Keyword(s): Antimicrobial

  1. Howard Berg, PhD

    Bacterial Motility: Motor Response Based on Sensory Input

    The Berg lab studies the motile behavior of bacteria in order to understand how cells sense and respond to changes in their environment. Processing external cues is a problem encountered by ...

  2. Karine Gibbs, PhD

    Explores Identity and Territory in the Social World of Bacteria

    Investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying the ability of bacterial cells to discriminate self from non-self; study the bacterium Proteus mirabilis, a Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen that ...

  3. Richard Losick, PhD

    Bacterial biofilm and Bacillus subtilis biology

    Dr. Richard Losick’s laboratory investigates the mechanisms of bacterial biofilm formation and disassembly and applies this knowledge to antimicrobial development, clean water supply, protein ...