Aram Swinkels
Postdoctoral Researcher
Focusing on the study of antimicrobial resistance in microbial populations
Aram Swinkels is a postdoctoral researcher in the Modernising Medical Microbiology (MMM) group. His research focuses on the development of antibiotic resistance within the microbiome following antibiotic treatment for bladder infections. To investigate this, DNA is extracted from stool samples to analyse microbiome composition and quantify antibiotic resistance genes, with the aid of computational methods.
Aram obtained his master’s degree in Microbial Biotechnology and Health from Leiden University. He then completed his PhD at Utrecht University with the dissertation titled: “The impact of antimicrobial persistence and co-selection on resistance.” He recently joined the MMM group.