Alexander Pop --First Place Winner for College of Science and Mathematics
College of Science and Mathematics
Professor: Dr. Jacqueline Horn
ABSTRACT:
This experiment hypothesizes that infrasonic mechanical pulses will either increase or decrease biofilm formation of S. epidermidisdepending on the frequency of vibration. In addition these mechanical vibrations should also deter the physical attachment of S. epidermidis primary colonizers to the surface of objects; the first step in biofilm formation. This attachment inhibition, in conjunction with the aforementioned perturbation of cell growth at certain frequencies, should result in a significant change in the bacterium's overall biofilm formation. This experiment will investigate how S. epidermidis biofilm formation reacts to mechanical infrasonic pulsing.
