Nanotechnology

Dr. Andrew S. Ball works at Centre for Environmental Sustainability and Remediation School of Science RMIT University, Australia Dr Gurtler completed a Ph.D. program in 1996 at La Trobe University in the Department of Microbiology. The main contribution of this work was the development of a universal bacterial typing technique based on the 16S-23S rDNA spacer region. The technique is now extensively used in many areas of Microbiology including Diagnostic, Environmental and Veterinary Microbiology. Citations to the articles Dr Gurtler wrote on this topic total >1000 with >830 citations alone to the 1996 review published in the journal “Microbiology”. Dr Gurtler wrote an invited review on genomic typing, taxonomy and identification of bacterial isolates for the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (IJSEM). In addition to fundamental research, Dr Gurtler has also had experience with the application of this technology to the medical diagnostic laboratory in the fields of molecular microbiology and human molecular genetics. Dr Gurtler has been involved full time in diagnostic microbiology over many years resulting in the adoption of a method that identifies Mycobacterium species directly from clinical specimens without the need for culture in specimens positive for acid fast bacilli, the discovery of Nocardia veterana, and the development of many diagnostic tests.In the last twelve years Dr Gurtler has been an Editor for the Journal of Microbiological Methods (JMM) and in the last 5 years Serial Editor of Methods in Microbiology (MIM) with the publication of 9 volumes covering diverse subjects such as Biofilms, Nanotechnology, COVID-19 and Fluorescent Probes.

• 1. Introduction into Nanotechnology and MicrobiologyAndrew S. Ball, Sayali Patil and Sarvesh K. Soni2. Nano-realm for point-of-care (POC) bacterial diagnosticsBandhan Chaterjee, Neeti Kalyani, Soonjyoti Das, Anjali Anand and Tarun Kumar Sharma3. Applications of nanotechnology in food microbiologyLily Jaiswal, Shiv Shankar and Jong-Whan Rhim4. The Use of Nanomaterials for the Mitigation of Pathogenic Biofilm FormationAaron Elbourne, Vi Khanh Truong, Samuel Cheeseman, Piumie Rajapaksha, Sheeana Gangadoo, James Chapman and Russell J. Crawford5. Biocompatible in situ gelling polymer hydrogels for treating ocular infectionManu Sharma, Ankita Deohra, Kakarla Raghava Reddy and Veera Sadhu6. Applications of nanotechnology in agricultureHemraj Chhipa7. Use of Nanotechnology in Antimicrobial TherapyNitin Gupta, Divya Bharti Rai, Ashok Kumar Jangid and Hitesh Kulhari8. Lipid nanomaterials for the delivery of antimicrobial peptidesThomas G. Meikle, Jamie B. Strachan and Charlotte E. Conn9. Synthetic gutomics: Deciphering the microbial code for futuristic diagnosis and personalized medicinePankaj Satapathy, Kounaina Khan, Aishwarya Tripurasundari Devi, Anirudh Gururaj Patil, Avinash Mirle Govindaraju, Shubha Gopal, Mysore Nagalingaswamy Nagendra Prasad, Veena Sunil More, Kakarla Raghava Reddy, Anjanapura V. Raghu, Shivaprasad Hudeda, Sunil Shivaji More and Farhan Zameer10. Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles: Synthesis methods, properties and biomedical applicationsKakarla Raghava Reddy, P. Adinaraya Reddy, Ch. Venkata Reddy, Nagaraj P. Shetti, B. Babu, K. Ravindranadh, M.V. Shankar, Madhava C. Reddy, Sarvesh K. Soni and S. Naveen11. Recent advances in nanoparticles-based strategies for cancer therapeutics and antibacterial applicationsSurendra Gulla, Dakshayani Lomada, Vadli V.S.S. Srikanth, M.V. Shankar, Kakarla Raghava Reddy, Sarvesh K. Soni and Madhava C. Reddy