Dioscuri Centre for Physics and Chemistry of Bacteria
Group leader
Dr Bartłomiej Wacław
Phone: 22 343 21 70
Research topics
The Centre’s main objective is to better understand bacterial growth and evolution in the natural environment of pathogenic bacteria: the interior of an animal cell and animal secretions. The members of the Centre will use experimental in vitro models of infections, computer simulations and mathematical theory to create data driven, quantitative models of bacterial growth and evolution in these environments.
Members
- Dr Bartłomiej Wacław (Leader)
- Anna Jaśczak (Administrative Coordinator)
- Aleksandra Sadłocha (PhD student)
- Joanna Materska (PhD student)
- Patrycja Kuźma (Lab Manager)
- Dr Magda Ziółkowska (Postdoctoral Researcher)
- Dr Elin Lilja (Postdoctoral Researcher)
- Dr Ilyas Djafer-Cherif (Postdoctoral Researcher)
Research
- Experimental models of bacterial infections
- New methods for accurate, real-time, in situ measurement of bacterial growth
- The structure and growth dynamics of intra-cellular colonies (in vivo biofilms)
- Population dynamics of bacteria in complex fluids and topologies
- Population dynamics of intracellular bacteria during antibiotic treatment
- Bacterial growth on micro-patterned and dynamic surfaces
Cooperation
- Department of Evolutionary Theory, MPI Plön, Germany
- The University of Edinburgh
- Harvard University
- The University of York
Financing
Dioscuri (2020-2025) (2) NAWA (2020-2024)