Email

erik.wright@bcm.edu

Positions

Senior Faculty

Molecular Virology & Microbiology - Petrosino
Baylor College of Medicine

Education

PhD from University of Wisconsin-Madison

12/2016 - Madison, Wisconsin United States

Microbiology

MS from University of Wisconsin-Madison

08/2012 - Madison, Wisconsin United States

Civil & Environmental Engineering

BS from Cornell University

01/2007 - Ithaca, New York United States

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Professional Statement

Even though we do not see them, microbes are everywhere around and inside us. Most of these microbes help us, but a few can be harmful. Some microbes are the source of antibiotics that we use to treat the harmful ones. This is one of the greatest advances in medicine, until the harmful ones become resistant...

The Wright Lab uses experimental and computational approaches to study how microorganisms fight for survival. In particular, we seek to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance through understanding the evolution of both antibiotic-producing microbes and antibiotic-resistant pathogens.

Four fundamental questions motivate research in the lab:
• How can we slow, and ultimately reverse, antibiotic resistance worldwide?
• Can we learn to interpret microbial communication within communities?
• How can we decipher the information contained in millions of microbial genomes?
• How do we develop optimal strategies for treating infectious diseases in the clinic?

Together, the answers to these questions help us to succeed at the mission of the Wright lab: advance medicine by developing innovative solutions to the problem of antibiotic resistance.

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