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Iron is a metal, but humans require trace amounts to survive. Bacteria also need trace iron to survive within a human host. As a result, iron acquisition pathways have been identified as novel antibiotic targets for pathogenic bacteria. For the past decade, the Liptak research group has worked to elucidate the heme iron acquisition pathways of Staphylococcus aureus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in collaboration with an international group of researchers. An area of particular focus has been the final enzymes of these pathways, which liberate iron from the heme molecules used by humans to transport molecular oxygen within the blood stream.
Matt Liptak is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Vermont, where he has been a faculty member since 2011. Prior to that, Matt was: an undergraduate student at Hamilton College, a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Rochester. A central theme of his graduate, postdoctoral, and independent scholarship has been bioinorganic chemistry, the study of the essential roles for trace metals in biological systems. During his time at the University of Vermont, Matt has mentored 14 graduate and 25 undergraduate students in his research group.
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