Dr Bart Eijkelkamp

Senior Lecturer

College of Science and Engineering

+61 8 82017779

bart.eijkelkamp@flinders.edu.au

Biological Sciences

GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Dr Bart Eijkelkamp completed his Master's degree in Biomolecular Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in 2007. In the following year he commenced his PhD at Flinders University, investigating the antimicrobial resistance and virulence features of Acinetobacter baumannii, a highly significant human bacterial pathogen. Upon completion of his PhD in 2012, Dr Eijkelkamp took up a position as a post-doctoral researcher in the Research Centre for Infectious Diseases at the University of Adelaide. He continued his research into the resistance and virulence features of major bacterial pathogens, with a strong focus on the role of metal ions and host lipids on bacterial fitness. Whilst at the University of Adelaide, Dr Eijkelkamp was awarded a Beacon Research Fellowship which allowed him to establish his own research group. In 2019, he returned to Flinders University where he continued as a Research Academic in Microbiology. The Eijkelkamp Laboratory (www.EijkelkampLab.com) examines how the host nutritional status affects bacteria during infection.

Qualifications

PhD Molecular Microbiology - Flinders University 2012

MSc Molecular Biosciences - Vrije Univesiteit Amsterdam 2008

BSc Medical Microbiology - Saxion Hogeschool Enschede 2006

Honours, awards and grants

Research Grants/Fellowships:

Australian Research Council

CIC Discovery Project DP210100553 - Bacterial polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon transport and degradation (2021 - 2023) $416,025

National Health and Medical Research Council

CIA Project Grant 1159752 - A molecular balancing act: Understanding metal ion homeostasis in A. baumannii during infection (2019 - 2021) $642,521

Flinders University

Microbial Imaging Unit - Microbial Microscopy; Olympus BX53 (2021) $45,000

Microbial Imaging Unit - Flow Cytometry for Microbial Analyses; AB Attune NxT (2020) $70,000

COVID-19 Urgent Research Scheme - Limiting the impact of underlying respiratory conditions to reduce COVID-19 death rates (2020) $43,610

University of Adelaide

Beacon Research Fellowship - Defining the role of zinc at the host-pathogen interface (2018 - 2021) $670,000

Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation

CIA Research Grant - Optimal dietary metal ion uptake and its role in protection against childhood bacterial disease (2016) $35,000

Awards:

Early Career Researcher Award, Adelaide Protein Group (2016) $1,500
Daniel Walker Medal for ECR Research Excellence, University of Adelaide (2015) $1,000
BD Student Award, Australian Society of Microbiology (2010) $1,500

Travel Grants: