And the good news of the week – Martin Gélinas’ article, who completed his master’s degree in summer 2020, was accepted in Microbiology Spectrum. This work, which is a bit out of what we normally study because we like to explore new ideas, aim at determining if certain metabolic pathways were similarly modulated during biofilm formation by bacteria from different species. We observed that in fact, only the de novo purine biosynthesis pathway was commonly upregulated during biofilm formation in a certain medium. Thus, this pathway could be an interesting target to eradicate biofilms caused by pathogens, since those are involved in 80% of chronic bacterial infections. Also, great thanks to Léa for her great work during the revision rounds. This story will not end there!
No arrival or departure in the lab recently, students are liking it so much that they chose to study longer! Indeed, Léa and Jean-Sébastien became this fall PhD students, and we are happy that they will stay with us. I also have to mention that Léa’s “Soleil microbien” picture that I presented in the previous blog entry won a Jury award in the La prevue par l’image competition of ACFAS.
And the good news of the week – Martin Gélinas’ article, who completed his master’s degree in summer 2020, was accepted in Microbiology Spectrum. This work, which is a bit out of what we normally study because we like to explore new ideas, aim at determining if certain metabolic pathways were similarly modulated during biofilm formation by bacteria from different species. We observed that in fact, only the de novo purine biosynthesis pathway was commonly upregulated during biofilm formation in a certain medium. Thus, this pathway could be an interesting target to eradicate biofilms caused by pathogens, since those are involved in 80% of chronic bacterial infections. Also, great thanks to Léa for her great work during the revision rounds. This story will not end there!
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