Paul Johnston

Paul Johnston is a Senior Bioinformatician at the School of Medicine, University of St Andrews, affiliated with the Infection and Global Health Division and Population and Behavioural Science Division. His work focuses on antimicrobial resistance, microbiome dynamics, and host-microbe interactions.

• Research Areas: Antimicrobial peptides, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, insect microbiomes, and gene expression.
• Key Projects: Evolution of antibiotic tolerance, microbiome analysis in insects, and citizen science initiatives like 'Antibiotics Under Our Feet'.