Salt Adaptations in Listeria monocytogenes
Dr Conor O’Byrne of the National University of Ireland, Galway
Abstract
Conor’s overarching interest is in in molecular responses to stress in bacteria, focusing on Listeria and E.coli.
His current projects are looking at responses to acid in Listeria, especially the glutamate decarboxylase system; role of SigB in sensing and response to blue light in Listeria; stress response in long-term soil-adapted E.coli strains. He has just started a project on biofilm in E.coli (an applied project looking at the possibility of inhibiting biofilm formation on catheters using light).
Biography
- 2002-present: Lecturer National University of Ireland, Galway (Stress responses in Listeria and E.coli).
- 2000-2002: Lecturer University of Aberdeen (Listeria stress responses).
- 1998-2000: Postdoc University of Aberdeen (Listeria osmoregulation, with Ian Booth).
- 1994-1998: Postdoc Unilever Plc (Listeria molecular mechanisms of survival in preserved foods).
- 1990-1994: PhD University of Dundee (Supercoiling gene expression in Salmonella Typhimurium with Charles Dorman).