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. Showsh, S. A. and Herman P. D. 2024. Introduction to Microbiology Laboratory. Great River Learning (online publication).
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Krist, Amy and S. A. Showsh. 2007. Experimental evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacteria. The American Biology Teacher Vol69 (2): 94-99.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Showsh, S. A., and Andrews, R. E., Jr. 1996. Functional comparison of Conjugative Transposons Tn916 and Tn925. Plasmid 35: 164 - 173.

Showsh, S. A., and Andrews, R. E., Jr. 1992. Tetracycline enhances Tn916-mediated conjugal transfer. Plasmid 28: 213 - 224.