Bernadette F. Ardelli

Biography

Bernadette F. Ardelli is an Assistant Professor at Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Brandon University. Brandon University is one of a very few predominantly undergraduate liberal arts and sciences institutions in Canada.

Research Interest

Treatment of tropical diseases caused by infections with protozoans and nematodes is reliant on drugs. Most of the drugs currently in use are old (some have been used since 1950), toxic, expensive and may require a hospital setting to administer. Control of these infections is further complicated by the development of drug resistance. One of my research goals is to understand drug resistance, in order to circumvent or overcome it. Thus, I am always searching for new specific cellular targets of parasites that have the potential to be exploited in chemotherapy.