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Julia Rzaska
Antimicrobial Resistance MSc student: 2022-2023

Email: 
JRzaska1@sheffield.ac.uk




Background
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I graduated with a BSc in Molecular Biology from The University of Sheffield in 2022 and during this time I became more interested in microbiology.

In the summer of 2021, I undertook a 6-week research project titled Bacterial Evolution in Hypoxia. I worked with tetracycline-resistant S. aureus mutants and looked at their phenotypes in hypoxia and normoxia. During this time, I learned new laboratory skills and see first-hand how a research lab operates. This experience sparked my interest in microbial evolution and antimicrobial resistance. The research I performed got included in a paper titled Antibiotics Limit Adaptation of Drug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus to Hypoxia, of which I am one of the co-authors. 

In my final year, I pursued a non-lab-based science communication research project. I looked at the influence of language use on knowledge retention. Through this project, I gained a deeper understanding of how to effectively communicate science in the digital age. I have also performed a literature review that investigated skin microbiome, more particularly C. acnes and the role it plays in skin disease, focusing mostly on acne vulgaris. 

In the future, I hope to become a researcher and pursue a PhD that focuses on combating the global threat of AMR.

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