Understanding the role of bacterial anti-MGE defences to inform antimicrobial therapies
A talk about the evolutionary ecology of anti-MGE defences
A talk about the evolutionary ecology of anti-MGE defences (particularly CRISPR-Cas), and the counterdefence strategies that MGEs have evolved in return.
| A Biosciences seminar | |
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| Date | 19 March 2025 |
| Time | 13:30 to 14:30 |
| Place | LSI Seminar Room A and B |
Event details
Professor Stineke Van Houte
Principal Investigator and BBSRC Future Leader Fellow, University of Exeter
Bacteria have evolved a range of mechanisms to defend themselves from infections by mobile genetic elements (MGEs), such as bacteriophages and plasmids. I will talk about the evolutionary ecology of anti-MGE defences (particularly CRISPR-Cas), and the counterdefence strategies that MGEs have evolved in return. I will then talk about how we can harness these fundamental insights into the development of new therapies to combat AMR in bacterial pathogens.
Host: Dr Ben Temperton (b.temperton@exeter.ac.uk)
Location:
LSI Seminar Room A and B
