Drug Resistance in Environments Associated with Aquaculture

Marilyn Roberts
Professor, Pathobiology and Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
University of Washington

January 30, 2007


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Supplemental material

These articles are cited in Professor Robert's talk:

1993 DePaola et al. Mol. & Cell Probes 7:345

1995 DePaola & Roberts Mol. & Cell Probes 9:311

2003 Miranda, C.D. et al. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 47:883

2005 FEMS Micro. Lett. Casas et al. 242:59-63

2004 Dugan et al. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 48:3989

2006 Levings et al. Emerging Infect. Dis. 12:507


About the speaker

Professor Roberts' research interests include antibiotic resistance and mercury resistance genes, the mechanisms of resistance, how resistance spreads through bacterial populations in man and the environment and ultimately, how these genes affect therapy. She is also interested in antibiotic resistance in oral and urogenital bacteria in general. Another focus is on the oral pathogen Streptococcus mutants and how treatments affect the organism's cariogenic potential, as well as levels in health and disease.

1973 B.S. (cum laude) Microbiology and Immunology, University of Washington
1977 M.S. Microbiology and Immunology, University of Washington
1978 Ph.D. Microbiology and Immunology, University of Washington