News about Bacteria

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.

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…

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…

Extraction of biofilm matrix for proteomic analyses - A proof-of-concept study

Project type: Master In nature, the predominant lifestyle of bacteria is living in polymicrobial communities. Most bacteria live in so-called biofilm communities in which cells are embedded in a self-produced…

Investigating anti-predator properties of bacterial multispecies biofilm communities

Project Type: Master In nature, microorganisms such as bacteria, archaea, fungi, or single-celled eukaryotes live and interact in various microenvironments. These inter-microbial interactions impact fitness and survival…

Bacteria control their metabolism when going into biofilm formation

In a new paper out now in Cell Reports, a research team from Costerton Biofilm Center at the Department of Immunology and Microbiology (ISIM), University of Copenhagen - with Assistant professor Mads Lichtenberg,…

...once they learn to coexist - ScienceNEWS.dk

Our Research in the Media Bacteria play an important role in the dairy industry. Lactic acid bacteria are needed to make cheese, buttermilk, yogurt and many other products. New research from Associate professor Mette…

Warring genetic parasites could lead to new defenses against dangerous bacteria

Plasmids – a type of autonomous genetic parasites in bacteria – are armed with a previously unknown arsenal of CRISPR-Cas "gene tools" that are frequently deployed to combat other plasmids, according to research from th…

Plant-microbiome interactions for a sustainable future

Modern agricultural practices, in a period facing profound climate changes and a growing population, are neither sustainable nor sufficient- Do you want to help find better solutions?

Danish researchers discover new hiding place for antibiotic resistance

Genes that make bacteria resistant to antibiotics can persist longer than it was previously believed. This was recently shown in a new University of Copenhagen study that reports a previously unknown hiding place for…

Danish researchers discover new hiding place for antibiotic resistance

Genes that make bacteria resistant to antibiotics can persist longer than it was previously believed. This was recently shown in a new University of Copenhagen study that reports a previously unknown hiding place for…

Widespread vaginal condition could lead to emergency caesarean section

An imbalance in the vaginal bacteria of pregnant women is associated with an increased risk of emergency cesarean section. This is demonstrated in a new study by scientific researchers at the University of Copenhagen an…

From CBMR to Intomics: Julia Villarroel

Julia Villarroel is a bioinformatics scientist at Intomics, a Danish company that uses insights from big biomedical data to help pharmaceutical companies develop new drugs.

Right beneath the skin we all have the same bacteria

In the dermis skin layer, the same bacteria are found across age and gender. This has been shown by researchers from the University of Copenhagen in a new study which has studied skin samples from knees and hips. The…

Scientists identify harmful bacteria based on its DNA at a very low cost

Currently, the detection of food poison outbreaks caused by bacteria takes a long time and is expensive, but this does not have to be the case in the future. Researchers from the Department of Food Science at the…

Ancient “Chewing Gum” Yields Insights into People and Bacteria of the Past

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in extracting a complete human genome from a thousands-of-years old “chewing gum”.

Ancient “Chewing Gum” Yields Insights into People and Bacteria of the Past

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in extracting a complete human genome from a thousands-of-years old “chewing gum”.

Dangerous Bacteria Communicate to Avoid Antibiotics

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have found a new survival mechanism for a commonly known type of bacteria. It can send out warning signals and thus make sure that other bacteria escape ‘dangers’ such as…

New discoveries map out CRISPR-Cas defence systems in bacteria

For the first time ever, researchers at the University of Copenhagen have mapped how bacterial cells trigger their defence against outside attacks. This could affect how diseases are fought in the future.

A rat-race against resistance to antibiotics

In feces from rats living in the sewage system under a Copenhagen hospital researchers have found genes that show resistance towards antibiotics. Although resistance to antibiotics is expected, of particular concern are…