Dr Elisa Giammarini is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Strathclyde. Her research sits at the interface of environmental and translational microbiology, with a focus on free-living amoebae, antimicrobial resistance, microbial adaptation, and biotechnological approaches to microbial control and remediation. Her work has used biofilm and co-culture models to investigate microbial interactions in environmental and clinically relevant settings and has also included drug repurposing research to identify new strategies against infections associated with antimicrobial resistance.