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Tivkaa Amande

Tivkaa Amande

Dr

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9656-9741

Accepting PhD Students

20252025

Research activity per year

Personal profile

Biography

Dr Tivkaa Amande is a Fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS), Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), and Programme Leader for the MSc Advanced Biomedical Science at the University of Roehampton, London. He has over 15 years of experience in biomedical science teaching, research, programme leadership, and postgraduate supervision. He is a member of the Food Security Advisory Group of the Applied Microbiology International and Member of the Royal Society of Biology.

His research focuses on the molecular mechanisms underlying infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), host–microbe interactions, microbial ecology, and pathogen adaptation. His work integrates microbiology, molecular biology, genomics, metagenomics, clinical bioinformatics, and public health to investigate disease processes and identify opportunities for improved diagnostics, surveillance, prevention, and therapeutic intervention. His current research interests include novel therapeutic strategies, approaches to combat antimicrobial resistance, clinical bioinformatics, and the evolution and adaptation of microbial populations in clinical, environmental, and community settings.

Research projects

Tracking Antimicrobial resistance evolution and dissemination in human-impacted waterways. The Connected Waters Leverhulme Doctoral Programme: The evolving interactions between human agency and freshwater ecosystems (https://www.roehampton.ac.uk/connected-waters/)

Research interests

  • Antimicrobial Resistance & Infectious Diseases: Molecular mechanisms of AMR, multidrug resistance, pathogen transmission, infection control, antimicrobial stewardship, and infectious disease pathogenesis.
  • Microbial Genomics & Bioinformatics: Whole-genome sequencing, comparative genomics, metagenomics, AMR gene detection, pathogen surveillance, and integration of genomic and clinical data.
  • Medical & Clinical Microbiology: Clinical diagnostics, host–pathogen interactions, microbial adaptation, infectious disease epidemiology, and translational microbiology.
  • Molecular & Cellular Mechanisms: Microbial virulence, stress adaptation, gene expression, metabolic pathways, and molecular mechanisms underlying disease.
  • Environmental & One Health Microbiology: Environmental reservoirs and transmission of pathogens and AMR, with a focus on water, food, environmental microbiology, and human health.

Professional affiliations

  • Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy (AdvanceHE)
  • Fellow, Higher Education Academy (AdvanceHE)
  • Fellow, Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS)
  • Member, Royal Society of Biology (RSB)
  • Member, Applied Microbiology International (Former Society for Applied Microbiology)

Notable Achievements

Doctoral Researchers and Research Students

Sophie Lockyer: Tracking Antimicrobial resistance evolution and dissemination in human-impacted waterways (Masters Plus PhD Project).

Ambar Carolina Pereira Rangel: Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms in bacterial isolates from hospital-adjacent fomites and soil (MRes Project)

Krishnaben Miteshkumar Jaysval: Genomic Characterization and Analysis of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Isolated from Wembley Canal, London (MRes Project)

Conferences

Amande T., Pereira A., Jaysval K. (2026). Genomic Surveillance Reveals Diverse Resistance Determinants in Community Isolates Dominated by Antibiotic Efflux and Identifies a Superbug Carrying mecA, mecI, and mecR1 Genes. Presented at Wellcome Connecting Science: Antimicrobial Resistance – Genomes, Big Data and Emerging Technologies, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, UK, 23-25 March 2026.

Teaching

Postgraduate Modules

  • Advanced Molecular Biology and Cellular Pathology (HEP-L023-0) Module Leader
  • Professional Skills and Advanced Laboratory Techniques in Biomedical Science (HEP-L021-0)
  • Infectious Diseases and Applied Immunology (HEP-L022-0)
  • Research Project (HEP120L005Y)
  • Dissertation (HEP060L004Y and HEP060LD04Y)
  • Independent Study in Life and Health Sciences (HEP30L011)
  • Cells, Disease, and Therapy (HEP020L081A)  

Undergraduate Modules

  • Medical Microbiology (BSS020X360S) Module Leader
  • Biomedical Sciences: Clinical Methods (BSS020X361A)
  • Biomedical Research Project (BSS040X317Y)
  • Biosciences Research Project (BSS040X315Y)
  • Biosciences Independent Study (BSS020X316Y)
  • Data Analysis for Zoologists and Bioscientists (BSS020X308A)
  • Advances in Nutrition and Health (HEA020X339S)
  • Molecular Biology: Theory & Practice (BSS020N234A) Module Leader
  • Biosciences Research Methods (BSS020N231Y)
  • Professional Practice in Biomedical Science (BSS020C142A)
  • Cell Biology (BSS020C141S)
  • Chemistry of Life (BSS020C128A)
  • Applied Biochemistry (HEA020C105S)

Links

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tivkaa-Amande-2?ev=hdr_xprf

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