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Study: Antibiotics are unique assassins
In recent years, the notion that there is a single mechanism by which antibiotics wipe out bacteria has permeated the field of microbiology. Now, new research from professor Kim Lewis and his team questions that hypothesis.
Biology researcher named academy fellow
Director of Northeastern’s Antimicrobial Discovery Center elected to the American Academy of Microbiology on the strength of his research achievements
Inaugural Academic Honors Convocation rewards excellence
President Aoun calls students, faculty and staff a “powerful force” for innovative research, academic excellence and engagement on campus and across the world.
Microbe research earns $1.3 million NIH grant
Biologist Kim Lewis hopes to grow previously uncultivatable gut microorganisms in the lab
NIH funds anti-tuberculosis research
Biology professor receives new grant to develop antibiotics that can kill resistant tuberculosis strains
Discovery on the path to new antibiotics
Northeastern research team identifies, for the first time, a mechanism that enables new forms of bacteria to grow in lab
Breakthrough in tracking a cause of chronic infections
Northeastern researchers discover a protein that enables bacteria to re-infect patients even after aggressive antibiotic treatments
Northeastern professor granted $5.5 millionby NIH
Northeastern biologist to research how certain bacteria populations survive antibiotic treatment
Indiana Jones-style professor explores frontiers of microbial science
Slava Epstein wouldn’t be mistaken for Indiana Jones, but a few minutes in his company, examining an Amazonian bow and arrow that reaches to his ceiling tiles, a stone axe … read more »
$2.7 million project to develop antibacterial therapy
Research aims to translate naturally occurring process in plants into human antibacterial treatment for potentially fatal infection
Northeastern University Receives $100,000 Grand Challenges Exploration Grant for Innovative Global Health Research by Professor Kim Lewis
Northeastern University announced today that it has received a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant will support an innovative global health research … read more »
Northeastern University Postdoctoral Associate Receives Prestigious Award from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Boston, Mass. — Dr. Lawrence Mulcahy of Northeastern University’s Antimicrobial Discovery Center and Department of Biology, has received an esteemed Postdoctoral Fellowship Award from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the leading … read more »
Northeastern University Professor Receives $1.4 MillionNIH Grant to Study Genetics of Resistant Bacteria
BOSTON – April 10, 2008 – Dr. Kim Lewis, Professor of Biology and Director of the Antimicrobial Center at Northeastern University, has been awarded a $1.4 million grant from the … read more »
Northeastern University Researchers Discover Groundbreaking Cultivation Technique
Scientists find innovative method for cultivating bacteria Two Northeastern University researchers have discovered a way to domesticate “stubborn” microbial species. The revolutionary method capitalizes on their earlier technology to grow … read more »
Gates Foundation Partners with Northeastern University to Fight Global TB Epidemic
University Research Team is One of 11 Grantees Sharing the $280 Million Fund Northeastern University announced today that Dr. Kim Lewis, Professor of Biology and Director of the Antimicrobial Center, is … read more »
