Combating Antibiotic Resistance in Escherichia Coli with Carbon Nanomaterials

Authors

Regan Newman, Ursinus CollegeFollow
Alix Segil, Ursinus CollegeFollow

Document Type

Paper- Restricted to Campus Access

Publication Date

7-23-2020

Faculty Mentor

Anthony Lobo and Mark Ellison

Abstract

For our summer project, we studied the effects of carbon nanomaterials on antibiotic resistance. We used graphene to deliver ciprofloxacin to resistant and sensitive strains of Escherichia coli and ciprofloxacin-resistant coliforms to determine if bacterial growth was inhibited.

Comments

Presented during the 22nd Annual Summer Fellows Symposium, July 24, 2020 at Ursinus College.

The downloadable file is a slide presentation with audio commentary.

The final project is available here.

Recommended Citation

Newman, Regan and Segil, Alix, "Combating Antibiotic Resistance in Escherichia Coli with Carbon Nanomaterials" (2020). Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Presentations. 10.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/biochem_pres/10