63 A dive into Campylobacter genomics

Our guest today is Dr Ozan Gundogdu for a deeper dive into the food borne pathogen Campylobacter and how genomics has informed the field over the past 20 years since the publication of the first reference genome in 1999. Ozan leads the foodborne enteric pathogen group at the London school of hygiene and tropical medicine. Where they study the physiology and pathogenesis of Campylobacter and other related enteric microorganisms like Listeria and Vibrio. His background is in Molecular Biology and Computer Science and he completed his PhD at LSHTM (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) in 2011. www.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/people/gundogdu.ozan