A News Blast from the Past
08/17: Single Strep Protein Sets off Immune Systems' Early Warning System ( link) Nature Microbiology (NBC 7 News) KUSI News)
06/17: The Antibiotic Resistance Crisis (video of public lecture) Ruben H. Fleet Science Center/UCSD TV
06/17: Can Using Antibiotics Be Unethical? (radio interview) KPBS Midday
04/17: 2016-17 UCSD Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research in Science and Engineering (video)
03/17: Don't Waste Cashew Shells - It's Oil Can Cure Wounds, Abscesses (link) Journal of Biological Chemistry
01/17: Biocrest 2017 (Amrita University, India) Keynote Address: “Boosting Endogenous Antimicrobial Activities ....” (video)
12/16: Antibiotic Resistance Just Become More Complex (link) PLoS Biology
11/16: Our Perpetually Vigilant Internal Guardian (link) San Diego Union-Tribune
09/16: Focus: The Race Against Superbugs (link + video) San Diego Union-Tribune
09/16: Biochemists' Discovery Could Lead to Vaccine Against "Flesh-Eating" Bacteria (link) Nature Microbiology
08/16: How Some Flesh-Eating Bacteria Evade Immune Response (link) San Diego Union-Tribue
08/16: Flesh-Eating Infections in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Spur New Discovery (link + video) Science Immunology
06/16: Distinguishing Deadly Staph Bacteria from Harmless Strains (link) PNAS
05/16: Local teen creates new contact lens solution (link) Fox 5 News San Diego
04/16: Scientists Receive $9.5M NIH Grant to Combat Antibiotic Resistance (link) Drug Discovery & Development
01/16: Researchers Develop Fast Testing Method for Antibiotic Susceptibility (link) eBiomedicine
10/15: Breast Cancer Drug Fights Superbugs (link) San Diego Union Tribune (link) Huffington Post (link) Washington Post
10/15: Deadly Bacteria Stiff-Arm the Immune System (link) Cell Host & Microbe
06/15: Common Antibiotic Kills Superbugs (link) San Diego Union Tribune (link) eBiomedicine (link) Drug Discovery News
05/15: Molecular Homing Beacon Redirects Human Antibodies to Fight Pathogenic Bacteria (link) Journal of Molecular Medicine
04/15: Boosting the Body’s Natural Ability to Fight Urinary Tract Infections (link) PLoS Pathogens
06/14: A Key Step Toward a Safer Strep Vaccine (link) Cell Host & Microbe
05/14: Genetic Risk Factor for Premature Birth Found (link) Journal of Experimental Medicine
01/14: Drug Discovery Potential of Natural Microbial Genomes (link) PNAS
11/13: Think You Have Strep Throat? There's an App for That (link) Annals of Internanl Medicine
11/13: Antibiotic Resistance a Historic Challenge (link) San Diego Union-Tribune Op-Ed
09/13: Biologists Uncover Mechanisms for Cholera Toxin's Deadly Effects (link) Cell Host & Microbe
12/12: New Compound Overcomes Drug Resistant Infections in Mice (link) PNAS
09/12: ICAAC Live: This Week in Microbiology Live Panel Interview on TB, Social Media & Boosting Immunity (video)
06/12: How Infectious Disease May Have Shaped Human Origins (link) PNAS
02/12: Election to Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology (link) (webpage) American Academy of Microbiology
06/11: How the Immune System Fights Back Against Anthrax Infection ( link) Immunity
04/11: Lab Alumnus Suzan Rooijakkers wins 2011 Eppendorf Young Investigator Award (link) (podcast) Nature and Eppendorf
04/11: Structure Formed by Strep Protein Can Trigger Toxic Shock (link) Nature
12/10: Researchers Discover Immune System Has Emergency Backup Plan (link) Nature Immunology
12/10: S.D. Union-Tribune: "Drug-Resistant Bacteria Grow as Looming Health Threat" (link) Newspaper interview
11/10: UCSD 50th Anniversary Lecture (video) "Infectious Diseases at UCSD: A Personal Perpective of Discovery Through Collaboration"
11/10: Cholesterol-Lowering Statins Boost Immune Killing Cells (link + video) Cell Host & Microbe
10/10: UCSD 50th Anniversary Television Special: "Outsmarting Superbugs" (video) 8 minute documentary
10/10: Fruit Flies Reveal Secrets of How Anthrax Kills (link) Nature
08/09: How Meningitis Bacteria Attack the Brain (link) Journal of Experimental Medicine
07/09: Leading Newborn Pathogen Suppresses Immune Cell Function (link) (podcast) Journal of Experimental Medicine
07/09: Scientific American article on "Squashing the Superbugs" (pdf) Staph research highlighted
12/08: UCSD Medical Center News Magazine: "Seeking New Drugs for Bad Bugs" (pdf) Profile of research
10/08: Proto Magazine article: "The War on Superbugs" (lpdf) Profile of research
09/08: Doran Lab in the S.D. Union Tribune: "Cracking Anthrax" (link) Former trainee's outstanding work
08/08: How Flesh-Eating Bacteria Attack the Body’s Immune System (link) Cell Host & Microbe
06/08: Engineered Protein Shows Potential as a Strep Vaccine (link) Science
05/08: ASM News: "Specific Cholesterol-Lowering Agents Blanch and Undercut S. aureus" (link) Staph research highlighted
05/08: Mystery Solved: The Ashwell Receptor Reduces Mortality During Bacterial Infection (link) Nature Medicine
05/08: E. Mead Johnson Award for Research in Pediatrics (link) Society for Pediatric Research
04/08: Researchers Link Master Regulator of Innate Immunity to the Hypoxic Response (link) Nature
02/08: Naked Scientists Podcast: Cholesterol Inhibitor vs. MRSA (podcast) Staph research highlighted
02/08: New Approach May Render Disease-Causing Staph Harmless (link) Science
07/07: Researchers Discover Key Mechanism to Emergence of Deadly Strep Bacteria (link) Nature Medicine
06/07: Key Finding by UC-San Diego Scientists May Improve Treatment of Anemia (link) Journal of Clinical Investigation
12/06: UCSD Researchers Discover Internal Compass of Immune Cells (link) Science
07/06: S.D. Union-Tribune: "In the Deep, Healing Drugs" (link) Antibiotic research profiled
07/06: New UCSD Program to Fight Drug-Resistant Bacteria (link) Antibiotic research profiled
02/06: Flesh-Eating Bacteria Escapes Body's Safety Net (link) Current Biology
10/05: ASM News: "Pigments of Pathogens Might Provide Antimicrobial Opportunities" (link) Staph research profiled
09/05: Molecular Anchor Allows Bacterial Invasion of Central Nervous System (link) Journal of Clinical Investigation
07/05: S.D. Union-Tribune: "Study finds bacteria's weak spot: color" (link) Staph research profiled
07/05: UCSD Researchers Boost White Blood Cells' Ability to Kill Bacteria (link) Journal of Clinical Investigation
06/05: Golden Armor: New Way to Fight Antibiotic-Resistant Staph Infections (link) Journal of Experimental Medicine
04/05: Researchers Show Protein's Role in Stopping Bacterial-Induced Inflammation (link) Nature
09/04: Strep Bacteria Uses Sword and Shield to Win Battle Against Immune System (link) PNAS
07/04: Researchers’ Finding About Pathogen in Newborns May Aid Vaccine Development (link) PNAS
09/03: UCSD Researchers Decipher Function of Blood-Brain Barrier in Bacterial Meningitis (link) Journal of Clinical Investigation
06/02: Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society Young Investigator Award (link) Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
01/02: Researchers Link Toxin To Development of “Flesh-Eating” Bacterial Infections (link) Lancet
11/01: Peptide Identified as Natural Antibiotic Providing First Line of Defense Against Bacterial Infection (link) Nature