Double for UTS at Eureka science awards
UTS academics had two Eureka moments at Australia’s premier science prizes, taking out major awards for scientific research and outstanding early career researcher.
Associate Professor Dianne McDougald and Dr Gustavo Espinoza Vergara were awarded the UNSW Eureka Prize for Scientific Research for their ground-breaking research into how cholera bacteria become virulent.
Their discovery that the bacteria responsible for cholera (Vibrio cholerae) becomes more virulent when passing through a previously unknown vector in water has provided new understanding of the disease transmission.
We are interested in how this pathogens like Vibrio cholera, pseudomonas, aeruginosa Legionella, pneumophila evolve virulence and traditionally scientists have looked at the interaction of pathogens with the human host. Their interaction with humans is very recent. So we need to consider that in a holistic view rather than just a human centric view.
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