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Congratulations to the Spring 2025 PhD Graduates from the School of Microbiology

25 Mar 2025
L - R Dr Ellen Murray, Dr Junhyeok Yu, Dr Andriana Grafakou, Dr Kelsey White, Professor Douwe van Sinderen, Professor Jennifer Mahony, Dr Michelle O'Connor, Dr David Hourigan, Dr Pauline Scanlan, Dr Des Field and Professor Colin Hill

Seven School of Microbiology PhD students were conferred at the Spring Conferring Ceremonies, University College Cork.

Thesis titles

Andriana Grafakou PhD

Discovery and characterization of antiphage systems in the lactococcal plasmidome

David Hourigan PhD

Discovery and characterisation of bacteriocins from microbiomes

Ellen Murray PhD

Therapeutic and diagnostic potential of endolysins targeting gram-positive pathogens

Michelle O’Connor PhD

Characterisation of novel bacteriocins from canine sources

Joseph Pennycook PhD (in absentia)

Effects of the biotic and abiotic environment on ecology and evolution within novel in vitro and ex vivo models of the human gut microbiome

Kelsey White PhD

Outsmarting phages to generate better dairy products

Junhyeok Yu PhD

Proliferation and evolution of lactococcal bacteriophages in cheese fermentations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

School of Microbiology

Scoil na Micribhitheolaíochta

Microbiology Office, Room FSB452, 4th Floor Food Science & Technology Building, University College Cork, Cork T12 Y337

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