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Fergal Hamrock
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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!
kroegerlab.bsky.social Kröger Lab @kroegerlab.bsky.social · Jul 21
New preprint! We characterise the small, regulatory RNA Arp which controls DNA uptake and twitching motilty in A. baumannii. Led by our Dr Fergal Hamrock @hamrockfergal.bsky.social and in collaboration with @westermannlab.bsky.social and Mike Gebhardt's lab!
biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · Jul 20
DNA uptake and twitching motility are controlled by the small RNA Arp through repression of pilin translation in Acinetobacter baumannii https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.19.665661v1
July 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Reposted by Fergal Hamrock
kroegerlab.bsky.social
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/...
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...
journals.asm.org
February 26, 2025 at 8:17 AM