{"id":1846,"date":"2025-04-10T01:22:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T05:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/pdnano\/?p=1846"},"modified":"2025-12-09T01:24:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T05:24:28","slug":"fighting-superbugs-in-chicago-my-talk-at-sfb-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/pdnano\/?p=1846","title":{"rendered":"Fighting Superbugs in Chicago: My Talk at SFB 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"653\" height=\"859\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/pdnano\/files\/2025\/12\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/pdnano\/files\/2025\/12\/image.png 653w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/pdnano\/files\/2025\/12\/image-228x300.png 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I had an incredible time presenting at the SFB 2025 conference in Chicago! On the morning of April 10th, I had the opportunity to take the stage in the Antimicrobial<br>Biomaterials 1 Session (3C)  to discuss a major breakthrough our lab has been working on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My talk, <strong>&#8220;Wound Healing Promoted by Broad-Spectrum, Phage Structure Mimicking, Synthetic Antibacterial Nanoparticles,&#8221;<\/strong> tackled a massive problem in healthcare: antibiotic resistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We demonstrated how our synthetic, phage-like nanoparticles can step in where traditional treatments fail, specifically clearing out tough MDR ESKAPE infections to allow wounds to heal properly. 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