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Rhys White

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Institute of Environmental Science and Research, New Zealand
Biography

Dr Rhys White MASM, MRSNZ, is a computational biologist specialising in microbial genomics. Rhys earned his BSc (Hons) from Cardiff University and his PhD from The University of Queensland. His research addresses pathogen transmission, outbreak detection, and real-time genomic surveillance. Rhys has worked in teams that have made contributions to public health by investigating the genomics of Chlamydia, Escherichia coli, Clostridioides difficile, Klebsiella variicola, and Staphylococcus aureus. His work advances the understanding of pathogen evolution and its application to infection control.

Recent publications

Manning, S. et al. Implementing nanopore sequencing in a clinical laboratory: A social systems case. New Zealand Journal of Medical Laboratory Science. 79(1):25–30 (2025).

White, R.T. et al. The rapid detection of a neonatal unit outbreak of a wild-type Klebsiella variicola using decentralized Oxford Nanopore sequencing. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control 14(1):6 (2025).
DOI: 10.1186/s13756-025-01529-2

White, R.T. et al. Rapid identification and subsequent contextualization of an outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a neonatal intensive care unit using nanopore sequencing. Microbial Genomics 10(7):001273 (2024).
DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.001273

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