JCCC Student Initiative to Help Growing Antibiotic Crisis
Start Date
27-4-2023 1:30 PM
Document Type
Poster
Description
There is a growing global antibiotic crisis that needs to be answered and everyone is at risk. Antibiotic resistance and synthetic approaches in producing antibiotics have not been able to keep up with the multi-drug resistant “ESCAPE” pathogens that have have caused almost 3 million illnesses and 35,000 confirmed deaths each year (CDC, 2019). At JCCC Life Sciences, students and faculty have joined in the collective efforts with organizations such as Small World Initiative to answer the call to this global public health challenge. Through this hands on program at JCCC and SWI, I have isolated and tested bacteria from soil samples in hopes of of finding a potential antibiotic that can save the lives of millions. The discovery of my bacteria, Candidate #4 “Cheer Bear,” has shown promising characteristics toward new antibiotic discovery that may one day save lives. CDC. Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2019. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC; 2019.
JCCC Student Initiative to Help Growing Antibiotic Crisis
There is a growing global antibiotic crisis that needs to be answered and everyone is at risk. Antibiotic resistance and synthetic approaches in producing antibiotics have not been able to keep up with the multi-drug resistant “ESCAPE” pathogens that have have caused almost 3 million illnesses and 35,000 confirmed deaths each year (CDC, 2019). At JCCC Life Sciences, students and faculty have joined in the collective efforts with organizations such as Small World Initiative to answer the call to this global public health challenge. Through this hands on program at JCCC and SWI, I have isolated and tested bacteria from soil samples in hopes of of finding a potential antibiotic that can save the lives of millions. The discovery of my bacteria, Candidate #4 “Cheer Bear,” has shown promising characteristics toward new antibiotic discovery that may one day save lives. CDC. Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2019. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC; 2019.
Comments
The faculty mentor for this project was Beverly Tanui, Biology.