The Bergkessel Lab at the University of Dundee studies bacteria in the slow lane - subjected to conditions that prevent rapid growth.
Joined October 2019
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Megan Bergkessel retweeted
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Recombinant production platform for Group A Streptococcus glycoconjugate vaccines
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16 Jan 2025
Congratulations to Findlay and thanks to examiners Dan Neill and Martin Welch for a successful viva! Findlay has worked so hard and accomplished so much while blazing the trail as the first PhD student from the lab :)
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Megan Bergkessel retweeted
7 Nov 2024
🚨Fully funded #PhD position available with @TayaForde, @DrSuzieHumphrey and me, evaluating the health risks of #zoonotic diseases in fish farms in the context of #climatechange 🐟☀️🌡️🧫 @NorthWestBio1
Link: tinyurl.com/jcmcmyh7
Apply here: tinyurl.com/z4srm48a
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Megan Bergkessel retweeted
8 Oct 2024
Have a look at the first complete Trypanosoma in vitro cell atlas: biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor…. T. cruzi is a weird parasite, the genome a mess, transmitted by the "kissing bug" although it poohs on your eyelid and we are still missing good drugs. Maybe our work can make a difference
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29 Oct 2024
Congrats!
28 Oct 2024
Our cryptosporidiosis drug discovery work featured in @FarmersWeekly 🐄: fwi.co.uk/livestock/youngsto…
@DDU_Dundee @UoDLifeSciences @WCAIRDundee
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29 Oct 2024
Very cool! Congrats on this impressive work!
28 Oct 2024
🚨🔬Excited to share our new paper now out in @NatureMicrobiol!
Using Tn-seq live imaging in engineered airway organoids, we explored the fitness tradeoffs P. aeruginosa faces while growing and surviving antibiotic treatment on the mucosal surface.
🔗 rdcu.be/dX4RR
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Megan Bergkessel retweeted
8 Oct 2024
Our latest research on #LRRK2 has just been published in Nature Immunology with @SpringerNature where we show important negative data that this kinase important in #IBD is not expressed and not needed for Paneth cell lysozyme regulation. @mrcppu Read here: rdcu.be/dWnwq
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8 Oct 2024
Congrats on this cool work - exciting to see it in print!
8 Oct 2024
Did you ever wonder about olfaction and anosmia in animals.
Why do worms love some odors and avoid some.
Here is us chasing C elegans in the wild and their microbiome. Dig in if you have time ( you may find Leucine and an olfactory GPCR within).
elifesciences.org/reviewed-p…
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12 Sep 2024
Congrats on this very well-deserved award!
12 Sep 2024
Delighted to accept the 2024 @BiochemicalSociety Industry and Academic Collaboration Award on behalf of the @dundeeuni-@GSK Kinetoplastid Drug Discovery Team. Great recognition for our successful collaboration and for a fantastic team! @DDU_Dundee @LabWyllie @WCAIRDundee
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Megan Bergkessel retweeted
12 Sep 2024
Registration and abstract submission for Drug Discovery Africa #Conference is open.
Find out more, uod.ac.uk/drug-discovery-afr…
Abstract and travel bursary deadline is 20th Oct 2024.
We hope you can join us.
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23 Aug 2024
Congrats to all the authors of this very cool paper- I feel lucky to have been involved, even if only in a very tiny way :)
20 Aug 2024
Thanks to first authors Maud and Amanpreet @APC82236815, and to all the collaborative help we got from so many labs- Julian Pardo lab @iisaragon @jay_salsa @Edelblumlab @slow_going @Andersonbuglab, and to @Wellcome for funding @mrcppu @UoDLifeSciences
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23 Aug 2024
Had a fantastic time at the Glasgow Microbiology Collective symposium- thanks again for the invitation and it was great to hear about cool microbiology happening around Glasgow!
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Megan Bergkessel retweeted
13 Aug 2024
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Megan Bergkessel retweeted
7 Aug 2024
We are proud to be hosting our conference with partners in Ghana. Drug Discovery Africa will showcase African led drug discovery research.
Save the dates 12-14th March for now, more details to follow.
wcair.dundee.ac.uk/drug-disc…
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21 Jul 2024
Congrats on this cool work! Impressive genetics and microscopy in such a difficult organism...
21 Jul 2024
So excited to share @BacchettiRoss PhD work on COWPs! With lots of contributions from other lab members. We hope you especially enjoy all the microscopy! Thanks principally to @wellcometrust for supporting this work. biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor…
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Megan Bergkessel retweeted
16 Jul 2024
Hurry up! Submit your abstract for this UK's top annual chromatin & transcription meeting. Invited speakers include Wendy Bickmore, Paul Lehner, Vicky Cowling, Andrew Holding, Ritwick Sawarkar, Helen Rowe, Colin Hammond, Constance Alabert & lots of selected talks
15 Jul 2024
Have you submitted an abstract yet? Transcription and Chromatin UK will explore cutting-edge research on 3D genome organisation, chromatin metabolism and much more! Submit your work and register by 25 July to save £ on your registration:
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ALT A Biochemical Society Scientific Meeting. Transcription and Chromatin UK. 25-27 September 2024. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Abstract and earlybird deadline: 25 July 2024.
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Megan Bergkessel retweeted
11 Jul 2024
International Microbiology Literacy Initiative @KennethTimmis @SEMicrobiologia #DDMVLC24
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