Why is it important to study bacteria? Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a bacterial strain that can be responsible for several human diseases: the most serious include malignant external otitis, ...

Mass spectrometry has emerged as a transformative tool in microbial identification and characterisation, offering rapid, reliable and high-throughput analysis of complex biological samples. The ...

Rapid detection and identification of microbial pathogens in the laboratory is imperative. However, standard microbiology testing approaches often depend on the recovery and culture of viable ...

The tool, called PRISM (Precise Identification of Species of the Microbiome), addresses all those issues. It uses rapid screening for an initial overview, then applies more stringent steps to remove ...

As a core member of the Sample Technology team, Catriona works on developing new sample and library preparation methods, sequencing kits and end-end-workflows. She worked on the development and ...