I am a Postdoctoral Researcher in Environmental Virology, at the School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University. I gained my Ph.D. in Biological Sciences at the University of Salford, Manchester in 2018. My research focused on the role of resistance to Deformed wing virus (DWV) in European honey bees. During my Ph.D., I designed molecular methods for viral detection and applied these to establish a connection between DWV and honey bee winter survivorship in the UK and USA. After my Ph.D., I completed a two-year postdoctoral research position at the University of Minnesota, USA. Here, I developed methods for the detection of viruses infecting honey bees and pigs, using state-of-the-art technologies such as Next Generation Sequencing.

At the beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, I joined Bangor University as a Postdoctoral researcher in the SARS-CoV-2 surveillance lab. During this time, I have focused my research on method development for the concentration and recovery of SARS-CoV-2 and other human-derived viruses from wastewater samples. In addition, I have developed molecular techniques for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern and other human-derived viruses in wastewater, using NGS and various PCR platforms (qPCR and digital droplet PCR).

My current research focuses on the effects of a changing climate on human-derived viruses found in coastal and estuarine environments. I am also interested in new molecular technologies and how these can be applied to environmental samples to assess viral prevelence, abundance and diversity. 

2023

• CyhoeddwydPoor air passenger knowledge of COVID-19 symptoms and behaviour undermines strategies aimed at preventing the import of SARS-CoV-2 into the UK
  Jones, D. L., Rhymes, J., Green, E., Rimmer, C., Kevill, J., Malham, S., Weightman, A. & Farkas, K., 1 Maw 2023, Yn: Scientific Reports. 13, 1, 3494.
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• CyhoeddwydRapid Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Variant-Associated Mutations in Wastewater Using Real-Time RT-PCR
  Farkas, K., Pellett, C., Williams, R., Alex-Sanders, N., Bassano, I., Brown, M. R., Denise, H., Grimsley, J. M. S., Kevill, J. L., Khalifa, M. S., Pântea, I., Story, R., Wade, M. J., Woodhall, N. & Jones, D. L., 14 Chwef 2023, Yn: Microbiology Spectrum. 11, 1, e0317722.
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• CyhoeddwydSuitability of aircraft wastewater for pathogen detection and public health surveillance
  Jones, D. L., Rhymes, J., Wade, M. J., Kevill, J., Malham, S., Grimsley, J. M. S., Rimmer, C., Weightman, A. & Farkas, K., 15 Ion 2023, Yn: Science of the Total Environment. 856, Pt 2, t. 159162 159162.
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2022

• CyhoeddwydA comparison of precipitation and filtration-based SARS-CoV-2 recovery methods and the influence of temperature, turbidity, and surfactant load in urban wastewater
  Kevill, J. L., Pellett, C., Farkas, K., Brown, M. R., Bassano, I., Denise, H., McDonald, J. E., Malham, S. K., Porter, J., Warren, J., Evens, N. P., Paterson, S., Singer, A. C. & Jones, D. L., 20 Chwef 2022, Yn: Science of the Total Environment. 808, 151916.
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• CyhoeddwydAssessment of two types of passive sampler for the efficient recovery of SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses from wastewater
  Kevill, J. L., Lambert-Slosarska, K., Pellett, C., Woodhall, N., Richardson-O'Neill, I., Pantea, I., Alex-Sanders, N., Farkas, K. & Jones, D. L., 10 Medi 2022, Yn: Science of the Total Environment. 838, 4, 156580.
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• CyhoeddwydCity-wide wastewater genomic surveillance through the successive emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Alpha and Delta variants
  Brunner, F. S., Brown, M. R., Bassano, I., Denise, H., Khalifa, M. S., Wade, M. J., van Aerle, R., Kevill, J. L., Jones, D. L., Farkas, K., Jeffries, A. R., Cairns, E., Wierzbicki, C. & Paterson, S., 1 Tach 2022, Yn: Water research. 226, 119306.
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• CyhoeddwydComparative Assessment of Filtration- and Precipitation-Based Methods for the Concentration of SARS-CoV-2 and Other Viruses from Wastewater
  Farkas, K., Pellett, C., Alex-Sanders, N., Bridgman, M. T. P., Corbishley, A., Grimsley, J. M. S., Kasprzyk-Hordern, B., Kevill, J. L., Pantea, I., Richardson-O'Neill, I. S., Lambert-Slosarska, K., Woodhall, N. & Jones, D. L., 31 Awst 2022, Yn: Microbiology Spectrum. 10, 4, 16 t., spectrum.01102-22.
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• CyhoeddwydCritical Evaluation of Different Passive Sampler Materials and Approaches for the Recovery of SARS-CoV-2, Faecal-Indicator Viruses and Bacteria from Wastewater
  Jones, D. L., Grimsley, J. M. S., Kevill, J. L., Williams, R., Pellett, C., Lambert-Slosarska, K., Singer, A. C., Williams, G. B., Bargiela, R., Brown, R. W., Agency, UK. & Farkas, K., 6 Tach 2022, Yn: Water. 14, 21, 3568.
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• CyhoeddwydPredicting the dispersal of SARS-CoV-2 RNA from the wastewater treatment plant to the coast
  Robins, P., Dickson, N., Kevill, J., Malham, S., Singer, A., Quilliam, R. & Jones, D. L., Medi 2022, Yn: Heliyon. 8, 9, E10547.
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2021

• CyhoeddwydTen Years of Deformed Wing Virus (DWV) in Hawaiian Honey Bees (Apis mellifera), the Dominant DWV-A Variant Is Potentially Being Replaced by Variants with a DWV-B Coding Sequence
  Grindrod, I., Kevill, J. L., Villalobos, E. M., Schroeder, D. C. & Martin, S. J., 24 Mai 2021, Yn: Viruses. 13, 6, 969.
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