We have a new review article published in Current Opinion in Microbiology: Salam, A. and C.L. Quave (2018). Opportunities for plant natural products in infection control. Current Opinion in Microbiology 45: 189-194 [Link] Abstract: The continued spread of antimicrobial resistance represents one of the most serious infectious disease threats to global…
Check out this delightfully artistic coverage of our summer field research at the Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center: https://news.emory.edu/features/2018/08/plant-hunters/index.html
We had an amazing time collecting plants during our summer field research expedition to a native pine habitat in south Georgia this summer! We’ve posted photos and videos of our work on our various social media accounts. Check them out! Follow Dr. Quave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/QuaveEthnobot Follow Dr. Quave on Instagram: http://instagram.com/quaveethnobot/…
Quave Lab is presenting at ASM Microbe – come see us! Saturday, 6/9/18, 11am-1pm in building B poster hall: Jubilee Park presenting her work on resistance modifying agents for Acinetobacter baumannii at Poster 787 Sunday, 6/10/18, 12:45-1:30 pm in the Exhibit and Poster hall, Building B – 369. Dr. Quave…
I’m excited to announce that our project “Novel compounds from botanical innovation yields Acinetobacter treatments” was selected for funding via the R21 mechanism at NIH/NIAID. This is a collaborative project to be undertaken together between the Quave Research Group at Emory University, with co-investigator Dr. Julia Kubanek’s group at Georgia…
Update: We have filled all of the openings advertised this summer. Thanks for your interest in the lab! Follow us on Social Media for new job listings as they become available. We have some exciting new job opportunities with the Quave Research Group at Emory University! Job listings are now posted…
Take a look at our latest article on the anti-infective properties of traditinal medicinal preparations. Here, we provide an example of traditional knowledge demonstrating sophisticated competence: harnessing a powerful plant while excluding a negative side-effect. This article is available by open access, free to view or download at the link…
Dr. Quave’s 2017-2018 Speaking Schedule Updated: 7/21/2017 Public Lectures Keynote public lecture. “Plants, magic and molecules: The search for new cures from old remedies”. Cornell Botanic Gardens, Public Lecture, Ithaca, New York, 10/10/2017. University Research Seminars University of North Carolina Greensboro, Department of Chemistry Seminar. “Ethnobotany and the search for…
Undergraduate honors student, Matthew Mendelsohn, was profiled in the Emory News Center for his work on biofilm inhibitors for antibiotic resistant S. aureus. Congrats Matt! “Human health student fights back against bacteria with research”. Emory News Center, 4/2017
Our latest work in collaboration with Julia Kubanek’s group of the Georgia Institute of Technology has just been published in the Journal of Organic Chemistry: Lavoie, S., D. Brumley, T.S. Alexander, C. Jasmin, F.A. Carranza, K. Nelson, C.L. Quave, and J. Kubanek. (2017) Iodinated meroditerpenes from a red alga Callophycus…
