Bacteria
Overview
Multi-drug resistant organisms (MRDOs) are steadily increasing, and with very few drugs available to fight them, have become one of the greatest threats to global public health.
Projects
Designer Phage
Synthetic Engineering of Bacteriophage for Treatment of Wound InfectionsProteomics for UTI diagnosis
Understanding host-pathogen interactions is critical when it comes to improving diagnostic approaches to urinary tract infections.
Team
News
12-Sep-2023
Press Release
J. Craig Venter Institute scientists awarded five-year, $5.7M grant from NIH to develop phage treatment
Phage research accelerates with the rise of antibiotic resistance to address increasingly prevalent and difficult to treat bacterial infections
11-Dec-2019
Blog
Venter Institute Researchers Tackle the Growing Concern of Antibiotic Resistant Bacterial Infections with Genomic, Phage Approaches
13-Nov-2019
Press Release
J. Craig Venter Institute and UC San Diego Develop Phage Treatment as Potential Cure for Alcoholic Liver Disease
Team targeted specific toxin-producing strains of the bacterium, Enterococcus faecalis, which is shown to be responsible for most liver damage
09-Jul-2019
Collaborator Release
Combining Antibiotics, Researchers Deliver One-Two Punch against Ubiquitous Bacterium
CWRU/Cleveland VA findings in mouse models could make inroads against superbugs
08-Apr-2019
Collaborator Release
Oral bacteria 'battle royale' helps explain how a pathogen causes hospital infections
08-Apr-2019
Blog