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