Dr. Damian Magill
Phage Team Leader
Damian Magill, Ph.D., Senior Scientist II, IFF Health & Biosciences, joined the company in 2019 as leader of the phage research team. He coordinates the global phage technical service as well as the company’s phage research program.
Notable Achievements
Education
Dr Magill holds a Ph.D. in Bioinformatics from Queen’s University Belfast where his research centered on genomics, metagenomics, and computational biology applied to understanding Pseudomonas bacteriophages.
Accolades
Damian has continued his research through post-doctoral contracts and has been recognized through numerous contributions to patents and peer-reviewed publications.
Select Publications, Mentions & Affiliations
Dairy lactococcal and streptococcal phage–host interactions: an industrial perspective in an evolving phage landscape
DA Romero, D Magill, A Millen, P Horvath, C Fremaux – FEMS microbiology reviews 44 (6), 909-932
DePolymerase Predictor (DePP): a machine learning tool for the targeted identification of phage depolymerases
DJ Magill, TA Skvortsov – BMC bioinformatics 24 (1), 208
Localised genetic heterogeneity provides a novel mode of evolution in dsDNA phages
DJ Magill, PA Kucher, VN Krylov, EA Pleteneva, JP Quinn, LA Kulakov – Scientific reports 7 (1), 13731
ProFlex as a linguistic bridge for decoding protein dynamics in normal mode analysis
DJ Magill, TA Skvortsov – Nature Communications 16 (1), 9074
Featured Articles
ProFlex as a linguistic bridge for decoding protein dynamics in normal mode analysis – Damian J. Magill.
