Evangelos Mourkas
Researcher at Department of Medical Sciences; Infection medicine
- Mobile phone:
- +46 76 581 53 41
- E-mail:
- evangelos.mourkas@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Akademiska sjukhuset
Infektion, ingång 34, 1 tr - Postal address:
- Akademiska sjukhuset
Infektion, ingång 34, 1 tr
751 85 Uppsala
Visiting researcher at Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology; Infection and Immunity; Åke Lundkvist
- Mobile phone:
- +46 76 581 53 41
- Visiting address:
- BMC
Husargatan 3
752 37 UPPSALA - Postal address:
- Box 582
751 23 UPPSALA
- ORCID:
- 0000-0002-7411-4743
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Short presentation
Researcher in infectious diseases at Akademiska Hospital and Uppsala University, specialising in microbial genomics, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and pathogen evolution. My work includes public health-related clinical projects, such as periprosthetic joint, blood, and burn infections, with a focus on AMR. I also study how urbanisation and human activities affect the microbiomes of wild birds and the spread of AMR in natural populations.
Research
My research focuses on clinical public health projects, including periprosthetic joint, blood, and burn infections. I also study the role of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in sewage and wastewater treatment plants, investigating how these environments contribute to the spread of resistant bacteria and impact public health. Additionally, I explore how urbanisation and human activities affect the microbiomes of wild birds, focusing on the spread of AMR in natural populations. My work highlights the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health, addressing AMR from a One Health perspective.
At Uppsala University, I also collaborate as an associate researcher with the University of Arizona, focusing on Campylobacter infections in Peru. This research examines the genetic epidemiology of Campylobacter, aiming to understand its transmission and impact in low- and middle-income countries, contributing to global efforts to control infectious diseases and AMR.
Media
Recorded Webinar at the UAC webinar series: "Birds, Bugs, and Resistance: The Impact of Urbanization on Pathogen Spread"
The AMR studio podcast: "Episode 58: Campylobacter & urbanization"
Publications
Recent publications
- Genomic tailoring of autogenous poultry vaccines to reduce Campylobacter from farm to fork (2024)
- Sharing of cmeRABC alleles between C. coli and C. jejuni associated with extensive drug resistance in Campylobacter isolates from infants and poultry in the Peruvian Amazon (2024)
- High-throughput phenotype-to-genotype testing of meningococcal carriage and disease isolates detects genetic determinants of disease-relevant phenotypic traits (2024)
- A core genome MLST scheme for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato improves insights into the evolutionary history of the species complex (2024)
- Proximity to humans is associated with antimicrobial-resistant enteric pathogens in wild bird microbiomes (2024)
All publications
Articles
- Genomic tailoring of autogenous poultry vaccines to reduce Campylobacter from farm to fork (2024)
- Sharing of cmeRABC alleles between C. coli and C. jejuni associated with extensive drug resistance in Campylobacter isolates from infants and poultry in the Peruvian Amazon (2024)
- High-throughput phenotype-to-genotype testing of meningococcal carriage and disease isolates detects genetic determinants of disease-relevant phenotypic traits (2024)
- A core genome MLST scheme for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato improves insights into the evolutionary history of the species complex (2024)
- Proximity to humans is associated with antimicrobial-resistant enteric pathogens in wild bird microbiomes (2024)
- Sexual size dimorphism in mammals is associated with changes in the size of gene families related to brain development (2024)
- Machine learning to attribute the source of Campylobacter infections in the United States (2024)
- The epidemiology and impact of persistent Campylobacter infections on childhood growth among children 0–24 months of age in resource-limited settings (2024)
- Novel rpsK / rpsD primer-probe assay improves detection of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in human stool (2024)
- Genomic resistant determinants of multidrug-resistant Campylobacter spp. isolates in Peru (2024)
- Epistasis, core-genome disharmony, and adaptation in recombining bacteria (2024)
- A high fidelity approach to assembling the complex Borrelia genome (2023)
- Contrasting genes conferring short- and long-term biofilm adaptation in Listeria (2023)
- Evidence of potential Campylobacter jejuni zooanthroponosis in captive macaque populations (2023)
- Genetic diversity and variation in antimicrobial-resistance determinants of non-serotype 2 Streptococcus suis isolates from healthy pigs (2022)
- Local accessory gene sharing among Egyptian Campylobacter potentially promotes the spread of antimicrobial resistance (2022)
- Host ecology regulates interspecies recombination in bacteria of the genus Campylobacter (2022)
- Spatiotemporal Investigation of Antibiotic Resistance in the Urban Water Cycle Influenced by Environmental and Anthropogenic Activity (2022)
- Quantifying bacterial evolution in the wild (2021)
- Genome evolution and the emergence of pathogenicity in avian Escherichia coli (2021)
- Campylobacter jejuni genotypes are associated with post-infection irritable bowel syndrome in humans (2021)
- Genome-Wide Identification of Host-Segregating Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms for Source Attribution of Clinical Campylobacter coli Isolates (2020)
- Agricultural intensification and the evolution of host specialism in the enteric pathogen Campylobacter jejuni (2020)
- A 500-year tale of co-evolution, adaptation, and virulence (2020)
- Genomic epidemiology of Campylobacter jejuni associated with asymptomatic pediatric infection in the Peruvian Amazon (2020)
- Genetic Diversity of Composite Enterotoxigenic Staphylococcus epidermidis Pathogenicity Islands (2019)
- Gene pool transmission of multidrug resistance among Campylobacter from livestock, sewage and human disease (2019)
- Comparative genomic survey of Bacillus cereus sensu stricto isolates from the dairy production chain in Brazil (2018)
- Lineage‐specific plasmid acquisition and the evolution of specialized pathogens in Bacillus thuringiensis and the Bacillus cereus group (2018)
- Convergent Amino Acid Signatures in Polyphyletic Campylobacter jejuni Subpopulations Suggest Human Niche Tropism (2018)