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









🚨🔬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



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-prepr…







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




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



