Dr Holly Bratcher
Divisional Safety Officer
Holly Bratcher joins MPLS Division from the Department of Biology where she successfully set up the department's new safety team after the merger of the former Zoology and Plant Sciences Departments. Holly was a senior researcher and laboratory manager for over 15 years in infectious disease and microbiology and she has a multidisciplinary background in biosafety and biosecurity with accreditation in the UK and internationally. Prior to joining the University, she served 10 years in federal service in both the public health sector and forensic investigation.
Recent publications
Phylodynamic analysis of a prolonged meningococcal epidemic reveals multiple introductions and pre-epidemic expansion
Journal article
Yang Z. et al, (2025), INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION, 129
Genome-wide association studies reveal the role of polymorphisms affecting factor H binding protein expression in host invasion by Neisseria meningitidis
Journal article
Earle SG. et al, (2021), PLOS Pathogens, 17
Meningococcal carriage in periods of high and low invasive meningococcal disease incidence in the UK: comparison of UKMenCar1-4 cross-sectional survey results
Journal article
Maclennan J. et al, (2021), Lancet Infectious Diseases, 21, 677 - 687
UKMenCar4: A cross-sectional survey of asymptomatic meningococcal carriage amongst UK adolescents at a period of low invasive meningococcal disease incidence.
Journal article
Bratcher HB. et al, (2019), Wellcome open research, 4, 118 - 118
UKMenCar4: A cross-sectional survey of asymptomatic meningococcal carriage amongst UK adolescents at a period of low invasive meningococcal disease incidence
Journal article
Bratcher H. et al, (2019), Wellcome Open Research