Robin Rydbergh

I currently work with antibiotics, molecular biology and machine learning in Michaela Wenzels group at Chembio.

I combine machine learning and experimental in vitro validation to iteratively direct evolution of peptides that could permeabilize the mycolic-acid barrier of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. These peptides aren’t developed as antibiotics and are rather designed to open the cell envelope, such that existing drugs penetrate better to combat antimicrobial resistance.

Some information about what I recently have worked with:
I have previously done a Master Thesis characterizing the mode of action of a novel antibiotic in Michaela Wenzels group.

As an amanuensis student in Per Malmbergs group I worked with particle pollution characterization through advanced analytical methods such as ToF-SIMS and SEM-EDX.

Additionally, I have worked with human skin tissue models to characterize and better understand the uptake of aluminium found in high concentration in antiperspirants used daily by most of the population.

Finally, I have been driving a pilot project exploring film formats in education at Chalmers. Through collaboration, one channel in swedish and one in english was made where these videos can be found:

https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealLaboratory (English)
https://www.youtube.com/@ILabbet (Swedish)

-Updated 07/10/2025