Dr Daniel Stevens

BSc, MSc, PhD

School of Medicine and Population Health

Research Technician

daniel.stevens@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 215 9579
Room LU108, L Floor, Royal Hallamshire Hospital

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Dr Daniel Stevens
School of Medicine and Population Health
Room LU108, L Floor
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Glossop Road
Sheffield
S10 2JF
Profile

I received my PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology from Newcastle University in 2020, following which I worked in the same laboratory as a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Professor Heath Murray. During this time, I worked to further our understanding of the key process of bacterial DNA replication initiation in the model organism Bacillus subtilis and the pathogen Staphylococcus aureus. 

In 2024 I joined the group of Dr Thomas Darton within the Clinical Infection Research Group (CIRG) to provide microbiological experience for the ongoing work to develop models to investigate host-pathogen interactions during staphylococcus aureus carriage and infection.  

Qualifications

BSc in Biological Sciences (Genetics)

Msc in Human and Molecular Genetics

PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology

Research interests

My interests are in the bacterial pathogen Staphylococcus aureus. My current work includes characterising clinically relevant strains of S. aureus, involvement in a Staph human challenge model and supporting clinical trials aimed at improving our understanding of the human immune response to staph infection. 

Publications

Journal articles

  • Gaimster H, Stevens D, Grimshaw J, Hubbard J, Mickiewicz K, Murray H & Winterhalter C (2025) . Microbiology, 171(11).
  • Winterhalter C, Pelliciari S, Stevens D, Fenyk S, Marchand E, Cronin NB, Soultanas P, Costa TRD, Ilangovan A & Murray H (2023) . Nucleic Acids Research, 51(9), 4322-4340.
  • Winterhalter C, Stevens D, Fenyk S, Pelliciari S, Marchand E, Soultanas P, Ilangovan A & Murray H (2023) . Nucleic Acids Research, 51(9), 4302-4321.
  • Richardson TT, Stevens D, Pelliciari S, Harran O, Sperlea T & Murray H (2019) . The EMBO Journal, 38(15).
  • Martin E, Williams HEL, Pitoulias M, Stevens D, Winterhalter C, Craggs TD, Murray H, Searle MS & Soultanas P (2019) . Nucleic Acids Research, 47(4), 2101-2112.
  • Pelliciari S, Bodet-Lefèvre S, Fenyk S, Stevens D, Winterhalter C, Schramm FD, Pintar S, Burnham DR, Merces G, Richardson TT , Tashiro Y et al () . Nature Communications, 14(1).

Preprints

  • Gaimster H, Stevens D, Hubbard J, Mickiewicz K, Murray H & Winterhalter C (2024) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.