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Fergal Hamrock

@hamrockfergal.bsky.social

RNA Biology & AMR Researcher | PhD Microbiology (2024, TCD) | Bacterial Pathogenesis | Transcriptomics | Recipient of the EMBO Scientific Exchange Grant (2022) and Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship (2024)

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🧬 New preprint out! Thrilled to share our latest study uncovering Arp, a small RNA that represses DNA uptake and twitching motility in Acinetobacter baumannii by directly blocking pilin translation.

Massive thanks to my co-authors for a fantastic collaboration!

21.07.2025 16:53 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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CsrA-mediated regulation of a virulence switch in Acinetobacter baumannii | mBio The World Health Organization has ranked Acinetobacter baumannii atop its “priority pathogens” list highlighting the urgent need for new therapeutics against this pathogen. Many A. baumannii strains i...

Our lab contributed to this including @hamrockfergal.bsky.social : CsrA-mediated regulation of a virulence switch in Acinetobacter baumannii. Great work led by Phil Rather's group.

journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

26.02.2025 08:17 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

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