Ji-Xin Cheng

Phototherapy of Drug-Resistant Bacteria

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
This project will explore the unique opportunity of killing drug-resistant bugs by photo-inactivation of pigments inside the bacterium.

LABORATORY MENTOR
Pu-Ting Dong

RESEARCH GOALS
To study how photo-inactivation of catalase could sensitize bacterium and fungal cells to ROS producing antibiotics.

LEARNING GOALS
• Designing an experiment
• Preparing specimens
• Performing data analysis
• Giving a scientific a presentation

TIMELINE
Week 1: Safety training
Week 2: Sample preparation
Week 3: Phototherapy
Week 4: Phototherapy
Week 5: Report

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