Combating antibiotic resistance Antibiotics are used to treat or prevent some types of bacterial infection. They are becoming less effective due to overuse in recent years. NBIC Research Fellow, Dr Callum Highmore, and researchers at the NIHR Southampton Biomedical...
Research in Focus: Advancing Phage Therapy As part of #BiofilmWeek, we’re highlighting interesting and exciting biofilm research from across our network and partner research institutions by early career researchers and PhD students. We interviewed Daniela...
Raman Against Respiratory Infection Diagnosing a bacterial infection and determining the best treatment for it is typically a slow process, taking days, while successful clinical outcomes often depend on rapid prescription with effective antibiotics. This promotes the...
Using Synthetic Materials to Model Marine Biofilms Marine biofilms can cause up to an 11% increase in ship shaft power which has environmental and economic consequences. As biofilms are heterogeneous and adaptable, rigid models are often used as a benchmark for...
Rapid Sustainable Diagnostics Loughborough University based biotechnology startup, Cromerix, is working to tackle the growing global issues in healthcare, industry and home, due to microbial infections and contaminations, which have an economic impact of $5 trillion...
