PhD (Oct 2017- Present)

I am in the final year of my PhD. My current research is about how bacterial communities physically interact when they are exposed to sub-lethal concentration of antibiotics. Specifically, my project focuses on how swarming Bacillus subtilis increases its ability to resist a gradient of antibiotic through biophysical mechanisms. To do so, I use time lapse microscopy and quantitative analysis techniques as Particle Image Velocimetry and Correlation functions normally developed in Matlab or FIJI. To test the resistance of emergent strains I also use molecular biology techniques and antimicrobial assays. In parallel, I supervise projects in chemotactic response of Bacillus subtilis in presence of antibiotics using Microfluidics. I am co-supervised by Dr. Munehiro Asally (Life Sciences) and Dr. Marco Polin (Physics).

Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research MSc, WMS, University of Warwick (Sept 2016 - Sept 2017)

Relevant coursework: Imaging, statistics, modelling and biology.

Msc's first miniproject: Assembly and automation of a dual-scale platform to study swarming bacteria motility. Supervised by Dr. Marco Polin (Department of Physics, Soft matter and Biofluidics group).

Msc's second miniproject: Addressing the protective mechanism of swarming bacteria. Supervised by Dr. Munehiro Asally (School of Life Sciences, Synthetic biology group).

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology MSc, University of Barcelona (2015-2016)

Relevant coursework: Nanobiotechnology, Microscopy (AFM, optical and electron microscopy). Characterization and manipulation at the nanoscale, Nanoprocessing and Nanofabrication in Clean Room environment, etc.

MSc's dissertation project: Dendrimer-based uneven RGD nanopattern density gradients for the study of cell response. Supervised by Dra. Anna Lagunas Targarona (Institute of Bioengeneering of Catalonya, Bioengeneering group).

Summer Internship, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (Summer 2015)

Project: Validation of the successful uptake of DNA plasmids by suitable liposomes through Fluorescence Cross Correlation Spectroscopy. Supervised by Dr. Pieter De Beule (Applied Nano-optics Laboratory)

Bachelor's degree in Physics, University of Santiago de Compostela (2011-2015)

Relevant coursework: Soft matter physics, experimental techniques and statistical treatment of data, Wave and fluid mechanics, Optics, etc.

Bachelor's final project: Theoretical and Numerical study of fluvial dynamics. Supervised by Prof. Gonzalo Miguez Macho (Non Linear Physics Group).

Practicum in a company, Meteogalicia (July 2014)

Project: Correspondence between weather forecast and air quality.

Iago Grobas

I.Lopez-Grobas@warwick.ac.uk