
SILICON VALLEY — Joanna Slusky is an assistant professor of molecular biosciences at the University of Kansas who may be about to solve the problem of “super bugs” – dangerous bacteria that evolve beyond the ability of antibiotics to kill them.
She is one of five rising scientist-inventors that the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation – the Palo Alto-based foundation established by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore – hopes to help succeed in solving significant problems facing society. This,…