Josh Harling-Lee passed his PhD viva Huge congratulations to Josh Harling-Lee who successfully passed his PhD viva on Tuesday 13th December. He did a fantastic job of defending his PhD thesis entitled: “Visualising the Bacterial Pangenome: an analysis of the genetic content of Staphylococcus aureus”. His internal examiner was Dr Gavin Paterson (R(D)SVS) and his virtual external examiner Prof. Samuel Sheppard (University of Bath). Well done Josh and we wish you all the best in your new Data Analyst role. Staff Profile: Dr Gavin Paterson Staff Profile: Prof Samuel Sheppard Image Josh with Ross and Tom