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Title: Elucidating Regulatory Control of Acinetobacter Baumannii Persistence and Spread

Topic: “Nosocomial infections caused by the emerging multi-drug resistant pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii frequently occur as a result of patient contact with bacteria persisting on hospital surfaces in a desiccated state. My lab studies mechanisms by which A. baumannii adapts to and tolerates long-term desiccation on abiotic surfaces, as well as the molecular link between desiccation tolerance and virulence in mammalian hosts. Together, these studies aim to improve our understanding of how A. baumannii persists in the environment and to define the impact that environmental persistence has on the transmission of this emerging pathogen. Additionally, findings from this work may be applied to the study of other nosocomial pathogens to more broadly understand how bacterial transmissions occur in hospital settings.”

Speaker: Erin Green, PhD

Host: Alan Hauser, MD, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Microbiology-Immunology