Author Archives: An Bollenessor

Paper Out: Triclosan Alters Microbial Communities in Freshwater Microcosms

Posted on May 8, 2019

I wrote four (!) years back on the blog about my visit to collaborator Gabriel Perron at Bard College. From this visit stems a paper that was just published in the journal Water on the effects of the antimicrobial triclosan … Continue reading →

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Apply to the NERC GW4 PhD studentship “Context-dependent acquisition of antibiotic resistance mechanisms”

Posted on April 3, 2019

Note: this position is now readvertised: application deadline April 29th! Together with collaborators Prof. Will Gaze (College of Medicine and Health, Exeter), Prof. Angus Buckling (Biosciences, Exeter) and Prof. Ed Feil (Milner Centre for Evolution, Bath) I have an advert … Continue reading →

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Paper Out: Transposon mutagenesis in Pseudomonas fluorescens reveals genes involved in blue pigment production and antioxidant protection

Posted on April 3, 2019

Nadia Andreani, who visited the lab in 2105 (wow, time flies) and now is at the University of Lincolnnow is at the University of Lincoln has just published a paper on work she did here on blue, food-spoiling Pseudomonas. Colleague … Continue reading →

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postdoc position available: “Context-dependent acquisition of antibiotic resistance mechanisms”

Posted on February 6, 2019

A one-year postdoc position is currently available in my lab at the University of Exeter Cornwall Campus! The dramatic increase in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) threatens the effective treatment of a wide range of infections and forms a global challenge to … Continue reading →

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Paper Out: Patterns of cross‐resistance and collateral sensitivity between clinical antibiotics and natural antimicrobials

Posted on January 29, 2019

Although having previously mainly worked in soil- and evolutionary microbiology and currently working in a Medical School, I started out as a marine biologist. After my move to Cornwall my love for the marine environment was rekindled by exploring some … Continue reading →

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Life at the Edge of Sight

Posted on January 22, 2019

At the end of last year, I intended a book presentation at the Eden Project. Although a bit late, it is definitely worth a quick blog post, as “Life at the Edge of Sight” is a must-have for anyone interested … Continue reading →

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Paper Out: Using the wax moth larva Galleria mellonella infection model to detect emerging bacterial pathogens

Posted on January 4, 2019

A good start of the year by having a paper published. I blogged about the bioarxiv* version a while back so will keep it short this time: we injected environmental (water and sediment) samples in the Galleria caterpillar and, where … Continue reading →

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