Kim Lewis Archives

Could this treatment prevent chronic Lyme disease?

Kim Lewis has been searching for a way to stop acute Lyme disease from becoming chronic. And now the university distinguished professor of biology at Northeastern thinks he has found it—and it’s been hiding under our noses for more than 60 years.

by Eva Botkin-Kowacki October 6, 2021

It’s tick season. Here’s everything you need to know about Lyme disease.

Lyme disease isn’t just a concern for outdoorsy people. This tick season, what do you need to know about the condition? Kim Lewis, university distinguished professor of biology at Northeastern, breaks it down.

by Eva Botkin-Kowacki June 21, 2021

Kim Lewis, University Distinguished Professor of biology in the College of Science, and Yu Imai, a postdoctoral research associate at Lewis’ lab, discovered a new class of antibiotics that could help fight drug-resistant gram-negative bacteria. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

A new antibiotic has been hiding in the gut of a tiny worm. It may be our best weapon against drug-resistant bacteria.

Kim Lewis, University Distinguished Professor of biology, says we are in the midst of a global antibiotic resistance crisis. A new class of antibiotics discovered in his lab could be our best hope against some of the nastiest superbugs out there.

by Roberto Molar Candanosa November 20, 2019

Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

Six Northeastern professors named to list of ‘highly cited researchers’ around the globe

Treating cancer and other diseases in novel ways. Discovering a new antibiotic. Understanding why people become successful. These groundbreaking research achievements are among the accomplishments of six faculty members who have been recognized for the high rate at which their papers have been cited by other researchers.

by Greg St. Martin January 9, 2019

The general concept of delivering bacteria or manipulating gut bacteria to improve brain health is still new, said Phil Strandwitz. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

In search of the key to treating clinical depression

A study led by researchers at Northeastern shows that there is a potential link between the bacteria that live in our gut and clinical depression.

by Laura Castañón December 10, 2018

Kim Lewis, who has made several major discoveries in the fight against bacterial infections, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

This solver of scientific paradoxes has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Kim Lewis, a University Distinguished Professor of Biology, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for his discovery of bacterial persister cells.

by Laura Castañón November 27, 2018

Breakthrough research on display

Colorful images of research projects ranging from “Breakthroughs in Airport Security” to “Making Coastal Ecosystes Resilient” fill a large room off the Atrium of the…

by Thea Singer April 3, 2017

New research opens the door for treatment of relapsing bacterial infections

University Distinguished Professor Kim Lewis and his colleagues match findings in the lab with ones from human subjects to advance customized antibiotic treatments.

by Thea Singer July 29, 2015

Why so persistent?

Staphylococcus cells. Photo by Thinkstock photos. Persistence — it’s what keeps us all surviving. If it weren’t for this lovely…

by Angela Herring January 14, 2013

A new age for drug discovery

In the last fifty years, pharmaceutical companies have spent tens of billions of dollars trying to find new classes of antibiotic drugs.

by Angela Herring May 24, 2012

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