Joanna Slusky, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Molecular Biosciences and Computational Biology, University of Kansas

 

2016 Moore Inventor Fellow

 
Joanna Slusky, Ph.D.
 

Research Description

Joanna Slusky is an assistant professor of molecular biosciences and computational biology at the University of Kansas. Joanna’s invention is a protein that will re-sensitize bacteria to common antibiotics, thereby overcoming drug-resistant superbugs.

Joanna’s invention could have a global impact on antibiotic resistance and re-establish the efficacy of antibiotics.

 
 

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Education

Ph.D., Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania
A.B., Chemistry, Princeton University

Awards

 

Moore Inventor Fellows