Michela Gambino is a post-doctoral researcher in the PHAGEbio group, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen. Previously educated as an artwork conservator and as a microbiologist in Italy, she is interested in how microbial and viral communities interact and evolve. In the last three years, she has been working with bacteriophages, viruses that specifically infect bacteria. She is investigating the impact of bacteriophages on microbial communities and their use as an alternative to antimicrobials to target pathogens such as Salmonella or Enterotoxigenic E.coli.