Professional Activities
Conference Roles
- The progress of mycoplasma diagnosis: from fried eggs to species and strains, by Invitation (British Veterinary Poultry Association, 2007)
- Detection and epidemiology of mycoplasma infections: some recent observations, by Invitation (Asian Pacific Poultry Conference, 2007)
- Poultry mycoplasmas: the current situation with regard to epidemiology, biosecurity and diagnosis, by Invitation (VI Jornada Internacional de Avicultura de Carne, 2005)
Editorships
- Avian Pathology (Editorial Board Member, 1993 - present)
Examination Roles
- University of London, PhD (2008)
- University of Melbourne, PhD (2007)
- University of London, PhD (2006)
- University of London, PhD (2002)
- University of London, BVetMed (2002)
- University of London, BVetMed (2001)
- University of London, BVetMed (2000)
Professional Body Memberships
- Society for General Microbiology (Member)
- Association of Veterinary Teachers & Research Workers (Member)
- American Society for Microbiology (Member)
- British Veterinary Poultry Association (Member)
- International Research Programme on Comparative Mycoplasmology (Board Member)
- International Organisation for Mycoplasmology (Secretary-General and Board Member, 2004 - 2006)
- International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of the Mollicutes (Chairperson, 1993 - present)