Our latest work on botanical inhibitors of bacterial quorum sensing is out today in the Nature journal, Scientific Reports. “Virulence inhibitors from Brazilian Peppertree block quorum sensing and abate dermonecrosis in skin infection models” is available by open access. Abstract: Widespread antibiotic resistance is on the rise and current therapies…
“Volver a la Botánica” is a profile on Dr. Quave’s research, circulated in print in Mexico’s Spanish language magazine Valor for the December 2016/January 2017 issue.
Join me for a fun evening of scientific discussion, drinks and buffet dinner with the Georgia Chapter of the American Chemical Society. I’ll be giving a fun lecture on my lab’s work entitled “Medical Ethnobotany and the Discovery of New Drugs for Antibiotic Resistant Infections”. The event will be held…
Check out our new publication by Quave & Saitta on the ethnobotany of Pantelleria Island in Economic Botany: “Forty-five years later: The shifting dynamic of traditional ecological knowledge on Pantelleria Island, Italy” Abstract In 1969, Galt and Galt conducted an ethnobotanical survey in the community of Khamma on the…
Read the latest research out of the Quave Research Group, available via open access HERE. Nelson, K.N., J.T. Lyles, T. Li, A. Saitta, E. Addie-Noye, P. Tyler, C.L. Quave. (2016) Anti-acne activity of Italian medicinal plants used for skin infection. Frontiers in Pharmacology 7:435.
Dr. Quave has published a chapter in the new volume by the World Alliance Against Antibiotic Resistance: Quave, C.L. Antibiotics from nature: Traditional medicine as a source of new solutions for combating antimicrobial resistance. AMR Control 2016: Overcoming Global Antimicrobial Resistance. World Alliance Against Antibiotic Resistance http://resistancecontrol.info/rd-innovation/antibiotics-from-nature-traditional-medicine-as-a-source-of-new-solutions-for-combating-antimicrobial-resistance/ Abstract: Plants have…
Dr. Quave (Principal investigator) in collaboration with Co-investigators Dr. Jack Arbiser (Emory Dermatology) and Dr. Yuhong Du (Emory Chemical Biology Discovery Center) have received a $50,000 grant from the Winship Invest$ award, made possible through the Melanoma Innovation Fund, a philanthropic fund established at Emory’s Winship Cancer Institute by anonymous…
Read the full article here: From the field to the Emory Herbarium: How knowledge of nature blooms
We have two exciting presentations that will be given at the upcoming 16th Annual Oxford International Conference on the Science of Botanicals and the 5th Interim American Society of Pharmacognosy Meeting in Oxford, MS this April! Quave, C.L. (2016) Answering the call to arms: Tools for assessing the anti-infective potential…
Looking for a cause to support on #GivingTuesday? Please consider a donation to the Quave Research group. Funds will be used to support student research and will enable us to broaden our search for new therapies for conditions like MRSA infection, eczema, acne, and many other antibiotic resistant infections. All…
