{"674977":{"#nid":"674977","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Defense by Adam Krueger","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Physics Thesis Dissertation Defense\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPresenter\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Adam Krueger\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Interferometric Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDate\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Monday, June 10, 2024\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETime\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; 12:30 p.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELocation\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Howey N201\/202\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVirtual Link\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/j\/92572172426\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/j\/92572172426\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee members\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Peter Yunker, School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology (advisor)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. JC Gumbart, School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Flavio Fenton, School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Marvin Whiteley, School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. David Weiss, Antibiotic Resistance Center, Emory University\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAntimicrobial resistance is one of the greatest threats to modern medicine. Globally, it is responsible for the loss of millions of lives and billions of dollars every year, and this problem has continued to worsen. Added selective pressure from increased antibiotic use in hospitals, in agriculture, and at home are generally blamed for the rapidly increasing rate of evolution. Combine this with the lack of novel, non-derivative antibiotics for more than three decades, and we can see the result. We must find sustainable ways to address the complex problem that antimicrobial resistance presents. One way to do this is to find ways to use our current, and any new, antibiotics more effectively. This can be done through better antibiotic susceptibility testing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn this talk, I will propose a novel method of testing for antibiotic susceptibility. First, I will show that in the \u2018simple\u2019 regime of homogeneous, genetic resistance or susceptibility, we can use topographies of bacterial colonies measured by white light interferometry combined with machine learning to determine the susceptibility phenotype of that pathogen in half of the time as currently reported by standard clinical methods. Then, I will discuss an underappreciated, though important susceptibility phenotype called monoclonal heteroresistance and how we can test for it using bacterial topographies in a faster, less labor intense way than current lab standards.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EInterferometric Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Interferometric Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2024-06-03 16:52:49","changed_gmt":"2024-06-03 16:52:49","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2024-06-10T12:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2024-06-10T14:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2024-06-10T14:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2024-06-10 16:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2024-06-10 18:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2024-06-10 18:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Howey N201\/202","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"100811","name":"Phd Defense"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}