Meet the Team

From left to right:

• Nishan Nathoo (PhD Student 2024-2028)

Supervisors:      1st Supervisor: Dr Laia Pasquina Lemonche (Biosciences School, UoS)

2n Supervisor: Prof Per Bullough (Biosciences School, UoS)

     Project summary: Understanding the cell wall maturation of Streptococcus pneumoniae using biophysical approaches such as AFM, STORM and image analysis

• Calum Lloyd (PhD Student 2024-2028)

Supervisors:      1st Supervisor: Dr Andrew Parnell (MPS School, UoS)

2n Supervisor: Dr Laia Pasquina Lemonche (Biosciences School, UoS)

    Project summary: Exploring the use of neutron reflectometry to characterise biophysical properties of Staphylococcus aureus cell wall under different environments

• Dr Laia Pasquina-Lemonche (Research Fellow)

• Mai Quynh Nguyen (Visiting PhD Student October-November 2024)

Supervisor:      1st Supervisor: Dr Cecile Morlot (IBS, Grenoble, France)

    Project summary: Deciphering the interplay between Wall Teichoic Acids and Peptidoglycan on Streptococus pneumoniae using super resolution techniques: STORM and AFM