Staphylococcus aureus is a versatile Gram-positive bacterium capable of causing a spectrum of illnesses ranging from superficial skin infections to life-threatening endocarditis and sepsis. Central to ...

Dokland’s study, “Shape shifter: redirection of prolate phage capsid assembly by staphylococcal pathogenicity islands” was published in Nature Communications. Dokland said that Bacteriophages or ...

Deaths from Staphylococcus aureus–associated lower respiratory tract infections tripled from 1990 to 2021 worldwide.

Staphylococcus aureus remains a leading cause of hospital- and community-acquired infections worldwide, ranging from superficial skin lesions to life-threatening pneumonia and sepsis. Proteomic ...

Infectious bacteria are growing more resistant to the effects of common antibacterial drugs, for a variety of reasons. Some ...

Dr. Xiaogang Wang lab in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology at Virginia Tech is seeking a highly motivated graduate students to begin in the Spring of 2027 to pursue research in ...