Center for Biofilm Engineering

News Update: 

January, 2008

Volume 11, Issue 1

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Research Highlights

We Can Heal That

Dr. Randy Wolcott of the Southwest Regional Wound Care Center is one of five key investigators involved in a CBE NIH grant to heal chronic wounds based on the concept that they are colonized by bacterial biofilms.

"We used to have—literally—10 to 15 patients a month in for amputations. Now we've gone months without any. It's huge," Dr. Randy Wolcott said.

Read the full MSU News story about Dr. Randy Wolcott’s clinical work at the Southwest Regional Wound Care Center and his collaborative work with the Center for Biofilm Engineering.

Opportunities for Industrial Participation in NIH Grant: Center for Wound Biofilm Research

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New Industrial Associate Members

Cubist Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing anti-infective therapies for the acute care environment. The designated representative for the industrial associate program will be Judith Steenbergen.
Read more about Cubist Pharmaceuticals at the company’s homepage.

Rohm and Haas has been delivering on innovation since 1909 by pairing creativity with sound knowledge, making it possible for companies to meet ever-changing market demands. More than 16,500 Rohm and Haas professionals develop specialty and performance materials for customers in more than 100 facilities with operations in 27 countries. The designated representative will be Eileen Warwick.
Read more about Rohm and Haas at the company’s homepage.

Stryker Orthobiologics.  Stryker has invested over 20 years of clinical research in developing a wide range of biological technologies that hold the promise of regeneration and healing for patients suffering from bone, cartilage and soft tissue injuries and defects. Stryker offers biomaterials and regenerative biological products for clinical specialties including trauma, spine, craniomaxillofacial and joint replacement. Our advanced biological solutions have the potential to produce better results for countless patients. The designated representative will be Joseph Zitelli.

Read more about Stryker Orthobiologics.

View our Industrial Associate member companies

Read more about membership information

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Latest CBE Publications

“Production of eight different hydride complexes and nitrite release from 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene by Yarrowia lipolytica”
Ziganshin, A.M.., R. Gerlach, T. Borch, A.V. Naumov and R.P. Naumova

Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73(24):7898-7905 (2007)
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“Need for direct measurements of coupled microbiological and hydrological processes at different scales in porous media systems”
Geesey, G.G., A.C. Mitchell
J. Hydrologic Eng., 13(1):28-36 (2008)
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“Biofilms in chronic wounds”
James, G.A., E. Swogger, R. Wolcott, E. deLancey Pulcini, P. Secor, J. Sestrich, J.W. Costerton and P.S. Stewart
Wound Repair and Regeneration 16:37-44 (2008)
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View the complete publications database

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New Employee

We welcome Mary Cloud Ammons, a new postdoctoral researcher working with the Medical Biofilms Laboratory on a project funded by Glanbia Nutritionals focusing on lactoferrin efficacy in biofilms. She recently completed her PhD in molecular biology with an emphasis in immunology, working in Dr. Mark Quinn's laboratory at the Department of Veterinary Molecular Biology, Montana State University.

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Outreach

Visitors

Five visitors from Hiroshima University, Japan, toured the CBE December 3, 2007. They were referred by the MSU Office of International Programs to learn about CBE’s administration and Industrial Associates program.
 

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CBE People in Action

Garth James will be presenting “The Role of Biofilms in Wound Infection,” at the Wound Healing Conference in Paris, France, January 25-30, 2008.

Zbigniew Lewandowski presented "The Concept of Stratified Biofilms Relates Results of Measurements at the Microscale to the Biofilm Reactor Performance at the Macroscale," at the Biofilm Technologies Conference, International Water Association, Singapore, January 8-10, 2008. He also was co-chair of Session 1: Biofilm Structure along with Dr. Sanjay Swarup, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

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