Alison Low

@alow.bsky.social

Post-doctoral scientist at Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh. Microbiology, E. coli, phage, UTI, O157:H7

We've long been able to find new phages and figure out what they interact with. But what about the other direction: if you have a gene, like an antibiotic resistance efflux pump, or a phage defense system, and you want to find phages that do or do not interact with it? Now you can!

Ellie Rand@ellie-rand.bsky.social · 2y ago

What if we dug into a sample a little more “wild” and a little less characterized? We combined our strains with a wastewater sample (thank you citizens of Boston for your ~contributions~), and again we found fluorescent hits! Each was isolated and characteristics confirmed on monoculture lawns. 5/

Starting the year off with a week in the sunshine. Beautiful view from the apartment to Mount Teide, Tenerife. Some good work news already this year so hoping 2024 will be a great one for our group!

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