Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow
Education:
Ph.D., 2023, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Languages Spoken: Dutch, French
Biography
Dr. Vereecke received his Ph.D. in 2023 from Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, where he studied the use of long-read sequencing for viral and bacterial diagnostics in veterinary medicine. While his work focused on sequencing-driven diagnostics, it also shed new light on the use of genomics in the context of antimicrobial resistance in Mycoplasmopsis bovis, Brachyspira hyodysenteriae, and enterotoxigenic/Shiga toxin-producing E. coli. Dr. Vereecke joined the BPARS as a visiting postdoctoral fellow in July 2023, where his current work focuses on understanding the involvement of bacterial methylation events in resistance and clinical phenotypes within the Bacteroides fragilis group (BFG).