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Bacterial Cell Wall Metabolomics

    PROFESSOR - William Gutheil

    Contact Detail
    William Gutheil
    gutheilw@umkc.edu
    816-235-2424


    Description

    We are examining the cell wall biosynthesis pathway is several bacterial strains, in particular to examine the response of cell wall intermediate levels to antibiotic exposure in antibiotic sensitive and resistant strains. Cell are collected, lysed, and UDP-linked and amino acid intermediated quantified by HPLC-MS.


    Location
    Health Sciences Building, room 4240, 2464 Charlotte.


    Qualifications
    Basic laboratory skills.


    Project Timeline
    Ongoing.


    Logistics and Compensation
    At present no stipend is available, but this may change if funding permits. The School of Pharmacy does not have a course credit mechanism, but a students home department may have a mechanism that the student can use.


    Duites
    Primarily to help graduate students grow, treat, and collect bacterial samples. Prepare bacterial extracts for analysis. Perform amino acid derivatization reaction. Prepare samples for HPLC-MS analysis. Run LC-MS analyses, and collect and summarize results from these experiments.


    Project-related Tags
    Analytical  Antibiotic  Bacterial  Cell Wall  Chemistry  LC-MS  Metabolomics.  Resistance  


    Last Updated
    Sep 27, 2017


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