LSIPR 50 2017: Andreas Peschel and Bernhard Krismer

Names: Andreas Peschel and Bernhard Krismer

Organisation: University of Tübingen

Positions: Researchers

Andreas Peschel and Bernhard Krismer discovered an antibiotic in the nose. The two scientists of the University of Tübingen in Germany found that Staphylococcus lugdunensis prevents the growth in the nasal cavity of Staphylococcus aureus, the bacteria which causes the antibiotic-resistant ‘superbug’ known as MRSA.

Peschel, who claims to have found a new concept of finding antibiotics, studied biology in Bochum and Tübingen, Germany, where he obtained a diploma and PhD degrees in microbiology.

He has been focusing on Staphylococcus aureus since he held postdoctoral positions in the laboratories of Friedrich Götz in Tübingen and Jos van Strijp in Utrecht, the Netherlands.