Amrita is a postdoctoral researcher in Ronnie Berntsson’s group.
Amrita is a postdoctoral researcher in the Ronnie Berntsson Lab. She comes from Kerala, a southern state of India, and her research passion lies in uncovering the mechanisms underlying antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens. She is particularly interested in exploring bacteriophage therapy as a promising alternative strategy to combat antibiotic-resistant infections.
At the Ronnie Berntsson lab, Amrita is investigating a transmembrane protein involved in the Type IV Secretion System of Enterococcus faecalis. By structurally characterizing this protein, her work aims to shed light on the molecular processes that govern conjugative plasmid transfer, a key driver of antibiotic resistance. In the long term, this research could contribute to identifying novel drug targets to counter the growing global health threat of antibiotic resistance.
Before joining the Ronnie Berntsson lab, Amrita was a postdoctoral fellow at the Igancio Mir-Sanchis lab at Umeå University, investigating potential anti-phage defence systems in Staphylococcus aureus.