Ross Fitzgerald
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Ross Fitzgerald
@jrossfitz
🇮🇪🇪🇺 Microbiologist interested in bacterial evolution, pathogenesis, cricket, rugby, whiskey and similar wonders of life



Great to have a lecture by @jrossfitz at @institutpasteur on staphylococci host adaptation





Using a new experimental infection assay, researchers studied evolution of Staphylococcus aureus in macrophages to reveal a conditional adaptation that promotes bacterial survival in the cells, as well as resistance to vancomycin. @mbiojournal: asm.social/1QY



S.aureus secretes several #bacteriocins to compete with other bacteria. @StephenRG97 et al. review the roles of S. aureus’ arsenal of proteinaceous toxins and #T7SS in interbacterial competition🦠⚔️. academic.oup.com/femsmicrobes/a…

Meet our newest Fellows. We are honoured to announce the 57 leading thinkers from the sciences, arts, education, business, and public life have been elected to our Fellowship for 2024. We look forward to working with them for the betterment of society. rse.org.uk/eminent-cultur…







