Paritosh Bedekar

PhD Researcher

I am researching the evolution and ecology of multi-layered bacterial defence systems, focusing on the role of environmental conditions. I use mathematical modelling and simulation techniques to identify environments that select for multi-layered defence systems. I am co-supervised by Mario Recker and Edze Westra. During my Master’s I studied the role of environmental variations in the evolution of ant caste systems.

I am working under the umbrella of the Westra lab sLoLa project on multi-layered defence systems that aims to examine how multiple defence systems in the same cell interact to protect against MGE infections and how this shapes the spread and evolution of MGEs.