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	Ann-Kathin Kotte Nationality: Germany Place of study: University of Nottingham, UK Supervisors: Professor Nigel Minton, Dr Klaus Winzer, Professor Dr. Hubert Bahl Project: Putative quorum sensing systems in C. acetobutylicum using ClosTron technology. UPDATE-August 2013: Ann-Kathrin obtained her PhD on 6th June 2013 and is now employed as a Junior Analyst by Eclipse Energy Group, Twickenham, UK email: annkathrinkotte@gmail.com
	Daniela Heeg Nationality: Germany Place of study: University of Nottingham, UK Supervisors: Professor Nigel Minton, Dr Alan Cockayne, Professor Miia Lindstrom Project: Discovery and analysis of germination factors in C. difficile using a transposon and the ClosTron. UPDATE-September 2014: Dani now has 3 publications and got her PhD on 7th April 2013. She now works at Micropathology Ltd and is located in Coventry at Warwick University. email: d.heeg@micropathology.com
	Andrea Kovacs-Simon Nationality: Hungary Place of study: University of Exeter, UK Supervisors: Professor Rick Titball, Professor Nigel Minton Project: Characterisation of surface associated proteins of C.difficile UPDATE-August 2013: Andrea now has 3 publications and got her PhD on 18th July 2013. She now has a 3 year post doc at the University of Exeter email: Andrea.Kovacs-Simon@exeter.ac.uk
	Sergio Fernandes da Costa Nationality: Portugal Place of study: University of Exeter, UK Supervisors: Professor Rick Titball, Professor Maja Rupnik Project: Molecular characterisation of Clostridium perfringens toxins UPDATE-August 2013: Sergio now has 4 publications and is writing up his PhD thesis. email: S.P.Fernandes-Da-Costa@exeter.ac.uk
	Delyana Vasileva Nationality: Bulgaria Place of study: University of Rostock, Germany Supervisors: Professor Dr Hubert Bahl, Professor Philippe Soucaille Project: Analysis of the oxidative stress response in Clostridium acetobutylicumUPDATE-August 2015: Delyana now has her PhD and a publication. Since April 2014, she became a MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan) scholar at Biotechnology Research Center, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
	Henrique Machado Nationality: Portugal Place of study: University of Rostock, Germany Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Hubert Bahl and Dr. Ralf-Jörg Fischer Project: Analysis of granulose synthesis in Clostridium acetobutylicum UPDATE-August 2013: Henrique left his postion on 30th April, to begin a new PhD at TU Denmark. email:
	Liu Ziyong Nationality: China Place of study: TUM - Technical University Munich, Germany Supervisors: Professor Dr Wolfgang Liebl, Professor Dr Hubert Bahl Project: Effects of mutations in regulatory and metabolic genes on Clostridium acetobutylicum UPDATE-August 2013: Liu is writing up his PhD thesis email: liuziyong1010@126.com
	Justyna Lesiak Nationality: Poland Place of study: TUM - Technical University Munich, Germany Supervisors: Professor Dr Wolfgang Liebl, Professor Dr Hubert Bahl Project: Comparative genome and mutant analysis of solventogenic clostridial species UPDATE-July 2015: Justyna has now obtained her PhD and is working as a PostDoc researcher in the Electrosynthesis group of the Centre for Biosustainability at DTU in Copenhagen. email: j.zaremba.lesiak@gmail.com
	Zhen Zhang Nationality: China Place of study: University of Helsinki, Finland Supervisors: Professor Miia Lindstrom, Professor Nigel Minton Project: Two-component signalling systems in C. botulinum neurotoxin production using ClosTron mutagenesis UPDATE-August 2013: Zhen has 2 publications and is writing up his PhD thesis email: zhen.zhang@helsinki.fi
	David Kirk Nationality: Éire Place of study: University of Helsinki, Finland Supervisors: Professor Miia Lindström, Professor Peter McClure Project: The identification of the mechanisms of germination, growth, and toxinogenesis in C. botulinum UPDATE-July 2015: David is currently working for Chain Biotechnolgy Ltd at the University of Nottingham.
	Beata Walter Nationality: Poland Place of study: Institiute of Public Health, Maribor, Slovenia Supervisors: Professor Maja Rupnik, Professor Rick Titball Project: The role of Clostridium difficile DinR regulon in adaptation to stress UPDATE-July 2015: Beata is preparing to defend her PhD thesis. She has published one paper and submitted another. email: b.m.walter@hotmail.com
	François Wasels Nationality: France Place of study: ISS - Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome Italy Supervisors: Professor Paola Mastrantonio, Professor Maja Rupnik Project:Influence of antibiotic resistance on the fitness of C.difficile UPDATE-August 2013:François has one publication and is writing up his PhD thesis email: francois.wasels@iss.it
	Ines Moura Nationality: Portugal Place of study: ISS - Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome Italy Supervisors: Professor Paola Mastrantonio, Professor Maja Rupnik Project: New mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in C.difficile UPDATE-August 2013: Ines has one publication and is writing up her PhD thesis email: ines.moura@iss.it
	Hamza Celik Nationality: Turkey Place of study: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Marseille, France Supervisors: Professor Chantal Tardif, Professor Miia Linstrom Project: Regulation of the composition of the cellulolytic/ hemicellulolytic system of C. cellulolyticum UPDATE-July 2015: Hamza had achieved his PhD and has now taken up a post doc position at the University of Washington. He has published two high impact papers of which one is a lead author email: hcelik@wustl.edu
	Minh-Uyen Dao Thi Nationality: Vietnam Place of study: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Marseille, France Supervisors: Professor Chantal Tardif, Professor Dr Wolfgang Liebl Project: Secretion and assembly of the components of the cellulosomes of C. cellulolyticum email: mdaothi@ifr88.cnrs-mrs.fr
	Minyeong Yoo Nationality: Korea Place of study: Metex, Toulouse, France Supervisors: Professor Philippe Soucaille, Professor Dr Huber Bahl Project: Analysis of Metabolic Mutants of Clostridium acetobutylicum UPDATE-July 2015: Minyeong is completing her PhD email: minyeongyoo@gmail.com
	Thao Nguyen Nationality: Vietnam Place of study: Metex, Toulouse, France Supervisors: Professor Philippe Soucaille, Professor Chantal Tardif Project: Regulation of Alcohologenesis in Clostridium acetobutylicum UPDATE-August 2013: Thao is completing her PhD email: Rubik85@gmail.com
	Magdalena Kasendra Nationality: Poland Place of study: Novartis, Italy Supervisors: Dr Rosanna Leuzzi, Dr Marco Soriani, Professor Maja Rupnik Project: To determine the molecular mechanisms responsible for cytotoxic potency of the secreted C. difficile Toxins TcdA and B UPDATE-August 2015: Magdalena completed her PhD and published 4 papers as a result of her research. She currently works as a postdoctoral research fellow at the The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University. email: magdalena.kasendra@gmail.com
	Tanja Dapa Nationality: Slovenia Place of study: Novartis, Italy Supervisors: Dr Meera Unnikrishnan, Dr Davide Serruto, Professor Nigel Minton Project: To identify and characterise surface-associated and secreted C. difficile proteins and their role in disease UPDATE-July 2015 : Tanja has 2 publications and is currently a postdoc fellow in TaMaRa lab, INSERM, Paris. email: tanja.dapa@gmail.com
	Carlo Rotta Nationality: Italy Place of study: Unilever, UK Supervisors: Dr Peter McClure, Professor Nigel Minton Project: Control of germination and outgrowth of food spoilage Clostridium spp. UPDATE-July 2015 : Carlo is now in Norfolk (Virginia), working in the Frank Reidy Center for Bioelectrics at the Old Dominion University (https://www.odu.edu/bioelectrics). He is researching gas plasma based eradication of bacteria residing on flexible endoscopes.
	Carolyn Meaney Nationality: Éire Place of study: Unilever, UK Supervisors: Dr Peter McClure, Professor Nigel Minton Project: Control of germination and outgrowth of Group I Clostridium botulinum in food products. UPDATE- July 2015: Carolyn completed her PhD June 2014. She has 2 publications as a result of her research and a third manuscript is under preparation. She currently works as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Nottingham. email: carolyn.meaney@nottingham.ac.uk