In a world where bacteria are increasingly resistant to antibiotics, the discovery of novel Bacteriaphages, bacteria's million year old adversary, could assist with the development of therapies to control lifethreatening bacteria..

Heather Hendrickson is a Senior Lecturer at Massey University, where she leads the Hendrickson lab. She investigates bacterial genomes to understand how they evolve and exchange information, a process known as Horizontal Gene Transfer. She also hunts for novel Bacteriaphages to isolate and study; to assist with the continuing pursuit of finding alternative treatments to bacterial diseases.

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