Project Info
Layer by Layer Biofilm Growth
Kevin Cash | kcash@mines.edu
This project is directed at rapidly assembling bacteria into a biofilm-like system. This will enable more rapid drug resistance screening, hopefully moving the test time for biofilm antibiotic screening from ~4 days to an afternoon.
More Information
Grand Engineering Challenge: Engineer better medicines
Student Preparation
Qualifications
Bio1, and ideally prior research experience.
Time Commitment
40 hours/month
Skills/Techniques Gained
Bacterial cell culture, biofilm assembly, fluorescence imaging, fluorescence and absorbance spectroscopy.
Mentoring Plan
Weekly one-on-one meetings or project meetings, and weekly group meetings.