Hosted by Cardiff University's School of Medicine
The presentation will outline the problematic nature of Burkholderia bacteria as cystic fibrosis lung infection pathogens, plant disease causing agents, and industrial contaminants. This will be contrasted with the beneficial properties of Burkholderia bacteria as antibiotic producers and helpful biopesticides. Genomics has proven to be an excellent way to untangle these negatives and positives of Burkholderia biology and will be a central technology discussed in the talk.
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Bio: Eshwar Mahenthiralingam is a Professor of Molecular Microbiology at Cardiff University and Head of School (2023-2028) for the School of Biosciences. Following fellowships at British Columbia between 1991-1999, Esh joined Cardiff University and developed his independent research career related to: (1) Cystic fibrosis (CF) microbiology and lung infection microbiota analyses, (2) Burkholderia genomics and specialised metabolite production, (3) Industrial microbiology and antimicrobial resistance. As Esh’s career has progressed, he has made multiple wider contributions to research community as an Editor for the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, grant reviewer/panel member for multiple funders (several national Cystic Fibrosis charities [UK, Italy, Canada, & US]; Medical Reserach Council, Wellcome Trust, and Hong Kong Research Council). More recently, Esh has worked with BBSRC funding Panel B (Plants, microbes, food and sustainability) as a Deputy Chair.