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Biomedical Applications Of Protein Films And Polymeric Nanomaterials, Sanjana Gopalakrishnan
Biomedical Applications Of Protein Films And Polymeric Nanomaterials, Sanjana Gopalakrishnan
Doctoral Dissertations
Biomaterials are widely applied for the diagnosis and treatment of numerous diseases. In addition to fulfilling specific biological functions, biomaterials must also be non-toxic, biocompatible, and sterilizable to be regarded as safe-for-use. Polymers are excellent candidates for fabricating functional biomaterials due to their wide availability and varied properties and may be natural or synthetic. Polymer precursors are fabricated into coatings, foams, scaffolds, gels, composites, and nanomaterials for several biomedical applications. This dissertation focuses on two types of polymeric biomaterials – protein-based materials and synthetic polymeric nanoparticles. Proteins are biopolymers that naturally occur with a variety of structural and functional properties. …
Protein Detection And Structural Characterization By Mass Spectrometry Using Supramolecular Assemblies And Small Molecules, Bo Zhao
Doctoral Dissertations
Mass spectrometry (MS) has played an increasingly prominent role in proteomics and structure biology because it shows superior capabilities in identification, quantification and structural characterization of proteins. To realize its full potential in protein analysis, significant progress has been made in developing innovative techniques and reagents that can couple to MS detection. This dissertation demonstrates the use of polymeric supramolecular assemblies for enhanced protein detection in complex biological mixtures by MS. An amphiphilic random co-polymer scaffold is developed to form functional supramolecular assemblies for protein/ peptide enrichment. The influences of charge density and functional group pKa on host-guest interactions …
Colicins - A Sound Antimicrobial Approach For The Prevention Of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections, Sandra M. Roy
Colicins - A Sound Antimicrobial Approach For The Prevention Of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections, Sandra M. Roy
Doctoral Dissertations
The emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance has created one of the greatest challenges in fighting infectious disease. We address the rise of antibiotic-resistant pathogens by examining the evolutionary history of a class of resistance determinants, the SHV b-lactamases. We isolated the genes that encode the SHV beta-lactamases (blaSHV genes) from clinical settings and from an environment essentially devoid of antibiotic use. Our data suggests that, counter to current dogma, the use of antibiotics in the clinic is not creating these resistance genes; genes for antibiotic resistance already exist in nature and our use of antibiotics in clinical …