Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½, MIT Designing Technology to Fight Bacterial Infections, Improve Aquaculture Farming The team, which has received a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation, is working with shrimp farms in Ecuador to build new microbial communities for aquaculture that will improve shrimp health.
Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½â€™s Sherlock Holmes of Microbiology: Salvador Almagro-Moreno Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½â€™s national expert on flesh-eating bacteria is unraveling the mystery of why some bacteria remain harmless while others go rogue threatening human life.
Clues Emerge: How Harmless Bacteria Go Rogue Turning into Deadly Flesh-eating Variants A new Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½-led study reveals how the environment and certain genetic traits play a critical role in the process that trigger bacteria to become human pathogens.
Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½â€™s 5 NSF CAREER Grant Recipients Making Breakthroughs in Healthcare and Engineering Awardees share common characteristics: curiosity, determination, a love of research and mentoring students.
Research in 60 Seconds Video: Marine Bacteria and Infectious Diseases Assistant Professor of Medicine Salvador Almagro-Moreno researches how the evolution of marine bacteria can help predict infectious outbreaks and be used to design treatments against these threats.
Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ College of Sciences Researchers Join Project to Fight Animal-borne Diseases The goal is to gain a deeper understanding of zoonotic threats, which may include COVID-19, in order to better respond to them.
