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Ciaran Gilchrist

I am a postdoc working in Peter Lind’s group. I use experimental evolution and genomics with Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria to uncover the role evolution plays in antibiotic resistance.

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Affiliated as postdoctoral position at Department of Molecular Biology Section: Group Peter Lind
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6K och 6L, Sjukhusområdet Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå

I am a postdoc within Peter Lind lab, funded by a Kempe foundation scholarship. In general, my work focusses on studying the evolution of antibiotic resistance, one of the key global health issues of our time. I work using the bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which is an opportunistic pathogen common in patients with cystic fibrosis, using it in the lab as a model system for studying how antibiotic resistance arises. Our aim is to work out if this resistance occurs in a predictable pattern, and whether these patterns may be exploited to help combat this resistance. For this, I use a combination of approaches including various molecular and microbiological lab techniques, experimental evolution and genomics.

I received my PhD in Population Genetics from Stockholm University in Sweden in 2022, with my thesis focused on using experimental evolution in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (or Baker’s yeast) to uncover the role of genetic variation and hybridisation in adaptation. My research also covered the role of aneuploidy in adaptation. Prior to my PhD, I also studied an MSc at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden (2017), and my undergraduate degree at the University of Glasgow (2014) in Scotland.

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