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Justine Rudkin is a Lecturer in Bacteriology at the University of Glasgow. She earned her BSc in Tropical Disease Biology from the University of Liverpool in 2008 and completed her PhD in Molecular Microbiology at the University of Bath in 2012. Justine has held various academic positions, including Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Oxford from 2018 to 2023 and IRC Research Fellow at University College Cork from 2016 to 2018. Her research interests focus on the interactions of Staphylococcus aureus, a bacteria that can both reside as a commensal in healthy individuals and act as a pathogenic threat. Justine employs a combination of co-culture assays, functional genomics, and community analysis to study how such bacteria adapt and evolve, particularly in nasal and skin niches. She actively collaborates with other teams interested in microbe-microbe and host-pathogen interactions. Additionally, Justine has served as an Editor for Access Microbiology and is a Committee Member of the Impact & Influence Committee for the Microbiology Society, contributing to professional activities within her field.
University of Glasgow • Glasgow
Teaching and conducting research in Bacteriology.
University of Oxford • Oxford
Conducted research on microbial infections.
University College Cork • Cork
Research focusing on bacterial interactions.
APC Microbiome Institute Ireland • Ireland
Studied microbial communities.
University of Galway • Galway
Investigated mechanisms of bacteria.