Short Laboratory
Bacterial regulation and environmental survival
Welcome to the Short Lab
We are fascinated by how opportunistic pathogens control their behaviour, adapt and survive in diverse environments.
We're part of the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, members of the Infection and Global Change Programs,
and are also members of the Centre to Impact AMR,
and the Department of Microbiology.
Dr Francesca Short
My global research connections, partners and funding can be viewed on my Monash Research Profile.
If you are a student interested in doing research in our lab, visit Supervisor Connect.
Click the links below to connect with me on ORCID, Google Scholar, LinkedIn and Scopus.
Our research
Our lab aims to understand environmental survival and behaviour control in gram negative opportunistic pathogens. Many of the most notorious human pathogens are in fact generalists that can thrive in many environments, however our understanding of how bacteria reprogram their gene expression to persist and thrive outside the host is limited. Understanding this adaptability can help us to understand their evolution, pathogenesis and transmission. We explore these questions using a combination of genomics, functional genomics and molecular microbiology.
Lab members
We are committed to excellence in research.
Join Our Lab
We're always interested in collaborating with bright and motivated researchers, clinicians and industry. Whether you want to research, study or partner with us to accelerate our discoveries, find out about the work we do.