About

Sarah Rowe-Conlon is an Associate Professor in the Microbiology & Immunology Department at 黑料网 Chapel Hill. She is a bacterial geneticist and microbiologist by training and her scientific career has been focused on determining the precise mechanism by which conventional antibiotics fail to eradicate bacterial infections. She has identified low ATP as a major determinant of antibiotic tolerance in聽Escherichia coli聽补苍诲听Staphylococcus aureus聽and exploited this knowledge to improve antibiotic efficacy in a mouse model of聽S. aureus聽bacteremia. She has identified novel antibiotic adjuvants with potent activity against persister cells and biofilms. Dr. Rowe-Conlon is an expert in murine infection models including bacteremia, skin and soft tissue and diabetic wound infection models. She has 23 peer-reviewed publications in high-impact journals including聽Nature Microbiology聽补苍诲听Nature Biotechnology. Additionally, she has co-authored 4 book chapters and 5 patent applications.聽 Her research has been funded by the National Institute of Health and the North Carolina Biotechnology Center.