Donna May Papa, PhD
University of Santo Tomas; UST BEATS Research Group
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- Determine diversity of phages from different habitats and their role in maintaining the balance of ecosystems.
- Phylogenetic analysis and Systematics of phages in the country.
- Bacteriophage Therapy in animal models specifically in aquaculture, food industry and medical field.
- Addressing Antibiotic resistance by using phages as an alternative treatment
- Effectivity of phages versus leading antibiotics being used as treatment to different infectious diseases.
- Generation of Bacteriophage Insensitive mutants (BIMs) and comparison of activity and infections with the Wild type (WT) strains
- partnership / collaboration for the establishment of a phage culture collection in the Philippines
