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Siouxsie Wiles (born Susanna Wiles) is a British
microbiologist A microbiologist (from Greek ) is a scientist who studies microscopic life forms and processes. This includes study of the growth, interactions and characteristics of microscopic organisms such as bacteria, algae, fungi, and some types of par ...
and
science communicator Science communication encompasses a wide range of activities that connect science and society. Common goals of science communication include informing non-experts about scientific findings, raising the public awareness of and interest in sci ...
. Her specialist areas are
infectious diseases infection is the invasion of tissues by pathogens, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to the infectious agent and the toxins they produce. An infectious disease, also known as a transmissible disease or communicable dise ...
and
bioluminescence Bioluminescence is the emission of light during a chemiluminescence reaction by living organisms. Bioluminescence occurs in multifarious organisms ranging from marine vertebrates and invertebrates, as well as in some Fungus, fungi, microorgani ...
. She is based in
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. She is the head of
University of Auckland The University of Auckland (; Māori: ''Waipapa Taumata Rau'') is a public research university based in Auckland, New Zealand. The institution was established in 1883 as a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. Initially loc ...
's Bioluminescent Superbugs Lab.


Early life

Wiles was born in the
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and grew up in the UK and
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. Her mother is a retired social worker and her father is a business owner.


Education

Ebola Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), is a viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by ebolaviruses. Symptoms typically start anywhere between two days and three weeks after in ...
was the microbe that started Wiles' interest in microbiology when she was a teenager. During her TEDxChristchurch talk in 2015 she said: The book ''
The Hot Zone ''The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story'' is a best-selling 1994 nonfiction thriller by Richard Preston about the origins and incidents involving viral hemorrhagic fevers, particularly ebolaviruses and marburgviruses. The basis of the book ...
'' by
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, which focuses on Ebola, was what made Wiles focus her education on
medical microbiology Medical microbiology, the large subset of microbiology that is applied to medicine, is a branch of medical science concerned with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. In addition, this field of science studies various ...
. Wiles studied at the
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and graduated in 1997 with a BSc(Hons) in medical microbiology. While an undergraduate, she received a Nuffield Scholarship and worked in the university's School of Biological Sciences. Wiles received her PhD from
Edinburgh Napier University Edinburgh Napier University () is a public university in Edinburgh, Scotland. Napier Technical College, the predecessor of the university, was founded in 1964, taking its name from 16th-century Scottish mathematician and philosopher John Napie ...
, conducting research at the
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(previously known as the Institute of Virology and Environmental Microbiology), which is located in
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. During her PhD Wiles first used bioluminescence to create biosensors to monitor the health of environmentally beneficial
microbes A microorganism, or microbe, is an organism of microscopic size, which may exist in its single-celled form or as a colony of cells. The possible existence of unseen microbial life was suspected from antiquity, with an early attestation in ...
.


Professional life

After completing her PhD, Wiles moved to
Imperial College London Imperial College London, also known as Imperial, is a Public university, public research university in London, England. Its history began with Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, who envisioned a Al ...
for a post-doctoral research position on
tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, is a contagious disease usually caused by ''Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can al ...
. In 2007 she became a lecturer at Imperial College's Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunity, and in 2009 was awarded a Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship from the
Health Research Council of New Zealand The Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) is a Crown agency of the New Zealand Government. It is responsible for managing the government's investment in health research for the public good. The HRC was established under the Health Rese ...
and moved to the University of Auckland. Wiles is the head of the university's Bioluminescent Superbugs Lab. In 2013 she won the Prime Minister's Prize for Science Media Communication which includes prize money of . Wiles started the company ''Brightenz'' that sells kits with which one can create bioluminescent art at home. In 2018 Wiles became science ambassador for House of Science, a not-for-profit venture for raising science literacy in local communities. She was also reelected as general Councillor of the
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in 2018. Two years later she was on the list of the BBC's 100 Women announced on 23 November 2020. Wiles is also working on finding new
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by screening 10,000 New Zealand fungi for possible medical use.


Bioluminescent Superbugs Lab

Wiles leads the Bioluminescent Superbugs Lab at the
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which focuses on how glowing bacteria can advance the understanding of microbial infections such as
food poisoning Foodborne illness (also known as foodborne disease and food poisoning) is any illness resulting from the contamination of food by pathogenic bacteria, viruses, or parasites, as well as prions (the agents of mad cow disease), and toxins such ...
, tuberculosis and hospital superbugs. The bioluminescence is used to speed up the process of developing new antibiotics utilising the light emitted from the bacteria, because only living bacteria emit light. About her work Wiles says "My career has been built on making nasty bacteria bioluminescent and using them for all sorts of things, including finding new medicines". New Zealand has some of the highest rates of infectious diseases among developed countries. Globally 700,000 people die each year from drug-resistant diseases.


Science communication

Wiles is passionate about demystifying science for the general public. She is an active blogger on Sciblogs.co.nz, an online podcaster, a commentator on
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and appears on TV shows to discuss science stories in the news. She was one of the eight scientists who fronted the "Great New Zealand Science Project", the New Zealand government's public engagement programme leading to the
National Science Challenges The National Science Challenges (NSC) were 11 ten-year collaborative science programmes in New Zealand, established in 2014 and ending mid-2024. They were "cross-disciplinary, mission-led programmes designed to tackle New Zealand's biggest scie ...
in 2012. She commissioned, co-wrote, and appeared with her daughter in the TVNZ online children's science show ''Siouxsie & Eve Investigate''. From 2010 until 2016 Wiles was co-host of the ''Completely Unnecessary Skeptical Podcast'' which focused on
skepticism Skepticism ( US) or scepticism ( UK) is a questioning attitude or doubt toward knowledge claims that are seen as mere belief or dogma. For example, if a person is skeptical about claims made by their government about an ongoing war then the p ...
in New Zealand. She has also used art and film to communicate scientific ideas: in 2011 she collaborated with Australian graphic artist Luke Harris to produce a series of animated films featuring bioluminescent creatures and their uses in science. The animations on
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's use of
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for the search of
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was selected for inclusion in the 6th Imagine Science Film Festival in New York in 2013, and the Goethe Institute's 2014 Science Film Festival. Wiles collaborated with artist Rebecca Klee on an installation at the
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Art in the Dark Festival in 2013, which featured Hawaiian bobtail squid and
Aliivibrio fischeri ''Aliivibrio fischeri'' (formerly ''Vibrio fischeri'') is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium found globally in marine environments. This bacterium grows most effectively in water with a salt concentration at around 20g/L, and at temperatures ...
. Wiles thinks that relevant science education should start in primary school, for increasing science literacy and interest in the field more generally. Her 2015 science communication projects include the Biolumination II exhibition. Wiles is active in the skeptical movement having received the Skeptic of the Year Award from the
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in 2016 and attended several NZ Skeptic Conferences. She has also spoken out against anti-vaxxers and other public health related issues. In 2018, Wiles was named as a finalist for
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for her work on antibiotic-resistant superbugs and infectious diseases. She won the award in 2021 for her leadership in the public communication of New Zealand's COVID-19 response.


COVID-19 pandemic

Wiles has been at the forefront of science communication in New Zealand during the
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. With cartoonist Toby Morris Wiles created "Flatten the Curve", an
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comic, for ''
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'' to describe how simple citizen actions could vastly reduce the death toll. The comic went viral and was seen worldwide. Called "the defining chart of the coronavirus", it was based on earlier graphics by the
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, Rosamund Pearce of ''
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'', and
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professor Drew Harris. In 2020 Wiles was the subject of a documentary short entitled "Siouxsie and the Virus". In mid-September 2021, Wiles criticised the New Zealand Government's decision to abandon its COVID-19 elimination strategy, asserting that this would put the unvaccinated and vulnerable at risk. During the launch of the
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(traffic light system) in December 2021, Wiles urged Aucklanders to put aside their summer holiday plans in order to contain the spread of the
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within the community. In mid September 2022, Wiles criticised the Government's decision to drop the "traffic light system" as a "big, long term expensive, mistake." She argued that the COVID-19 Protection Framework was needed to protect the country from newer COVID-19 strains, infection waves, and the problem of "
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" among vulnerable patients. Wiles also argued that facemasks and RAT tests were still needed to curb the spread of COVID-19 within the community.


Listener Seven controversy

In late July 2021, Wiles and physicist Professor
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wrote an open counter-letter dissenting with seven fellow University of Auckland academics ( Kendall Clements, Elizabeth Rata, Doug Elliffe, Garth Cooper, Robert Nola, John Werry, and
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), who had penned a
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in the ''
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'' current affairs magazine arguing that
mātauranga Māori Mātauranga (literally ''Māori knowledge'') is a modern term for the traditional knowledge of the Māori people of New Zealand. Māori traditional knowledge is Interdisciplinarity, multi-disciplinary and Logical holism, holistic, and there is c ...
(
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indigenous knowledge) was incompatible with science. In their response, Wiles and Hendy argued that mātauranga Māori complemented Western knowledge systems. They also claimed that the diminishing role of indigenous knowledge in science was "simply another tool for exclusion and exploitation" and that mistrust in science was fuelled by
scientific racism Scientific racism, sometimes termed biological racism, is the pseudoscience, pseudoscientific belief that the Human, human species is divided into biologically distinct taxa called "race (human categorization), races", and that empirical evi ...
, colonialism, and injustice. By 30 July, Hendry and Wiles' counter-letter had attracted more than 2,000 unverified signatures. In March 2022 the
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upheld a complaint that a column by Wiles published by
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on 20 December 2021 about the Listener Seven had breached press standards. The Media Council took particular issue with Wiles' claim that the seven professors had intimidated junior colleagues with lawyers' letters was inaccurate and should not have been made.


Wiles v University of Auckland

In January 2022 Wiles and Shaun Hendy filed claims with the
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against the University of Auckland. They alleged that the University did not protect them from harassment for their COVID-19 commentary advocacy for vaccination. Concerns were first raised in April 2020, and over 60 safety concern emails had been sent in total. It was not until June 2022 that the university carried out a threat assessment. Harassment experienced by the two were via email and social media, and included
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and threats of physical confrontation. Wiles had been compared to Adolf Hitler and Satanists, and also had threats of being hung, raped, executed, and sentenced to long jail terms. After her personal details were published on a far-right social media platform, the university offered Wiles a home security system, Wiles said that it did not work properly, and when asked for help, the university said that the person had gone on Christmas holiday. They also alleged that the university breached their academic staff collective agreement, good faith requirements, and responsive communication. The university denied any wrongdoing, and said that the Wiles and Hendy are not required or expected to provide COVID-19 commentary under their employment. Auckland University instructed them to keep COVID-19 commentary to a minimum. In October 2022 Hendy resolved the dispute after leaving the university. In August 2021, the university had advised them to reduce their public commentary and social media interaction, which Hendy and Wiles regarded as insufficient. The Employment Relations Authority also expedited their complaint, allowing it to proceed to the Employment Court, and ordered the University of Auckland to pay their legal fees. On 6 November 2023 a hearing started in court with an expected duration of three weeks. That day, footage of harassment against Wiles was shown in court. Such clips included conspiracy theorists Billy Te Kahika and Vinny Eastwood describing her as "Satanic" to their followers. During cross-examination on 7 October, the University of Auckland's lawyer Philip Skelton disputed Wiles' claim that the University had silenced her by arguing that she had taken part in numerous media interviews. On 7 November, a person sought to speak to Wiles at the University of Auckland. On 9 November, security staff removed a man who approached Wiles' legal team at the Employment Court, claiming he wanted to give evidence to her team. In response to these incidents, University lawyers raised concerns that media coverage of the court case could create a health and safety issue. At the end of the case, on 23 November 2023, Judge Holden reserved her decision. On 8 July 2024, the Employment Court ruled in Wiles' favour and found that the University had breached its health and safety obligations, contractural obligations, its duty of "good faith" and upheld Wiles' personal grievance claim. The Court also ruled that the University did not breach her academic freedom. The University was ordered to pay Wiles' NZ$20,000 in damages. On 4 June 2025,
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reported that the Employment Court had ordered the University of Auckland to pay Wiles $205,059.94 in legal costs for breaching their contractual obligations to protect Wiles from harassment.


Books and publications


''Antibiotic Resistance''

Wiles' book ''Antibiotic Resistance: The End of Modern Medicine?'' was published in 2017 and examined the growing global problem of
antibiotic resistance Antimicrobial resistance (AMR or AR) occurs when microbes evolve mechanisms that protect them from antimicrobials, which are drugs used to treat infections. This resistance affects all classes of microbes, including bacteria (antibiotic resis ...
. Commenting on the book,
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infectious diseases expert Professor Kurt Krause described it as "a clear call to action for New Zealanders on one of the most critical issues we face". Sarah-Jane O'Connor from the
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writes that the book " ntibiotic Resistance will provide an excellent tutorial for those who know there's cause for concern but need some extra background to understand why".


Personal life

Wiles is married to Steven Galbraith, a professor of mathematics at the University of Auckland, and together they have a daughter. She met her husband, a New Zealander, in London and left her position at
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to move to New Zealand in 2009. Wiles was granted New Zealand citizenship in 2014. She is a fan of
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and likes to play with it while being a critic of what she describes as
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in the
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. She has dyed her hair since she was a teenager, and is known as the "pink-haired science lady". In a 2013 blog post, Wiles says that the name "Siouxsie" comes from singer
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, lead singer of the band
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.


Awards and recognition

* 3Rs Prize from the United Kingdom National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) in 2005 *Sir Charles Hercus Health Research Fellowship from the HRC in 2009. *New Zealand National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee Three Rs Prize, 2011 *
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' Science Communication Prize (now known as the Cranwell Medal), 2012 * Prime Minister's Prize for Science Media Communication, 2013 *
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's Callaghan Medal, 2013 *Blake Leader Award from the Sir Peter Blake Trust, 2016 *
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' Skeptic of the Year Award, 2016 *Selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's "
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", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand. *Appointed a
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, for services to microbiology and science communication, in the
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. *One of BBC's " 100 influential and inspirational women" for 2020 world-wide *Supreme Winner,
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, 2020 *2021 New Zealander of the Year *2021 Joint winner with
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, of Critic and Conscience of Society Award.


References


External links


Personal website

Profile
on
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Infectious Thoughts
on Sciblogs.co.nz
Siouxsie Wiles
on
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Bioluminescent Superbugs Lab's website
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