Lidbury, Ian, Dr

Dr Ian Lidbury

School of Biosciences

Royal Society University Research Fellow

MMBD Comms Lead

i.lidbury@sheffield.ac.uk

Alfred Denny Building

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Dr Ian Lidbury
School of Biosciences
Alfred Denny Building
Western Bank
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S10 2TN

Profile

BBSRC Discovery Fellow, Animal and Plant Sciences, University of 91ֱ��, UK (2020-present)
Researcher-CoI, School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, UK (2019-2020)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Environmental Microbiology , Life Sciences, University of Warwick, UK (2015-2019)

Qualifications

PhD in Marine Microbiology, Life Sciences, University of Warwick, UK (2011-2015)
MRes in Marine Microbiology, The Marine Biological Association of the UK & Plymouth University (2010-2011)

Research interests: Producing sufficient quantities of high-quality, nutritious food to meet the demands of a growing population will be a major challenge facing humanity over the next few decades. In addition, global emerging issues such as climate change and the phosphorus (P) crisis are compounding the problem of food security. In fact, finding sustainable alternatives to non-renewable chemical P fertilisers is now one of the great challenges facing global agriculture.

Root-associated bacteria form part of the plant-microbiome and are a critical component in maintaining crop health, either through disease suppression or enhanced nutrient acquisition. As a result, plants actively select for beneficial bacteria, as well as fungi, through the exudation of photosynthetically-fixed carbon (C) from their roots. Achieving sustainable agricultural production requires, in part, a fundamental understanding of both crop-microbe and microbe-microbe interactions and their effects on plant microbiome functioning.

In my lab we are investigating how soil and, in some cases, marine bacteria cycle both P and C. This involves using model microorganisms in the lab for genetic studies as well as assessing how and when these processes occur in the environment. We are also beginning to investigate how soil microbes degrade molecules (polysaccharides) associated with soil formation and how this process maybe affected by climate change.

Current projects/research areas:
1) Organic P cycling in plant-associated Flavobacteria.

2) Soil polysaccharide cycling using Bacteroidetes as the model.

3)Visualisation of in situ bacterial gene expression at the root:soil interface.

4) Application of meta 'omics technologies to investigate soil/rhizosphere diversity and function.

Publications

Journal articles

Torcello-Requena A, Murphy ARJ, Lidbury IDEA, Pitt FD, Stark R, Millard AD, Puxty RJ, Chen Y & Scanlan DJ (2024) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(20).
Liu S, Zhang X, Wang H, Dungait JAJ, Pan J, Lidbury IDEA, Ma Z, Chen F & Tang Y (2024) . Forest Ecology and Management, 552, 121582-121582.
Alaman-Zarate MG, Rady BJ, Evans CA, Pian B, Greetham D, Marecos-Ortiz S, Dickman MJ, Lidbury IDEA, Lovering AL, Barstow BM & Mesnage S (2023) . Journal of Biological Chemistry, 105494-105494.
Zhu X-Y, Li Y, Xue C-X, Lidbury IDEA, Todd JD, Lea-Smith DJ, Tian J, Zhang X-H & Liu J (2023) . Microbiome, 11(1).
Westermann LM, Lidbury IDEA, Li C-Y, Wang N, Murphy ARJ, Aguilo Ferretjans MDM, Quareshy M, Shanmugan M, Torcello-Requena A, Silvano E , Zhang Y-Z et al (2023) . Science Advances, 9(17).
Muscatt G, Hilton S, Raguideau S, Teakle G, Lidbury IDEA, Wellington EMH, Quince C, Millard A, Bending GD & Jameson E (2022) . Microbiome, 10(1).
Lidbury IDEA, Raguideau S, Borsetto C, Murphy ARJ, Bottrill A, Liu S, Stark R, Fraser T, Goodall A, Jones A , Bending GD et al (2022) . mSystems, 7(4).
Lidbury IDEA, Scanlan DJ, Murphy ARJ, Christie-Oleza JA, Aguilo-Ferretjans MM, Hitchcock A & Daniell TJ (2022) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(5).
Murphy ARJ, Scanlan DJ, Chen Y, Adams NBP, Cadman WA, Bottrill A, Bending G, Hammond JP, Hitchcock A, Wellington EMH & Lidbury IDEA (2021) . Nature Communications, 12.
Jones RA, Shropshire H, Zhao C, Murphy A, Lidbury I, Wei T, Scanlan DJ & Chen Y (2021) . ISME Journal.
Tang B-L, Yang J, Chen X-L, Wang P, Zhao H-L, Su H-N, Li C-Y, Yu Y, Zhong S, Wang L , Lidbury I et al (2020) . Nature Communications, 11(1).
Lidbury IDEA, Borsetto C, Murphy ARJ, Bottrill A, Jones AME, Bending GD, Hammond JP, Chen Y, Wellington EMH & Scanlan DJ (2020) . The ISME Journal.
Lidbury I, Mausz MA, Scanlan DJ & Chen Y (2017) . The ISME Journal, 11(7), 1592-1601.
Lidbury IDEA, Fraser T, Murphy ARJ, Scanlan DJ, Bending GD, Jones AME, Moore JD, Goodall A, Tibbett M, Hammond JP & Wellington EMH (2017) . MicrobiologyOpen, 6(4), e00474-e00474.
Lidbury IDEA, Murphy ARJ, Scanlan DJ, Bending GD, Jones AME, Moore JD, Goodall A, Hammond JP & Wellington EMH (2016) . Environmental Microbiology, 18(10), 3535-3549.
Lidbury I, Kröber E, Zhang Z, Zhu Y, Murrell JC, Chen Y & Schäfer H (2016) . Environmental Microbiology, 18(8), 2754-2766.
Lidbury I, Kimberley G, Scanlan DJ, Murrell JC & Chen Y (2015) . Environmental Microbiology, 17(12), 5048-5062.
Lidbury IDEA, Murrell JC & Chen Y (2015) . The ISME Journal, 9(3), 760-769.
Zhu Y, Jameson E, Parslow RA, Lidbury I, Fu T, Dafforn TR, Schäfer H & Chen Y (2014) . Environmental Microbiology, 16(10), 3318-3330.
Lidbury I, Murrell JC & Chen Y (2014) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(7), 2710-2715.
Lidbury I, Johnson V, Hall-Spencer JM, Munn CB & Cunliffe M (2012) . Marine Pollution Bulletin, 64(5), 1063-1066.
Martin H, Rogers LA, Moushtaq L, Brindley AA, Forbes P, Quintion AR, Murphy ARJ, Hipperson H, Daniell TJ, Ndeh D , Amsbury S et al () . The ISME Journal.
Ughamba KT, Ndukwe JK, Lidbury IDEA, Nnaji ND, Eze CN, Aduba CC, Groenhof S, Chukwu KO, Anyanwu CU, Nwaiwu O & Anumudu CK () . Soil Systems, 9(1), 6-6.
Cao Y, Shen Z, Zhang N, Deng X, Thomashow LS, Lidbury I, Liu H, Li R, Shen Q & Kowalchuk GA () . Microbiome, 12(1).
Li C-Y, Mausz MA, Murphy A, Zhang N, Chen X-L, Wang S-Y, Gao C, Aguilo-Ferretjans MM, Silvano E, Lidbury IDEA , Fu H-H et al () . The ISME Journal.
Murphy ARJ, Scanlan DJ, Chen Y, Bending GD, Hammond JP, Wellington EMH & Lidbury IDEA () . Environmental Microbiology.
Rangama S, Lidbury IDEA, Holden JM, Borsetto C, Murphy ARJ, Hawkey PM & Wellington EMH () . Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
Lidbury IDEA, Murphy ARJ, Fraser TD, Bending GD, Jones AME, Moore JD, Goodall A, Tibbett M, Hammond JP, Scanlan DJ & Wellington EMH () . Scientific Reports, 7(1).
Sergaki C, Lagunas B, Lidbury I, Gifford ML & Schäfer P () . Frontiers in Plant Science, 9.

Chapters

Lidbury IDEA, Hitchcock A, Groenhof SRM, Connolly AN & Moushtaq L (2024) , Advances in Microbial Physiology Elsevier
Lidbury I, Rogers L, Groenhof S, Hitchcock A & McKee L (2023) Emerging roles for soil Bacteroidetes in complex carbon and organic phosphorus cycling

Preprints

Smith RE, Christena RL, Michno BJ, Davis JL, Lidbury IDEA, Alaman-Zarate M, Stefanidi D, Maes E, Fisher H, Prajsnar TK & Mesnage S (2024) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Martin H, Rogers LA, Moushtaq L, Brindley AA, Forbes P, Quintion AR, Murphy ARJ, Daniell TJ, Ndeh D, Amsbury S , Hitchcock A et al (2024) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Alaman-Zarate MG, Rady BJ, Evans CA, Pian B, Greetham D, Marecos-Ortiz S, Dickman MJ, Lidbury IDEA, Lovering AL, Barstow BM & Mesnage S (2023) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Muscatt G, Hilton S, Raguideau S, Teakle G, Lidbury IDEA, Wellington EMH, Quince C, Millard A, Bending GD & Jameson E () , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Lidbury IDEA, Raguideau S, Liu S, Murphy ARJ, Stark R, Borsetto C, Fraser T, Goodall A, Bottrill A, Jones A , Bending GD et al () , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Lidbury IDEA, Scanlan DJ, Murphy ARJ, Christie-Oleza JA, Aguilo-Ferretjans MM, Hitchcock A & Daniell T () , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Jones RA, Shropshire H, Zhao C, Murphy A, Lidbury I, Wei T, Scanlan DJ & Chen Y () , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Rangama S, Lidbury IDEA, Holden JM, Borsetto C, Murphy ARJ, Hawkey PM & Wellington EMH () , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Murphy A, Scanlan D, Chen Y, Bottrill A, Bending G, Hammond J, Wellington E & Lidbury I () , Research Square Platform LLC.
Lidbury IDEA, Scanlan DJ, Murphy ARJ, Bottrill A, Jones A, Tibbett M, Bending G, Hammond JP & Wellington EMH () , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

Research group

Senior research technician

Laila Moushtaq

PhD

Sophie Groenhof (BBSRC White Rose DTP student)
Alex Connolly (Royal Society funded)
Hannah Martin (UoS and Royal Society- Funded)

Masters

Danai Stefanidi (MBioSci)
Katie Oxley (MBioSci)
Matty Spratt (MBioSci)
Nurul Fadilah (MRes) LDPD-funded
William Cutforth (MBioSci)
Jonathan Mitchell (MBioSci)
Lucy Rogers (MBioSci)
Dylan Lewis (MBioSci)
William Cadman (MBioSci)

Alumni

Mary Jo Achkar (RS-funded summer placement)
Polly Forbes (SURE placement)
Rebecca Anfield (Rank Prize Fund summer placement)

Teaching activities

BIS304 - Microbial Genetics and Diversity
BIS356 - Topics in Environmental Microbiology

Professional activities and memberships: Member of the Microbiology Society