Ruggero La Rosa

Ruggero La Rosa is a Visiting Senior Researcher at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability within the DTU Microbes Initiative at Technical University of Denmark. His research focuses on the evolutionary adaptation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis patients, antimicrobial resistance, and host-pathogen interactions.

• Research Themes: Bacterial evolution, metabolomics, pathogenicity reduction, ribosomal mutations, and clinical microbiology.
• Collaborations: Works with institutions like the University of Copenhagen and cystic fibrosis clinics.
• Recent Trends: Analyzes genomic and metabolic changes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa during chronic infections, emphasizing antimicrobial resistance mechanisms such as macrolide and aminoglycoside resistance.
• Advising: Supervised B. H. Pedersen in a PhD project on CF airway adaptation.

Public Engagement: Regularly presents at conferences on topics like bacterial metabolic rewiring and antibiotic resistance.