Generate a tailored SOP for Dr. David Sychantha. Improve your application with a focused, well-structured draft.
David Sychantha earned his PhD at the University of Guelph under the supervision of Anthony Clarke, where his thesis research focused on investigating bacterial polysaccharide O-acetylation in Gram-positive bacteria. He underwent postdoctoral training in Gerry Wright's laboratory at McMaster University, where he characterized the modes of action of antibiotics, antibiotic adjuvants, and anti-virulence agents. His lab, Sychantha Lab, employs structural biology, enzymology, and chemical biology approaches to study how pathogenic bacteria maintain and modify their cell surfaces to resist antibiotics and evade the human immune system. The lab is specifically interested in the biochemical pathways that bacteria use to regulate the enzymes involved in remodeling their cell wall and controlling cell shape/structure. The long-term goal of the lab is to define the mechanisms of cell wall homeostasis to inform chemotherapeutic strategies to combat infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Includes fields like Clinical, Cognitive, Developmental, and Industrial/Organizational Psychology.