Shahriar Mobashery
Navari Family Professor in Life Sciences
Office: 423 Nieuwland Science
Phone: 574-631-2933
Email: mobashery@nd.edu
Areas of Expertise
Resistance to antibiotics, development of novel antibiotics
Mobashery is a world-renowned expert in antibiotic resistance and enzyme inhibitors. His research interests encompass studies of mechanisms of resistance to antibiotics and the means to circumvent them, development of complex antibiotics, studies of the mechanism of action of these antibiotics, and investigations of complex microbial systems such as the outer membrane and the cell wall. In addition, Mobashery and his research group are interested in the molecular mechanism of cancer metastasis and its intervention by rational design of molecules that interfere with the growth and spread of tumors. He serves on numerous governmental and industrial panels, as well as on the editorial boards of eight scientific journals. He has published more than 200 scientific papers and holds eight patents and is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
VIDEOS
ND NEWSWIRE ARTICLES
Notre Dame chemist sheds new light on antibiotics and the survival of bacteria
New paper sheds light on bacterial cell wall recycling
Researchers analyze how new anti-MRSA antibiotics function
Mobashery receives Astellas Award
