Research project 5
Research project
Active research
Area
Health and medicine
Science and Information Technology
Topic
Research
Short description
This project deals with - Assessing the effect of anti-microbial peptides on biofilm formation on biopolymer coated medical implants.
- Host institution: University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland.
- Supervisor: T. Ó Cróinín, Associate Professor, e-mail: tadhg.ocroinin@ucd.ie
- DC 5: NN
Project Description
Short description: DC5 will investigate the effectiveness of AMPs, alone and with biopolymer coatings, in preventing and disrupting biofilms on device surfaces. The project involves developing biopolymer-coated devices, characterising biofilm interactions with AMPs using confocal microscopy, and assessing their impact on biofilm structure and antibiotic sensitivity. Promising AMP-antibiotic combinations will be tested in vivo using a G. mellonella infection model for potential clinical application.
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