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Over the past three years, I have collaborated with a diverse group of investigators at the University of Memphis, J. Amber Jennings, Biomedical Engineering and Tomoko Fujiwara, Chemistry, to evaluate novel DSF as potential antibiofilm and combination antibiotic agents. This work encompasses the optimization of synthetic approaches, stereochemical synthesis, quantitative analytical method development, stability determination, and bioassays. This work has been funded in part by the NIH, DOD, and NSF.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKeenan Dungey<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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