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Xavier Bertran i Forga

Bacterial Pathogenesis Group - Faculty of Health, School of Biomedical Science · Queensland University of Technology

https://researchid.co/xavibertran
@qut.edu.au

Research Interests

Microbiology, Bacterial biofilms, Antibiotic resistance, AMR, c-di-GMP

Biography

I am currently undertaking a PhD in the Bacterial Pathogenesis Group at QUT’s Centre for Immunology and Infection Control. Before embarking in this new project, I completed his BSc in Human Biology in Barcelona (Pompeu Fabra University), an MSc in Science Communication in Dublin (Dublin City University) and an MSc in Clinical Microbiology in Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona). During the latter, Iinvestigated whether β-lactamases from Aeromonas species could be used as a quick method to differentiate them in a clinical setting. Now, funded by a QUT Amplify Scholarship, I'm researching the mode of action of nitric oxide mimics as dispersal agents in Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms, which are very predominant causes of disease.

Education

Queensland University of Technology: Brisbane, AU 2022-09-30 to present | PhD in Bacterial Pathogenesis Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Medicina: Barcelona, Catalunya, ES 2019-09-10 to 2020-07-10 | MSc in Clinical Microbiology Education Dublin City University: Dublin, IE 2017-09-01 to 2018-06-01 | MSc in Science Communication Universitat Pompeu Fabra: Barcelona, ES 2013-09-21 to 2019-07-01 | BSc in Human Biology

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