Alzheimer’s Earliest Signs: Are We Flushing Them Away?
[Being patient, Sep 28 2023 | Simon Spichak, MSc]Altered Gut Microbiota a Potential Indicator of Early Alzheimer Disease.
[Consultant360]When Gut Bacteria May Be an Early Sign of Alzheimer's Disease.
[TIME, June 14 2023 | ALICE PARK]Gut Microbiome Composition May Warn of Early Alzheimer’s Disease.
[GEN NEWs, June 14 2023 ]Altered gut bacteria may be early sign of Alzheimer’s disease.
[WashU SOM News Hub | Tamara Bhandari]Bloodstream infections in preemies may originate from their gut microbiomes.
[WashU THE SOURCE NEWSROOM | Jacquelyn Kauffman]Metagenomic Sequencing Study Implicates Gut Microbes in Preterm Infant Bloodstream Infections.
[Genome Web, May 4 2023]What Happens to the Gut Microbiome After Taking Antibiotics?
[The Scientist Magazine, May 5, 2022 | Sophie Fessl]Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Gut Microbiome Rise After Travel Abroad, Study Finds
[Genome Web, June 7 2021]Global travelers pick up numerous genes that promote microbial resistance
[WashU SOM News Hub | Gerry Everding]Lifestyle trumps geography in determining makeup of gut microbiome
Use of antibiotics in preemies has lasting, potentially harmful effects
[WashU SOM News Hub | Tamara Bhandari]
Antimicrobial-Eating Microorganisms and the Resistome with Gautam Dantas
[Meet the Microbiologist, American Society for Microbiology | Julie Wolf]Innovative Solutions to Antibiotic Resistance
[Science for the Public, March 26, 2019]
Probiotics evolve inside mice, a path that could affect humans, too
[In the Lab, STAT+, March 2019 | Shraddha Chakradhar] [PDF]Probiotic bacteria evolve inside mice’s GI tracts
[WashU SOM News Hub | Tamara Bhandari]
Combating Antibiotic Resistant Superbugs across Diverse Habitats
[The Undiscovered Science Lecture Series, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, February 1, 2019]
Breast milk, formula nurture similarities, differences in gut microbes
[WashU SOM News Hub | Tamara Bhandari]Microbiome, Bow-Ties, Micro-Brewing, Celebrity Microbiome Cocktails and More with Dr. Gautam Dantas
[Learning with Lowell | Lowell Thompson]
St. Louis doctors change antibiotic treatment tactics for premature infants to curb drug resistance
[St. Louis Public Radio, All Things Considered | Eli Chen]
Baboons Shed Light on Antimicrobial Resistance
[ASM Communications, June 2018 | ASM]What’s the future of antibiotics?
[Important, Not Important, May 2018 | Stitcher]
These Bacteria Can Help Fight Antibiotic Resistance
[Science Friday, May 2018 | Katie Hiler]
Wash U researchers reveal how some bacteria are able to eat antibiotics
[St. Louis Public Radio, May 2018 | Shahla Farzan]Why some bacteria eat antibiotics and what we can do about it
[NBC news, April 2018 | Maggie Fox]How penicillin-eating bacteria could help design new antibiotics
[ABC news, April 2018 | Belinda Smith]Bacteria eat antibiotics, and warn each other of threats
[Cosmos, April 2018 | Paul Biegler]How Bacteria Eat Penicillin
[The Scientist, April 2018 | Shawna Williams]Bacteria’s appetite may be key to cleaning up antibiotic contamination
[WUSM news release, April 2018 | Tamara Bhandari]Wash U scientists use bacteria to make fuel that could someday replace gasoline
[St. Louis Public Radio, December 2017 | Eli Chen]$3.9 million supports research to turn bacteria into biofuel producers. Medical, engineering schools team up to create biofuels independent of food crops.
[WUSTL the Source (Medicine and Health), December 2017 | Julia Evangelou Strait]Battling the Superbugs.
[Wall Street Journal, December 2017 | Jennifer Strong]We can no longer outrun antibiotic resistance. So, here's what we need to do instead.
[Ensia, July 2017 | Lindsey Konkel]Antibiotic resistance circumvented in lab: Strategy suggests ways to prepare for emerging superbugs
[WUSTL Newsroom, May 2017 | Julia Evangelou Strait]Research roadblock: Is the sky really falling for St. Louis researchers?
[St Louis Business Journal, April 2017 | Dilip Vishwanat]For scientists, research cuts proposed by Trump are alarming — and deeply personal
[Stat, March 2017 | Andrew Joseph]Investigating the Antibiotic Resistome of Rural and Peri-Urban Latin America
[microBEnet, February 2017 | Erica Pehrsson, PhD]Infectious Fight: Tackling the Inevitability of Resistance One Genome at a Time
[Clinical OMICs, January/February 2017 | Jeffrey S. Buguliskis, PhD]Three Questions with Gautam Dantas
[Washington University in St. Louis, January 2017]
Fighting Antibiotic Resistant Superbugs Across Diverse Habitats
[Science in St. Louis, December 2016]
The Irresistible Resistome: How Infant Diapers Might Help Combat Antibiotic Resistance (sort of)
[Biomedical Beat Blog, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, December 2016 | Alisa Zapp Machalek and Kathryn Caulkins]Resistance is Inevitable
[Outlook, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, September 2016 | Julia Evangelou Strait]Combating The Evolution of Antibiotic Resistant Superbugs Across Diverse Habitats
[The Academy of Science of St. Louis and the St. Louis Zoo, July 2016]
Antibiotic Resistance Shows Up in Animals' Manure
[National Geographic, June 2016 | Maryn McKenna]Chicken coops, sewage treatment plants are hot spots of antibiotic resistance
[The Source at Washington University School of Medicine, May 2016 | Julia Evangelou Strait]
Antibiotics and the infant microflora
[Nature Microbiology, March 2016 | Kjersti Agaard and Kristen Meyer]Preemies’ gut bacteria reveal vast scope of antibiotic resistance
[WUSTL Newsroom, March 2016 | Julia Evangelou Strait]Standard practice of giving premature babies antibiotics needs to be rethought, argues new study
[Newsweek, March 2016 | Jessica Firger]Combating The Evolution of Antibiotic Resistant Superbugs Across Diverse Habitats
[Public Science Seminar, The Academy of Science of St Louis and St Charles City-County Library, May 27, 2015]
Understanding Antibiotic Resistance in Developing Countries
[Washington University Institute for Public Health | December 21, 2015]
Combo of 3 antibiotics can kill deadly staph infections
[WUSTL Newsroom, September 2015 | Jim Dryden]
Al-Jazeera English News on the Yanomami Microbiome study
Bacterial flora of remote tribespeople carries antibiotic resistance genes
[WUSTL Newsroom, April 2015 | Michael C. Purdy]
Gautam Dantas, PhD, Academy of Science St Louis 2015 Innovation Award
[21st Annual Outstanding St. Louis Scientists Awards]Common bacteria on verge of becoming resistant superbugs
[WUSTL Newsroom, March 2015 | Michael C. Purdy]
Institute of Medicine Annual meeting: Microbiome Symposium
[Oct 2014 | Gautam Dantas]
Manure fertilizer increases antibiotic resistance
[Nature News, Oct 2014 | Sara Reardon]People Behind the Science - Podcast 072
[June 2014 | Marie McNeely]
Microbiology: Resistance fighters
[Nature Outlook, May 2014 | Bill Cannon] [PDF]On the trail of drug-defying superbugs
[Inside Life Science Series - NIGMS, June 2014 | Elia Ben-Ari]Reservoirs of Resistance?
[Nature Podcast, May 2014]
Microbiology: Barriers to the spread of resistance
[Nature: News & Views, May 2014 | Morten O.A. Sommer] [PDF]Soil bacteria may provide clues to curbing antibiotic resistance
[WUSTL Newsroom, May 2014 | Michael C. Purdy]
Gut microbes in healthy kids carry antibiotic-resistance genes
[WUSM Outlook Magazine, April 2014]People vs. Pathogens
['What's Eating What' podcast #963, April 2014 | Michael Olson]
Skeptic Check: Evolutionary Arms Race
[Big Picture Science, March 2014]
Where's My Jetpack? - Microbial Reservoirs of Antibiotic Resistance
[ProSPER, October 2013]
Gut microbes in healthy kids carry antibiotic resistance genes
[WUSTL Newsroom, November 2013 | Michael C. Purdy]Under the Microscope: Health Grants Highlight
[Kenneth Rainin Foundation Blog, October 2013 | Kimberly Krivacic]Living in a Bacterial World
[Pacific Standard, September 2013 | Michael White]Dantas gets NIH Director's New Innovator Award
[WUSTL Newsroom, April 2013 | Michael C. Purdy]Soil harbors antibiotic resistance
[The Scientist, August 2012 | Ed Yong]Human and soil bacteria swap antibiotic-resistance genes
[WUSTL Newsroom, August 2012 | Michael C. Purdy]
Kevin's interview in the Science Podcast on antibiotic resistance genes in soil microbes
[Science Podcast, August 2012 | Sarah Crespi]
Scientists grow personalized collections of intestinal microbes
[Science Daily, Mar 2011]Soil metagenome fuels discovery
[Nature Biotechnology, 28 (7): 690, Jul 2010 | Kathy Ascheim et al.]Making sense of the microbial world
[Genome Technology Magazine, Jan 2010 | Matthew Dublin]New genes give gut bacteria antibiotic resistance
[ScienceNews, Sep 2009 | Jenny Lauren Lee]Indian researcher honoured in US
[Times of India, Apr 2008 | Pradeep Vijayakar]News of the week, Microbiology: Germs take a bite out of antibiotics
[Science, 320 (5872): 33, Apr 2008 | Mitch Leslie]Study finds soil bacteria can live on antibiotic diet
[NPR Morning Edition, Apr 2008 | Nell Greenfieldboyce]
Antibiotic-eating bacteria found in soil
[Chemistry World News, Apr 2008 | Philip Ball]Researchers find bacteria that devour antibiotics
[The New York Times, Apr 2008 | Henry Fountain]Soil 'ultra-bugs' thrive on a diet of antibiotics
[NewScientist, Apr 2008 | Ewen Callaway]Germs in soil find antibiotics tasty
[AP News, Apr 2008 | Lauran Neergaard]Computer-aided protein design wins AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize
[AAAS, Feb 2005 | Jessica Lawrence-Hurt]Perspectives, Structural Biology: Learning to speak the language of proteins
[Science, 302 (5649): 1347, Nov 2003 | David T. Jones]Researchers design and build first artificial proteins
[Science Daily, Nov 2003]Kevin's interview in the Science Podcast on antibiotic resistance genes in soil microbes
[Science Podcast, August 2012 | Sarah Crespi]Scientists grow personalized collections of intestinal microbes
[Science Daily, Mar 2011]Soil metagenome fuels discovery
[Nature Biotechnology, 28 (7): 690, Jul 2010 | Kathy Ascheim et al.]Making sense of the microbial world
[Genome Technology Magazine, Jan 2010 | Matthew Dublin]New genes give gut bacteria antibiotic resistance
[ScienceNews, Sep 2009 | Jenny Lauren Lee]Indian researcher honoured in US
[Times of India, Apr 2008 | Pradeep Vijayakar]News of the week, Microbiology: Germs take a bite out of antibiotics
[Science, 320 (5872): 33, Apr 2008 | Mitch Leslie]Study finds soil bacteria can live on antibiotic diet
[NPR Morning Edition, Apr 2008 | Nell Greenfieldboyce]Antibiotic-eating bacteria found in soil
[Chemistry World News, Apr 2008 | Philip Ball]Researchers find bacteria that devour antibiotics
[The New York Times, Apr 2008 | Henry Fountain]Soil 'ultra-bugs' thrive on a diet of antibiotics
[NewScientist, Apr 2008 | Ewen Callaway]Germs in soil find antibiotics tasty
[AP News, Apr 2008 | Lauran Neergaard]Computer-aided protein design wins AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize
[AAAS, Feb 2005 | Jessica Lawrence-Hurt]Perspectives, Structural Biology: Learning to speak the language of proteins
[Science, 302 (5649): 1347, Nov 2003 | David T. Jones]Researchers design and build first artificial proteins
[Science Daily, Nov 2003]