Mr Christian Dzuvor

PhD Student
Chemical Engineering
Monash University

chrisdzuv.cd@gmail.com

Research Activities

  • Engineering bifunctional protein nanoparticle as antibiotics to kill superbugs
  • Engineering supramolecular enzyme nanoparticle to tackle antimicrobial resistance
  • Engineering multienzyme assemblies as a novel antimicrobial agent to fight bacterial infections

Techniques/Expertise

  • Protein engineering
  • Recombinant Technology
  • Protein therapeutics
  • Protein/peptide self-assembly
  • Bioengineering 
  • VLP therapeutics
  • Antibody Engineering
  • Biological assays

Collaborations

Dr Lizhong He ( Monash University)
A/Prof Victoria Haritos ( Monash University)
Dr. Hsin-Hui Shen ( Monash University)

Disease Models

  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
  • Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE)
  • Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA)
  • Streptococcus pneumonia
  • carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)
  •  Klebsiella pneumonia, 
  • multidrug-resistant(MDR) Clostridium difficile, 
  • Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  • Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter 

Genetically Modified Organisms

Gram positive and Gram negative Bacteria

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