IMPRESS-U Call Partner Search Tool

General Information

• Project title: Environmental microbial biodiversity
• Type: Project looking for partner
• Organisation: Rice University
• Country: The United States of America (US)

Research area

• NSF calls:
  • International Supplements
• Keywords:

  microbiology pathogens microfluidics evolution

• Brief description of your expertise / expertise you are looking for:

  I am a biochemist/biophysicist that studies the evolution of new phenotypes in microbes. The development of antibiotic resistance and emerging pathogens are of particular interest. I am looking for expertise that includes the ability to work with microbes isolated from field or wastewater sites.

• Brief description of your project / the project you would like to join:

  My research group investigates the emergence of pathogens and the development of antibiotic resistance. Recently, we have been using our expertise in experimental evolution and microfluidics to study microbial biodiversity that incorporates new CRISPR-Cas and microfluidic cellular encapsulation technologies.

Yousif Shamoo

• Organisation: Rice University
• Position: Professor
• E-mail: shamoo@rice.edu
• Phone: 713-348-5493
• Web: shamoolab.rice.edu/