Dr William Johnston
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Dr William Johnston is a Postdoctoral Researcher within the Biological and Biomedical Sciences department at GCU. He graduated with a BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science degree from Glasgow Caledonian University in 2018, before undertaking his PhD at the University of Glasgow with Professor Shauna Culshaw. In 2021, William completed his PhD in Microbiology and Immunology before returning to GCU as a Postdoctoral Researcher.
Currently, Dr Johnston works under the supervision of Dr Ryan Kean to investigate novel strategies to combat microbial biofilms – which involves developing complex polymicrobial biofilm models for more accurate pre-clinical testing, and investigating novel anti-biofilm therapies in the form of bacteriophage-derived endolysins, probiotics and drug repurposing libraries.
Externally, William is an HCPC-registered biomedical scientist with licentiate membership at the IBMS, the ECR chair for the SULSA infectious disease strategic group, and a member of the Microbiology Society.
Further details of Dr Johnstons’ research and publication history can be located within his research profile.