{"id":111,"date":"2023-10-04T11:20:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T11:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/multidefence\/?page_id=111"},"modified":"2023-12-13T09:56:24","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T09:56:24","slug":"prof-edze-r-westra-university-of-exeter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/multidefence\/prof-edze-r-westra-university-of-exeter\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof Edze R. Westra, University of Exeter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/multidefence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/235\/2023\/09\/Edze-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/multidefence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/235\/2023\/09\/Edze-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/multidefence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/235\/2023\/09\/Edze.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Edze (he\/him) is Professor of Microbiology at the <a href=\"https:\/\/biosciences.exeter.ac.uk\/staff\/profile\/index.php?web_id=Edze_Westra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of Exeter<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He works on the evolutionary ecology of host-parasite interactions. <a href=\"https:\/\/westralab.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">His lab <\/a>studies how ecological variables drive the evolution of various immune strategies in bacteria, with an emphasis on CRISPR-Cas adaptive immune systems, and examines their coevolutionary consequences. Bacteria encode lots of different immune mechanisms, and my team studies the interactions&nbsp;between defence systems. His team further studies the evolution of viral communication systems, patterns of antibiotics-phage synergy and antagonism, and interactions between the microbiome and anti-phage defence evolution. Connect with Edze <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edzewestra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@edzewestra<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a id=\"_msocom_1\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edze (he\/him) is Professor of Microbiology at the University of Exeter. He works on the evolutionary ecology of host-parasite interactions. His lab studies how ecological variables drive the evolution of various immune strategies in bacteria, with an emphasis on CRISPR-Cas adaptive immune systems, and examines their coevolutionary consequences. 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