynes, William Rhys-Williams, Bill Love, Peter Lambert, Tony Worthington

European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases annual 32nd Conference, 2022, Lisbon, poster with presentation session, online presentation submitted for hybrid conference (4656/L0321): Antibacterial efficacy of XF-73 via two mechanisms of action against Gram-positive microorganisms in biofilm mode of growth. Isabella Romeo-Melody, Daniel Hynes, William Rhys-Williams, Bill Love, Peter Lambert, Tony Worthington

ABX Antibiotic Discovery Accelerator Network Meeting, 2021, Birmingham, 10-minute presentation with 5-minutes of questions: Antimicrobial efficacy of XF-73 against Gram-positive microorganisms. Isabella Romeo-Melody, Daniel Hynes, William Rhys-Williams, Bill Love, Peter Lambert, Tony Worthington

Microbiological Society Roadshow, 2021, Birmingham, 5-minute presentation with 3-minutes of questions: Antimicrobial efficacy of XF-73 against E. faecalis biofilms. Isabella Romeo-Melody, Daniel Hynes, William Rhys-Williams, Bill Love, Peter Lambert, Tony Worthington

Medical Research Foundation National PhD Training Programme in AMR Research Annual Conference, 2021, online, 3-minute presentation: Antimicrobial efficacy of XF-73 and antibiotic comparators against Enterococcus faecalis in biofilm mode of growth. Isabella Romeo-Melody, Daniel Hynes, William Rhys-Williams, Bill Love, Peter Lambert, Tony Worthington

European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases annual 31st Conference, 2021, online, poster with audio description (1435): Antimicrobial efficacy of XF-73 and antibiotic comparators against clinically relevant Gram-positive microorganisms in biofilm mode of growth. Isabella Romeo-Melody, Daniel Hynes, William Rhys-Williams, Bill Love, Peter Lambert, Tony Worthington

European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases annual 30st Conference, 2020, online, abstract (3606): Antimicrobial efficacy of XF-73 against Gram-positive microorganisms. Isabella Romeo-Melody, Daniel Hynes, William Rhys-Williams, Bill Love, Peter Lambert, Tony Worthington

Medical Research Foundation National PhD Training Programme in AMR Research Annual Conference, 2020, online, 3-minute presentation: Enhancement of XF-73 against Staphylococcus aureus with photodynamic therapy. Isabella Romeo-Melody, Daniel Hynes, William Rhys-Williams, Bill Love, Peter Lambert, Tony Worthington