Montana educations lead to bioscience jobs – Montana State University Center for Biofilm Engineering

Rachel Holmen, a 2005 Skyview High graduate, is working on developing antibiotics that treat infections caused by biofilm building up in catheters and other medical devices.

Now a senior at Montana State University in Bozeman, Holmen has a part-time job at MSU’s Center for Biofilm Engineering http://www.erc.montana.edu/.

The center is the oldest, largest and best-known facility researching biofilm, a slime of bacteria that sticks to surfaces, causing everything from dental plaque to infection in human tissue.

By MARY PICKETT
Of The Gazette Staff

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