The Fall 2024 Biology Colloquium Series continues Friday with a seminar by CSUN Associate Professor of Biology Cristian Ruiz Rueda. Dr. Ruiz studies bacterial antibiotic…
View More Colloquium: Ruiz Rueda on the gene expression underlying antibiotic resistanceTag: Cristian Ruiz Rueda
Ruiz Rueda wins funding to support new studies of bacterial antibiotic resistance
CSUN Associate Professor of Biology Cristian Ruiz Rueda has received a $1-million, four-year NSF grant to study the molecular mechanisms of how bacteria coordinate efflux,…
View More Ruiz Rueda wins funding to support new studies of bacterial antibiotic resistanceCSUN biologists describe how a molecular switch helps bacteria spit out antibiotics and get a move on
Efflux, the movement of molecules from inside a cell to outside, is a basic molecular function for all living things, and it’s particularly interesting for…
View More CSUN biologists describe how a molecular switch helps bacteria spit out antibiotics and get a move on
CSUN microbiologists beat bacterial drug resistance by clogging a molecular pump
Antibiotic resistant bacteria pose a growing threat, potentially leaving doctors without effective treatments for many common infections. One way to stave off that future is…
View More CSUN microbiologists beat bacterial drug resistance by clogging a molecular pump
CSUN microbiologists describe a new molecular system for bacteria to clean house
Understanding how bacteria respond to toxins, at the molecular level, can help identify ways to break those responses, opening up new targets for antimicrobial drugs. New…
View More CSUN microbiologists describe a new molecular system for bacteria to clean house
CSUN microbiologists find bacteria resistant to a “last-resort” antibiotic throughout Los Angeles soils
Antibiotic resistance factors carried by environmental bacterial can provide a reservoir of resistance to disease-causing bacteria, via horizontal gene transfer. This risk is thrown into…
View More CSUN microbiologists find bacteria resistant to a “last-resort” antibiotic throughout Los Angeles soils
NSF funds Ruiz Rueda’s quest to understand how bacteria spit out antibiotics
CSUN Assistant Professor of Biology Cristian Ruiz Rueda received a new grant from the National Science Foundation this summer, which will support his lab’s continuing…
View More NSF funds Ruiz Rueda’s quest to understand how bacteria spit out antibiotics
CSUN researchers find antibiotic-resistant bacteria in ponds and lakes across Los Angeles
Biology Lecturer Dana Harmon, Assistant Professor of Biology Cristian Ruiz Rueda and a team of CSUN graduate and undergraduate students trace the presence of antibiotic-resistant…
View More CSUN researchers find antibiotic-resistant bacteria in ponds and lakes across Los Angeles