Megan Bergkessel
@slowgoing.bsky.social
Microbiologist at the University of Dundee studying bacterial life "in the slow lane", under stressful conditions that limit growth.
Congratulations Alastair and Prerna! Exciting times :)
November 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Congratulations Alastair and Prerna! Exciting times :)
Congratulations, Jay! Looking forward to learning about your discoveries :)
October 31, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Congratulations, Jay! Looking forward to learning about your discoveries :)
They will survive much better if you let them grow into stationary phase in rich media first, and then transfer them to a minimal medium with no carbon source. Transferring to carbon starvation directly from exponential growth causes faster death. See for example PMID: 32500952 and PMID: 34058747.
April 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
They will survive much better if you let them grow into stationary phase in rich media first, and then transfer them to a minimal medium with no carbon source. Transferring to carbon starvation directly from exponential growth causes faster death. See for example PMID: 32500952 and PMID: 34058747.
Thanks for the introduction!
November 8, 2023 at 11:27 PM
Thanks for the introduction!