Erik graduated from the University of Minnesota with a B.S. in Biology. Prior to joining
MDRCBB in his current role, he contributed to the lab on a part time basis since 2016.
Moving forward, Erik will primarily work with company related projects, however, being
trained to analyze surfaces by XPS, fluorescent microscopy, and dynamic water contact
angles he will likely contribute in a minor role to a variety of projects.
Erik graduated from the University of Minnesota with a B.S. in Biology. Prior to joining
MDRCBB in his current role, he contributed to the lab on a part time basis since 2016.
Moving forward, Erik will primarily work with company related projects, however, being
trained to analyze surfaces by XPS, fluorescent microscopy, and dynamic water contact
angles he will likely contribute in a minor role to a variety of projects.
Supramolecular self-assembly is largely responsible for functional complexity in living systems. We have investigated peptide self-assembly to discern mechanisms of cell/bacteria killing and to create materials with attributes prevalent in biological systems. We are interested in investigating new peptides and peptide self-assembled materials targeting specific bacteria to modify interfaces, and thus prevent infections.
Hybrid nanocoatings of self-assembled organic-inorganic amphiphiles for prevention of implant infections Acta Biomaterialia (2022) d.o.i.: 10.1016/j.actbio.2021. Z. Ye , T. Sang , K. Li, N.G. Fischer, I. Mutreja, C. Echeverría, D. Kumar, Z. Tang, C. Aparicio.
Unraveling dominant surface physicochemistry to build antimicrobial peptide coatings with supramolecular amphiphiles Nanoscale (2020)12(40):20767-20775. Z Ye, A. Kobe, T. Sang, C. Aparicio.
Dentin Priming with Amphipathic Antimicrobial Peptides Journal of Dental Research (2019) 98(10):1112-1121. D.G. Moussa, J.A. Kirihara, Z. Ye, N.G. Fischer, J. Khot, B.A. Witthuhn, C. Aparicio.