Emily Horsburgh
PhD Student
Member of Roe Research Group: 2022 – Present
I achieved my undergraduate degree in Biological Science (Medical Biology) from Kingston University London. During the final year of this degree, I undertook my dissertation project to determine the antibacterial activity of fatty acids against Neisseria gonorrhoea in an artificial vagina fluid model. After taking a break from education through the COVID-19 pandemic, I returned to education to obtain my MSc Infection Biology Degree in 2022 from Glasgow University. During my MSc degree I undertook my research project in the Roe Research Group investigating the fate of rare D-amino acids in Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC). This project carried on research from many previous members of the Roe Group especially Dr. Nicky O’Boyle who has been interested in the metabolite D-serine and its effect on gene expression in E. coli.
Currently, I am undertaking a PhD in Bioengineering, joint supervised by Professor Massimo Vassalli (Biomedical Engineering) and Professor Andrew Roe (Bacteriology). This project is co-funded by the University of Glasgow and L’Oréal Paris. The project involves the identification and initial testing of bacterial strains of the skin microbiome to include into a novel living biomaterial.
