Joshua Quick

Dr Joshua Quick is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow at the University of Birmingham, specializing in rapid antimicrobial resistance (AMR) prediction and genomic surveillance. His work bridges molecular biology, next-generation sequencing, and portable diagnostics, with a focus on bacterial single-cell technology to combat antibiotic resistance.

• Education:
  • PhD in Biological Sciences, University of Birmingham (2018)
  • BSc (Hons) in Biological Sciences, University of Southampton (2007)
• Research Interests:
  • Development of portable genomic sequencing methods for outbreak response
  • Innovations in amplicon-based sequencing (e.g., ARTIC protocol for SARS-CoV-2)
  • Real-time surveillance of viral and bacterial pathogens
  • Advancing clinical diagnostics through single-cell genomics
• Honors:
  • Awarded a 7-year UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship (2019) to lead the OneAMR project
• Global Impact:
  • Established first mobile viral surveillance lab in Guinea during the Ebola outbreak
  • Deployed lab-in-a-suitcase to Brazil, DRC, and São Tomé
  • Chaired sequencing working group for the COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium