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Ann-Britt Schäfer

Chalmers University of Technology

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Organism:mouse· 1

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A Platinum Butterfly Effect: Small Changes Turn an Anticancer Drug into a Non-toxic Metalloantibiotic with In Vivo Efficacy

Çağrı Özsan, Ann-Britt Schäfer, Abdul Akhir, Obed Akwasi Aning, Sofia Fulgencio, Rahul Maitra, Rupa Rani, Deepanshi Saxena, Fredrik Westerlund, Sidharth Chopra, Michaela Wenzel, Angelo Frei

This paper describes the development of a platinum-based antibiotic, Pt1, which shows potent antibacterial activity against resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains and demonstrates in vivo efficacy in a murine infection model.

npj Antimicrobials and Resistance · May 8, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

The last resort antibiotic daptomycin exhibits two independent antibacterial mechanisms of action

Jessica A. Buttress, Ann-Britt Schäfer, Alan Koh, Jessica Wheatley, Katarzyna M. Mickiewicz, Michaela Wenzel, Henrik Strahl

This study identifies two independent mechanisms by which daptomycin exerts its antibacterial effects: cell wall synthesis inhibition and membrane depolarisation.

Nature Communications · Nov 24, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology