Dr Sangal is interested in evolutionary and genetic analysis of whole genome sequences of bacteria and microbial community analysis of soil samples from challenging environments using computational approaches. His group works on identification and characterisation of novel virulence genes in pathogenic bacteria using molecular techniques. His research also emphasises the importance of incorporating genome sequence-based approaches into systematics for a reliable identification and classification of prokaryotic taxa.

• Antrihabitans spumae sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from stable foams formed in wastewater treatment plants, and emended description of the genus Antrihabitans, Suesc煤n-Sep煤lveda, J., Riesco, R., Petrovski, S., Soddell, J., Sangal, V., Jones, A., S谩nchez- Juanes, F., Seviour, R., Goodfellow, M., Trujillo, M. 28 Feb 2025, In: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
• Entering Poorly Charted Waters: The Biology of the Filamentous Acid-Loving Actinomycetes and Acidimicrobia, Goli艅ska, P., Goodfellow, M., Sangal, V. 6 Feb 2024, Actinomycetes in Marine and Extreme Environments , Abingdon, CRC Press
• Environmental microbiome in the home and daycare settings during the COVID-19 pandemic, and potential risk of non-communicable disease in children, McKay, J., Crown, M., Bashton, M., Pearce, D., Entwistle, J., Sangal, V. Feb 2024, In: Environmental Microbiology Reports
• In memoriam - Michael Goodfellow (1941 - 2024), Embley, M., Sangal, V., Sutcliffe, I., Trujillo, M. 15 Apr 2024, In: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
• Is the bacterial genus name Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 illegitimate? Request for an Opinion, Goodfellow, M., Oren, A., Sangal, V., Sutcliffe, I. 25 Jan 2024, In: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
• Phylogenomic analyses of multidrug resistant Corynebacterium striatum strains isolated from patients in a tertiary care hospital in the UK, Sangal, V., Marrs, E., Nelson, A., Perry, J. 1 Jul 2024, In: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
• Phylogenomic diversity within Corynebacterium diphtheriae, a re-emerging threat to global public health, Sangal, V., Burkovski, A. 1 May 2024, Phylogenomics, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Elsevier
• Phylogenomic diversity within Corynebacterium diphtheriae, a reemerging threat to global public health, Burkovski, A., Sangal, V. May 2024, Phylogenomics, London, Elsevier
• A multiomic approach to defining the essential genome of the globally important pathogen Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Goodall, E., Azevedo Antunes, C., M枚ller, J., Sangal, V., Torres, V., Gray, J., Cunningham, A., Hoskisson, P., Burkovski, A., Henderson, I. 26 Apr 2023, In: PLoS Genetics
• Evaluating the impact of a 鈥榗ompetitive salary鈥� in a placement job advertisement on different student groups: Final Report of a 2023 ASET Student Research Bursary Project, Akel, S., Hooper, H., Sangal, V. 23 Nov 2023

• Invited talk: 9th International Weigl Conference, University of Rzesz贸w - Distinct microbial communities in acidic forest soil environments with capacities to produce novel biomolecules鈥� 2024
• Invited talk: Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun - Environmental microbiome: shaping our health, environment and economy 2024
• Invited talk: Bergey鈥檚 International Society for Microbial Systematics: Spatiotemporal variations in the honeybee gut microbiome with capacity to produce novel biomolecules 2023
• Invited talk: Legitimate, illegitimate, valid, correct, rejected: negotiating a nomenclatural minefield with Prescottella equi. 2023
• Invited talk: London Interdisciplinary Biosciences Consortium (LIDo) Lecture Week: Impact of vaccine on evolutionary dynamics of human pathogen Corynebacterium diphtheriae 2021
• Invited talk: University of Cambridge: Influence of vaccine on evolution of Corynebacterium diphtheriae 2020
• Oral presentation: Application of whole genome sequencing to exploring intra-generic heterogeneity 2018
• Invited talk: Does vaccine drive the evolution of Corynebacterium diphtheriae? 2017
• Invited talk: Is vaccine driving the evolution of Corynebacterium diphtheriae? 2017
• Invited talk: From genes to genome: a paradigm shift in inferring evolution, epidemiology and genetics of virulence in pathogenic bacteria 2015

• Esther Smith Diagnosing asthma using PBM-Hale: comparing cytokines and the microbiome in exhaled breath condensate Start Date: 01/02/2024
• Megan Paterson Molecular characterisation of novel pathways for cell envelope protein localisation in Rhodococcus equi Start Date: 01/10/2017

• Molecular Biology PhD October 01 2008
• Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2016