Dr. Conor Feehily

Biography

Conor Feehily is a lecturer in Bacteriology at the University of Glasgow's School of Infection and Immunity. He obtained his PhD from the University of Galway, where he investigated the role of the glutamate decarboxylase system in the stress response of Listeria monocytogenes under the supervision of Professor Conor O'Byrne. After his doctoral studies, he joined University College Cork as a postdoctoral researcher, focusing on Lactobacillus strains that inhibit pathogens involved in bacterial vaginosis. He subsequently held a funded postdoctoral fellowship at Teagasc APC, where he developed a research role on the vaginal microbiome and its implications for preterm birth. His work has included a position at the University of Oxford, where he collaborated with a multidisciplinary team to develop a microscopy-based tool for diagnosing bacterial infections and determining antibiotic resistance. At Glasgow, his research examines the human microbiome's role in health and disease, particularly the vaginal microbiome, emphasizing community ecology, genomics, host-microbe interactions, and potential interventions. Feehily's group has conducted extensive sequencing to understand how variations in vaginal microbial communities relate to health outcomes.

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