I am a current DPhil student on the BBSRC Interdisciplinary Bioscience DTP, co-supervised by Prof. Antonis Papachristodoulou at the Department of Engineering Science. My research focuses on how plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria form stable communities, attach to, and colonise roots. I use systems biology approaches to understand the influence of both microbial interactions and environmental factors on these processes.
Before coming to Oxford, I did my undergraduate degree in Engineering Physics at the University of Iceland, followed by a master’s degree in Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge funded by the Gates Cambridge Scholarship.
For any further information about myself or my research please feel free to get in touch:
Email: bergthor.traustason@biology.ox.ac.uk
Website: https://users.ox.ac.uk/~linc4820/
In October 2022: DPhil Student, Year 3 of 4 years
Bergthor’s studies are funded by: the Clarendon and Lincoln College-Kingsgate Graduate Scholarships.
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