Tag Archives: antibiotic resistance

Gallium cannot be used as a Trojan horse to fool Iron-selected bacteria

Posted on June 14, 2018 by hageyt

This post is by NCAT postdoc Akamu Jude Ewunkem, faculty Misty Thomas, grad student Sada Boyd, and faculty Joseph Graves Jr. Antibiotics have heretofore been used as therapeutic agents (Butler et al., 2017). However, bacteria are increasingly developing resistance to these therapeutic agents. … Continue reading →

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In the Light of Evolution: Connecting Genotype to Phenotype and Fitness in an Introductory Biology Class

Posted on April 17, 2018 by hageyt

This post is by UW research scientist Katie Dickinson “It was through the [Bio180 CURE] class that biology truly came to life and I felt that our time in [the] lab was interesting and relevant to our world today. The large … Continue reading →

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Mapping Antibiotic Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms to Develop Better Therapies for Cystic Fibrosis

Posted on June 3, 2017 by hageyt

This post is written by MSU DO-PhD student Michael Maiden I have always been interested in bacterial resistance. My first science fair project was comparing antibacterial soap versus regular soap in terms of selecting for resistant bacteria with use. In … Continue reading →

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On Microbial Individuality

Posted on May 15, 2017 by hageyt

This post is written by UI postdoc Jessica Lee I’m writing this blog post in hopes of convincing you to see every microbial cell as a unique individual. It’s a big ask, because microbes are numerous, and even card-carrying microbe lovers have … Continue reading →

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It’s a (Selective) Sweep for the Good Genes!

Posted on June 27, 2016 by hageyt

This Evolution 101 post is by MSU grad student Douglas Kirkpatrick In baseball, ice hockey, and basketball, when a team wins all of the games in a playoff series, they are said to have swept the other team out of the … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Source-sink population dynamics facilitate plasmid host range evolution

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by University of Idaho postdoc Wesley Loftie-Eaton. With all the thanks to BEACON for funding and Dr. Eva M. Top for her support and guidance, my latest foray into the world … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Evolution Goes Plink

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Kyle Card. Richard Feynman was an eccentric theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate who had a profound impact on the field of quantum mechanics. As a child, he … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Evolution of plasmid host range

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by University of Idaho postdoc Wesley Loftie-Eaton. I stumbled into the world of plasmids at my alma mater, the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa. My advisor, Prof. D. E. Rawlings, … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: The genetic basis of biofilm formation

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by University of Washington graduate student Elyse Hope. “Remember to finish your full course of antibiotics” is a phrase we have probably all heard from a doctor at least once. Intuition … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Evolution and the nano-scale

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Danielle Whittaker

Today’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by NC A&T faculty Dr. Joseph L. Graves Jr. One nanometer is defined as 1 x 10-9 meter. This is about the size of one glucose molecule. The nucleus of a human cell … Continue reading →

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