Megan Bergkessel

The Bergkessel Lab at the University of Dundee studies bacteria in the slow lane - subjected to conditions that prevent rapid growth.

[Open Research, University of Dundee @UoDOpenResearch]

#OpenAccess
Recombinant production platform for Group A Streptococcus glycoconjugate vaccines
https://t.co/WPsHuAMxGv
@UoDLifeSciences

[Megan Bergkessel @slow_going]

@FinDunMun1

[Megan Bergkessel @slow_going]

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 :)

[Michael Ormsby @MOrmsby8]

🚨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: https://t.co/Y98ziBM6YQ
Apply here: https://t.co/atM3yQAstS
Please RT!

[Thomas D. Otto @BiottofnI]

Have a look at the first complete Trypanosoma in vitro cell atlas: https://t.co/9j5PjEZ7GM. 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

[Megan Bergkessel @slow_going]

Congrats!

[Mattie Christine Pawlowic @goldenpipette]

Our cryptosporidiosis drug discovery work featured in @FarmersWeekly 🐄: https://t.co/iVwXkEMD1G
@DDU_Dundee @UoDLifeSciences @WCAIRDundee

[Megan Bergkessel @slow_going]

Very cool! Congrats on this impressive work!

[Lucas A. Meirelles @la_meirelles]

🚨🔬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.

🔗 https://t.co/DCPVogORDv

[Mahima Swamy @MahimaSwamy]

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: https://t.co/YVx8myEIKb

[Megan Bergkessel @slow_going]

Congrats on this cool work - exciting to see it in print!

[Varsha Singh PhD @VarshaS53228024]

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).

https://t.co/SWFePiYLdC

[Megan Bergkessel @slow_going]

@bugsinblood @HDonne North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference… Pseudomonas aeruginosa is evil and crafty

[Megan Bergkessel @slow_going]

Congrats to Hannah @HDonne and Niall rocking the poster session at NACFC!

[Megan Bergkessel @slow_going]

@KatrineWhiteson Hi Katrine! Looking forward to catching up! @HDonne (a post-doc in my lab) will be presenting a poster too: #45

[Megan Bergkessel @slow_going]

@JoJofoth @jen_cottell Official style guide for many American journals dictates lower case g for the descriptor “gram-negative” or “gram-positive”. I have no personal opinion. I understand the origin, but usage can evolve over time. American copy editors will likely change to lower case.

[Megan Bergkessel @slow_going]

Congrats on this very well-deserved award!

[Manu De Rycker @MDR_DDU]

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

[WCAIR Univ of Dundee @WCAIRDundee]

Registration and abstract submission for Drug Discovery Africa #Conference is open.
Find out more, https://t.co/WiztYBOan1
Abstract and travel bursary deadline is 20th Oct 2024.
We hope you can join us.

[Megan Bergkessel @slow_going]

cool!

[Megan Bergkessel @slow_going]

@DonalWallLab Great to see the latest from your lab too- such a cool story!

[Megan Bergkessel @slow_going]

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!

[Megan Bergkessel @slow_going]

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 :)

[Mahima Swamy @MahimaSwamy]

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

[Megan Bergkessel @slow_going]

@RuaMicro I know! Best conference tote bag ever.