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Mara Goodyear, BSc 

Mara received her BSc in Microbiology from the University of Guelph and is currently completing her PhD focusing on mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Her project aims to characterize beta-lactamase enzymes expressed in P. aeruginosa biofilms and to investigate the high levels of resistance seen in clinical P. aeruginosa isolates. She is using a combination of imaging and proteomics to understand how clinical isolates respond to antibiotic treatment. Mara currently holds a NSERC CGS-D award. Mara is also interested in science outreach and communication and is the Volunteer Coordinator with Let's Talk Science at the University of Guelph. In this role she works with a team of volunteers to deliver fun and engaging hands-on science activities to children and youth through visits to schools, libraries, and community events. 


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Mara's Publications 

Potentiation of Tobramycin by Silver Nanoparticles against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms.
Habash MB, Goodyear MC, Park AJ, Surette MD, Vis EC, Harris RJ, Khursigara CM. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2017 Oct 24;61(11).

Site-Directed Fluorescence Labeling Reveals a Revised N-terminal Membrane Topology and Functional Periplasmic Residues in the Escherichia coli Cell Division Protein FtsK.
Berezuk AM, Goodyear M, Khursigara CM. J Biol Chem. 2014 Aug 22;289(34):23287-301.

Colonizing the Embryonic Zebrafish Gut with Anaerobic Bacteria Derived from the Human Gastrointestinal Tract.
Toh MC, Goodyear M, Daigneault M, Allen-Vercoe E, Van Raay TJ. Zebrafish. 2013 Jun;10(2):194-8.