Mehmet Orman, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Houston (IMAGE)

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Mehmet Orman, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Houston

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Mehmet Orman, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Houston, has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation to study so-called persister cells - those that go dormant and then become tolerant to extraordinary levels of antibiotics.

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