Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology

Dr Lyman Tze Kin Ngiam

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology
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ORCiD  

Lyman received his Bachelor degree with Honours Class I in Biotechnology, majoring in bioprocess technology from The University of Queensland in 2017. He then started his PhD at the University of Queensland-ACWEB in 2019 where his research focuses on bacteriophage treatment against antibiotic resistant bacteria. 


Achievements

  • UQ Research Higher Degree Scholarship (2019-2022), awarded by the University of Queensland

  • UQ Dean’s Commendation for High Achievement 2017

Publications

Journal Articles (5)
Thesis (1)

Journal Articles

Ngiam, Lyman, Weynberg, Karen and Guo, Jianhua (2024). Evolutionary and coevolutionary phage training approaches enhance bacterial suppression and delay the emergence of phage resistance. ISME Communications, 4 (1) ycae082. doi: 10.1093/ismeco/ycae082
Wang, Yue, Yu, Zhigang, Ding, Pengbo, Lu, Ji, Mao, Likai, Ngiam, Lyman, Yuan, Zhiguo, Engelstädter, Jan, Schembri, Mark A. and Guo, Jianhua (2023). Antidepressants can induce mutation and enhance persistence toward multiple antibiotics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120 (5) e2208344120, 1-12. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2208344120
Lu, Ji, Yu, Zhigang, Ngiam, Lyman and Guo, Jianhua (2022). Microplastics as potential carriers of viruses could prolong virus survival and infectivity. Water Research, 225 119115, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.119115
Ngiam, Lyman, Weynberg, Karen D. and Guo, Jianhua (2022). The presence of plasmids in bacterial hosts alters phage isolation and infectivity. ISME Communications, 2 (1) 75, 75. doi: 10.1038/s43705-022-00158-9
Ngiam, Lyman, Schembri, Mark A., Weynberg, Karen and Guo, Jianhua (2021). Bacteriophage isolated from non‐target bacteria demonstrates broad host range infectivity against multidrug resistant bacteria. Environmental Microbiology, 23 (9) 1462-2920.15714, 1-18. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.15714

Thesis

Ngiam, Lyman (2023). Investigating the potential efficacy and limitations of bacteriophage treatment against antibiotic resistant bacteria. PhD Thesis, Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/a355db9