Dr Wen Yew

Research Fellow

Department: Applied Sciences

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Key Publications

Protocol to study the inter-relationship between phageome and lipidome in low-volume preterm milk, Yew, W., Young, G., Cheung, W., Nelson, A., Berrington, J., Smith, D. 21 Jun 2025, In: STAR Protocols
Seasonal variation in the stomach microbiota of two sympatrically breeding Pygoscelis penguin species at Signy Island, South Orkney Island, Yew, W., Adlard, S., Dunn, M., Alias, S., Pearce, D., Samah, A., Convey, P. 26 Sep 2024, In: Microbiology
Spatial and temporal epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 virus lineages in Teesside, UK, in 2020: effects of socio-economic deprivation, weather, and lockdown on lineage dynamics, Moss, E., Rushton, S., Baker, P., Bashton, M., Crown, M., Dos Santos, R., Nelson, A., O’Brien, S., Richards, Z., Sanderson, R., Yew, W., Young, G., McCann, C., Smith, D. 4 Sep 2024, In: Peer Community Journal
Investigation of hospital discharge cases and SARS-CoV-2 introduction into Lothian care homes, Cotton, S., McHugh, M., Dewar, R., Haas, J., Templeton, K., Robson, S., Connor, T., Loman, N., Golubchik, T., Martinez Nunez, R., Bonsall, D., Rambaut, A., Snell, L., Livett, R., Ludden, C., Corden, S., Nastouli, E., Nebbia, G., Johnston, I., Prieto, J., Saeed, K., Jackson, D., Houlihan, C., Frampton, D., Hamilton, W., Witney, A., Bucca, G., Pope, C., Moore, C., Thomson, E., Cutino-Moguel, T., Harrison, E., Smith, C., Rogan, F., Beckwith, S., Murray, A., Singleton, D., Eastick, K., Sheridan, L., Randell, P., Jackson, L., Ariani, C., Smith, D., Bashton, M., Young, G., McCann, C., Nelson, A., Crown, M., Henderson, J., Yew, W. 1 May 2023, In: Journal of Hospital Infection
Multiple pathways of SARS-CoV-2 nosocomial transmission uncovered by integrated genomic and epidemiological analyses during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK, Cook, K., Beckett, A., Glaysher, S., Goudarzi, S., Fearn, C., Loveson, K., Elliott, S., Wyllie, S., Lloyd, A., Bicknell, K., Lumley, S., Chauhan, A., Robson, S., Smith, D., Bashton, M., Young, G., McCann, C., Nelson, A., Crown, M., Henderson, J., Hollis, A., Stanley, W., Yew, W. 20 Jan 2023, In: Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology
SARS-CoV-2 variant evasion of monoclonal antibodies based on in vitro studies, Cox, M., Peacock, T., Harvey, W., Hughes, J., Wright, D., Willett, B., Thomson, E., Gupta, R., Peacock, S., Robertson, D., Carabelli, A., Smith, D., Bashton, M., Young, G., McCann, C., Nelson, A., Crown, M., Henderson, J., Hollis, A., Stanley, W., Yew, W. 1 Feb 2023, In: Nature Reviews Microbiology
The core phageome and its interrelationship with preterm human milk lipids, Yew, W., Young, G., Nelson, A., Cheung, W., Stewart, C., Bridge, S., Granger, C., Berrington, J., Embleton, N., Smith, D. 28 Nov 2023, In: Cell Reports
Vanillin Cross-Linked Chitosan Film with Controlled Release of Green Tea Polyphenols for Active Food Packaging, Westlake, J., Laabei, M., Jiang, Y., Yew, W., Smith, D., Burrows, A., Xie, M. 20 Oct 2023, In: ACS Food Science and Technology
COVID-19 due to the B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant compared to B.1.1.7 (Alpha) variant of SARS-CoV-2: a prospective observational cohort study, Kläser, K., Molteni, E., Graham, M., Canas, L., Österdahl, M., Antonelli, M., Chen, L., Deng, J., Murray, B., Kerfoot, E., Wolf, J., May, A., Fox, B., Capdevila, J., Aanensen, D., Abudahab, K., Adams, H., Adams, A., Afifi, S., Aggarwal, D., Ahmad, S., Aigrain, L., Alcolea-Medina, A., Alikhan, N., Allara, E., Amato, R., Angyal, A., Annett, T., Aplin, S., Ariani, C., Asad, H., Ash, A., Ashfield, P., Ashford, F., Atkinson, L., Attwood, S., Auckland, C., Aydin, A., Baker, D., Baker, P., Bashton, M., Crown, M., Hartley, J., Henderson, J., Jones, H., McCann, C., Nelson, A., Smith, D., Yew, W., Young, G., Hollis, A., Stanley, W. 1 Dec 2022, In: Scientific Reports
Evolution of viral variants in remdesivir‐treated and untreated SARS‐CoV‐2‐infected pediatrics patients, Boshier, F., Pang, J., Penner, J., Parker, M., Alders, N., Bamford, A., Grandjean, L., Grunewald, S., Hatcher, J., Best, T., Dalton, C., Bynoe, P., Frauenfelder, C., Köeglmeier, J., Myerson, P., Roy, S., Williams, R., Silva, T., Goldstein, R., Breuer, J., Allan, J., Bashton, M., Loh, J., Nelson, A., Smith, D., Yew, W., Young, G. 1 Jan 2022, In: Journal of Medical Virology

Qualifications

Molecular Biology PhD September 01 2017
Microbial Biotechnology MSc August 03 2010
Genetics and Molecular Biology BSc (Hons) August 12 2006

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