Antibiotic Resistence
Location
CoLab, OCB 100
Start Date
27-4-2018 1:30 PM
Document Type
Poster
Description
Antibiotic resistance is no longer a fear for the future, but rather a problem for the present. We are starting to see more and more infections become resilient to the antibiotics that once offered a cure. In order to find new medications to treat common infections, we’ve partnered with Small World Initiative, which is a student research program that is advancing the search for new antibiotics around the globe. The process begins by collecting a sample of dirt, and diluting it down so that only microscopic organisms are left. Those organisms are then grown on an agar petri dish, and promising candidates are further tested against strains of pathogenic (infection causing) organisms. The goal of this research is to find an organism that inhibits anything from growing around it, this includes the various pathogenic strains. The microbe that I found to do this was collected from clay soil on 2/1/18, when the temperature was at 32 degrees Fahrenheit. After I completed all the steps through the small world initiative project I was able to find such a candidate that inhibited some pathogenic strains, but not others (such as Staphylococcus epidermidis). The Small World Initiative research program allowed me to explore and discover a new possible antibacterial microbe. The data presented follows from start to finish the entire process explained above.
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Antibiotic Resistence
CoLab, OCB 100
Antibiotic resistance is no longer a fear for the future, but rather a problem for the present. We are starting to see more and more infections become resilient to the antibiotics that once offered a cure. In order to find new medications to treat common infections, we’ve partnered with Small World Initiative, which is a student research program that is advancing the search for new antibiotics around the globe. The process begins by collecting a sample of dirt, and diluting it down so that only microscopic organisms are left. Those organisms are then grown on an agar petri dish, and promising candidates are further tested against strains of pathogenic (infection causing) organisms. The goal of this research is to find an organism that inhibits anything from growing around it, this includes the various pathogenic strains. The microbe that I found to do this was collected from clay soil on 2/1/18, when the temperature was at 32 degrees Fahrenheit. After I completed all the steps through the small world initiative project I was able to find such a candidate that inhibited some pathogenic strains, but not others (such as Staphylococcus epidermidis). The Small World Initiative research program allowed me to explore and discover a new possible antibacterial microbe. The data presented follows from start to finish the entire process explained above.
Comments
The faculty supervisor for this project was Jamie Cunningham, Biology.