Daniel Pletzer

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Lecturer / Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor)

University of Otago
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Dr. Daniel Pletzer is a Lecturer at the University of Otago, New Zealand. His research focuses on antimicrobial resistance mechanisms, innovative therapies for infections, and the role of biofilms in microbial pathogenesis. Recent publications include studies on cephalosporin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the therapeutic potential of gold nanoparticles and antimicrobial peptides. He is actively engaged in advancing knowledge in microbiology and therapeutic strategies against resistant bacterial infections.

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Understanding the host immune landscape of bacterial skin infections

Open Date: 2023-10-01

Close Date: 2024-09-01

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A Trojan-Horse strategy to enhance antibiotic uptake in drug resistant pathogens

Open Date: 2023-07-01

Close Date: 2025-06-01

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A novel chronic animal model

Open Date: 2023-07-01

Close Date: 2023-12-01

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Hydrogel-based drug delivery system for peptides and antibiotics as a novel therapeutic approach to treat biofilm and high-density infections

Open Date: 2023-06-01

Close Date: 2026-05-01

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Conditionally essential genes required in Pseudomonas aeruginosa-Staphylococcus aureus co-biofilms and treatment with novel peptidomimetics

Open Date: 2023-05-01

Close Date: 2023-12-01

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Collaborators (8)

Miguel Quiñones-Mateu

Professor, Western Research Chair in Viral Pathogenesis

Western University

CANADA

Robert Hancock

Professor and Canada Research Chair

University of British Columbia Faculty of Science

CANADA

Gregory M. Cook

University of Otago

NEW ZEALAND

William Anderson

Professor Emeritus / Adjunct Professor

University of Waterloo

CANADA

Katayoun Saatchi

The University of British Columbia

CANADA

Simon Swift

University of Auckland

NEW ZEALAND

Cervantée Wild

University of Oxford

UNITED KINGDOM

Jaydee Cabral

Research Associate Professor

University of Otago

NEW ZEALAND
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