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A searchable database, UR-Linked allows aspiring undergraduate researchers, scholars, and artists to connect with faculty mentors across campus. UR-Linked includes faculty profiles as well as more specific information about their research projects and artistic endeavors.


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Justin Randall PROF, AST



    https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DLxXBYMAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao


    Research Description
    Our lab focuses on finding new antimicrobials to treat multidrug resistant infections. To do this, we engineer bacteria to produce and then self-screen hundreds of thousands of peptide antibiotic candidates using a high-throughput technique called Surface Localized Antimicrobial Display (SLAY). We are especially interested in understanding the therapeutic potential of membrane disruptive peptides, which kill through cell lysis and have evolved throughout nature in the form of venoms, toxins, and as part of host-immune systems.


    Faculty-related Tags
    Antibiotics  Antimicrobials  Bacteria  Drug Resistance  Membranes  Peptides  


    First-generation college graduate
    no


Now that UR-Linked has helped you to identify a faculty member whose interests align with your interests, be sure to review the essential steps in contacting a potential faculty mentor.

The Director of Undergraduate Research, Dr. Jane Greer., can provide you with further guidance about finding and connecting with faculty mentors at UMKC.

Once you have reviewed the essential steps to prepare for connecting with a potential faculty mentor, you can use the "Contact Details" for this project to connect with the faculty member and to begin a conversation about how you might work with that him or her.