The Raman spectrum of living cells and microorganisms contains highly specific fingerprint‐
like signatures, useful in unequivocally identifying different species and interpreting …

Emerging antibiotic resistant bacteria constitute one of the biggest threats to public health.
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is highly promising for detecting such bacteria …

A fast and reliable detection and identification of microorganisms is crucial in environmental
science, for food quality as well as medical diagnosis. In these fields, all types of Raman …

Drug resistance of bacterial pathogens is a growing problem that can be addressed through
the discovery of compounds with novel mechanisms of antibacterial activity. Natural …

Understanding evolution of antibiotic resistance is vital for containing its global spread. Yet
our ability to in situ track highly heterogeneous and dynamic evolution is very limited. Here …

Superbugs such as infectious bacteria pose a great threat to humanity due to an increase in
bacterial mortality leading to clinical treatment failure, lengthy hospital stay, intravenous …

Rapid and accurate identification of pathogens causing infections is one of the biggest
challenges in medicine. Timely identification of causative agents and their antimicrobial …

This mini-review summarizes the most recent progress concerning the use of surface-
enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) for the detection and characterization of antibiotic …

The substantial cost of substrates is an enormous obstacle in the successful translation of
biospectroscopy (IR or Raman) into routine clinical/laboratory practice (screening or …

Phenotypic profiling of natural, engineered or synthetic cells has increasingly become a
bottleneck in the mining and engineering of cell factories. Single-cell phenoty** …