Miss Kavita Gadar
PhD Student
Research area(s)
Kavita's research aims to use lipidomics, genomics and in vivo modelling to gain a fundamental insight into the biological phenomena of how Acinetobacter baumannii can evolve resistance to the last resort antibiotic, Colistin. Kavita is currently focused on the discovery of novel plant-based compounds for antibiofilm and antimicrobial activity against Acinetobacter baumannii .
Research Interests
- Understanding the evolutionary trajectories A. baumannii follows when evolving resistance to colistin.
- Determining the fitness and virulence costs of resistance.
- Screening and assessment of phytochemicals for antibiofilm and antimicrobial activity.
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Development and use of in vitro and in vivo infection models.