News about Bacteria

Germs can offset the effect of cancer therapy

An infection with the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus tends to worsen the condition for patients with a specific lymphoma type. A Danish research team has identified the cause, providing hope for improved treatment.

Innovative phage therapy project to combat "flesh-eating disease"

In a stride towards combating the rising global threat of Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections, also known as the “flesh-eating disease”, the Leo Foundation has granted 4 million DKK to a new innovative phage therapy…

Innovative phage therapy project to combat "flesh-eating disease"

In a stride towards combating the rising global threat of Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections, also known as the “flesh-eating disease”, the Leo Foundation has granted DKK 3,988,469 to a new innovative phage therapy…

RNA trickery disarms the antiviral CRISPR defenses of bacteria

Bacteria-attacking viruses, known as bacteriophages, use small RNAs to disarm the CRISPR-Cas immune systems of bacteria. This discovery has now been documented by researchers at the University of Copenhagen. The…

Systematic review finds gaps in understanding microbe-driven acclimation and adaptation in wild vertebrates

In a recent preprint titled "Quantitative synthesis of microbe-driven acclimation and adaptation in wild vertebrates," researchers from Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics and University of Exeter conducted a…

Closer to understanding how bacteria become resistant to antibiotics

Haemophilus influenzae stands out as a significant bacterial culprit, notorious for causing severe respiratory tract infections, including pneumonia. It has remarkably developed resistance to a plethora of drugs,…

Inhaled nanomedicines can help chronic respiratory infections

Associate Professor Mingshi Yang has received 2.8 mill DKK from DFF for the project “Inhaled Nano-Suicide-Particles for Combating Respiratory Biofilm Infections”.

Researchers: "We should not think of the antibiotic resistance crisis as something in the future. It is already here"

Antibiotic resistance is a serious health crisis that is getting far too little attention. In 2019, five million deaths were associated with antibiotic resistance. The solution is both simple and surprisingly difficult…

Bacteria like cholera may be crucial in the development of new antibiotics

Bacteria like the cholera bacteria move around in the body through rotations from a hairy appendage on the bacteria.

Bacteria like cholera may be crucial in the development of new antibiotics

Bacteria like the cholera bacteria move around in the body through rotations from a hairy appendage on the bacteria.

Bacteria from your mouth can end up in your brain. Now dentists at Rigshospitalet have to examine patients more often

Bacteria in your mouth can cause diseases in other parts of the body. New research from the Department of Odontology at the University of Copenhagen helps change treatment procedures at Rigshospitalet.

Why do some people live to be a 100? Intestinal bacteria may hold the answer

Some people live longer than others – possibly due to a unique combination of bacteria in their intestines, new research from the University of Copenhagen concludes.

Why do some people live to be a 100? Intestinal bacteria may hold the answer

Some people live longer than others – possibly due to a unique combination of bacteria in their intestines, new research from the University of Copenhagen concludes.

ECCMID 2023

Jennifer Moussa participated in this years ECCMID Congres

The intestinal ecosystem directly affects anorexia

Severe changes in the intestinal ecosystem of bacteria and viruses directly affect the development and maintenance of anorexia nervosa.

Your baby’s gut is crawling with unknown viruses

Babies tumble about with more than 200 previously unknown viral families within their intestines. This large number comes as a surprise to researchers from the University of Copenhagen and COPSAC, who closely studied th…

IF receives the distinguished Marie-Curie postdoctoral Fellowship

Postdoc Seref Akay has received the highly competitive Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship. During the project, Associate Professor Anan Yaghmur will supervise Seref Akay.

Resistant bacteria are a global problem. Now researchers may have found the solution

A new substance has proven useful for treating staphylococcus infections in people with skin lymphoma. This is good news for the patients, but also for the global threat of antibiotics resistance.

Virtual Conference on Staphylococcal Infections (STAPH-2023)

Nader Abdelmalek attended this virtual conference on February 27-28, 2023.

Embedment of probiotic bacteria in urinary catheter material to prevent infection

Project type: Master Catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) are common, and they are hard to treat due to the formation of bacterial biofilms on the catheter material, as biofilms are highly tolerant to…

Protein transfer during bacterial conjugations

Project type: Master Background: Conjugations are a bacterial sexual process in which a donor cell makes physical contact with a recipient cell, form a mating pair, and transfer a copy of the conjugative/mobilizable…

Searching for a mechanistic modulator of Tn7 transposition

Project Type: Master Background: The classical Tn7 transposon and recently discovered Tn7-CRISPR-Cas elements have been repurposed for development of a genomic DNA integration tool to engineer bacterial chromosomes in a…

Social evolution in microbial communities. Are we competing or working together?

Project type: Master Background: Diversity in societies enables a lot of opportunities. Individuals can specialize and perform tasks that benefit the entire community. Some are plumbers, while others are experts in hote…

Most colors are eco criminals: Here’s how to make purple greener

The colors of our clothes, cosmetics, furniture and all sorts of things around us are nearly all based on crude oil, making them far from environmentally innocent. UCPH researchers have teamed up with Danish company…