Authored by
Dr. Sasha A. Showsh
Title

Sasha A. Showsh, Ph.D.

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Associate Professor
Content type
Biology Department

Contact Information

Office
Department of Biology
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
105 Garfield Ave.
Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004
Phone
715-836-4413
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Education

Education

  • Ph.D. 1995 Iowa State University
  • M.S. 1989 University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
  • B.S. 1984 University of Wisconsin - Madison
Teaching and Research Interests

Teaching and Research Interests

  • Microbiology
  • Dissemination of antibiotic resistance in bacteria.
Published Research

Published Research

  1. Vy Huyen*, Daniel P. Herman and Sasha A. Showsh. 2022. Using Phage T4 as a Model in Assessing Face Masks in Preventing SARS-C0V-2 Transmission. Scientific Journal Biology and Life Sciences. DOI:10.33552/SJBLS.2022.02.000542.
  2. Sara Schiedler*, Rachelle Peterson*, Thao Yang and Sasha Showsh. 2012. Determining the Efficacy of IonatorEXP Activated Tap Water on Growth of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. The American Journal of Undergraduate Research Vol10 (4): 11–18.
  3. Krist, Amy and S. A. Showsh. 2007. Experimental evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacteria. The American Biology Teacher Vol69 (2): 94-99.
  4. Klessig, H. T., S. A. Showsh, and A. Sekorski*,. 2003. The Use of Intradiscal Antibiotics for Discography; an in vitroStudy of Gentamicin, Cefazolin, and Clindamycin. Spine 28(15); 1735-1738.
  5. Showsh, S. A., E. H. DeBoever, and D. B. Clewell. 2001. A vancomycin-resistance plasmid in Enterococcus faecalis that encodes sensitivity to a sex pheromone also produced by Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 45: 2177 – 2178.
  6. Showsh, S. A., and Andrews, R. E., Jr. 1999. Analysis of the requirement for a pUB110 mob region during Tn916-dependent mobilization. Plasmid 41: 179 - 186.
  7. Showsh, S. A., and Andrews, R. E., Jr. 1996. Functional comparison of Conjugative Transposons Tn916 and Tn925. Plasmid 35: 164 - 173.
  8. Showsh, S. A., and Andrews, R. E., Jr. 1992. Tetracycline enhances Tn916-mediated conjugal transfer. Plasmid 28: 213 - 224.