Research in the Wildschutte lab focuses on novel drug discovery and phage therapy. We utilize a bacterial population-level approach and genomic analyses to identify environmental isolates that inhibit multi-drug resistant pathogens.
M.S. and Ph.D. positions are available.
RECENT NEWS:
We are happy to welcome Michael Fyfe who will join our lab in August 2024!
Congratulations to undergraduate research students Donovan Roberts and Mackenna Starr who started the MD and MD/PhD programs, respectively, at the University of Toledo and Michigan State University this fall! BGSU promoted some of their work in the links below.
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.
We published a manuscript in which students perform bioinformatics research in a microbiology course. This strategy can be a solution for online teaching. Check it out: Expanding Tiny Earth to genomics: a bioinformatic approach for an undergraduate class to characterize antagonistic strains.