Research in the Wildschutte lab focuses on improving health through novel drug discovery and phage therapy research. We utilize a bacterial population-level approach, molecular techniques, and genome analyses to identify environmental isolates that inhibit multi-drug resistant pathogens.
M.S. and Ph.D. positions are available.
RECENT NEWS:
Congratulations to Nara Souza and Michael Fyfe for their outstanding Research In Progress presentations!
A collaboration with our Introduction to Microbiology students and Betco, a biotech company.
Antimicrobial infections are now a leading cause of death worldwide.
‘Salt In My Soul‘ is Mallory Smith’s posthumously published memoir which offers a rare look inside the mind of a remarkable young woman who had cystic fibrosis. It is now available to stream.
In our 2020 manuscript, students perform bioinformatics research in a microbiology course. This strategy can be a solution for in-person and online teaching which exposes students to authetic drug discovery research. Check it out: Expanding Tiny Earth to genomics: a bioinformatic approach for an undergraduate class to characterize antagonistic strains.