Antimicrobial resistance

Antimicrobial resistance is a major global health threat where antibiotics become ineffective and infections become difficult or impossible to treat, leading to higher death rates. At the Biomedical Engineering Division, we develop methods for rapid diagnostics of antibiotic susceptibility, biomaterials with antibacterial properties, and tools to decipher the underlying biological processes for development of antimicrobial resistance.

Below you can find the projects carried out by individual researchers within our Division that are addressing this global challenge:

Emerging technology solutions in synthetic biology

Development of a 3D-printable and degradable polymeric material for composite implants

Applications of polymer-graphene composites in biomedical engineering through additive manufacturing

The next generation multifunctional nanomaterials for personalised wound healing

Development of antibacterial bone cement and models for evaluating its biological response

Droplet-based microfluidics to detect single bacteria for antibiotic resistance

Microfluidic antibiotic susceptibility testing using electrical read-out

Trans-epithelial electrical resistance (TEER) in Organs-on-Chip