Novel Strategies for Combatting Anti-Bacterial Resistance - Royal Society of Chemistry, London The Royal Society of Chemistry Biotechnology Group and sponsors invite you to an exciting one-day symposium entitled: Novel Strategies for Combatting Anti-bacterial Resistance. The rapid emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ABR) that occurred soon after the introduction of antibiotics in the 1940's has become a 21st century global public health crisis, placing a substantial clinical and financial burden on healthcare providers, clinicians, patients and their families. In Europe alone, there are ~33,000 deaths per year due to resistant infections (700,000 world-wide) and resistant infections require longer stays in hospital thus increasing costs. Healthcare costs and subsequent productivity losses amount to ~1.5bn euros annually. By 2050, it is predicted that there will be 10 million deaths every year globally and costs worldwide are predicted to soar to £78 trillion GBP ($100 trillion USD). The present ABR crisis has been attributed to the overuse and injudicious prescribing of antibiotics, as well as a lack of new drug development by the pharmaceutical industry. To avert this crisis a coordinated, cross-sector, global response is urgently required to tackle ABR, implementing new prescribing policies and encouraging renewed research efforts directed towards the This symposium brings together some of the most influential researchers involved in these endeavours and should be of interest to a wide audience of basic scientists, medicinal chemists, microbiologists, clinicians and geneticists. Programme 09.30 COFFEE and REGISTRATION 10.00 SESSION 1 – Chair: Dr Irene Francois 10.05 Prof. Sir Anthony Coates, Institute of Infection & Immunity, St George's, University of London Antibiotic combinations can kill highly resistant bacteria. An alternative to new chemical entities? 10.40 Prof. Gerard Wright, Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada. Back to the future: natural products in antibiotic discovery. 11.15 Prof. Martha Clokie, Dept. of Genetics & Genome Biology, University of Leicester How significant will bacteriophages be to solving the AMR crisis? 11.50 LUNCH AND POSTER SESSION 13.30 SESSION 2 – Chair: Dr Mary Phillips-Jones 13.35 Prof. Laura Piddock, Institute of Microbiology & Infection, University of Birmingham Antibiotic resistance plasmids and identification of inhibitors of transmission 14.10 Prof. Peter Monk, Department of Infection, Immunity & Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield Medical School The host cell surface as an antibacterial drug target 14.45 Dr Paul Race, School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol Antibiotic discovery in the abyss 15.20 TEA 16.05 SESSION 3 – Chair: Dr Paul Race 16.10 Dr Mary Phillips-Jones, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham Strategies for combatting resistance to a last-line therapy: understanding and exploiting vancomycin interactions 16.45 Dr David Powell, Summit Therapeutics plc, Milton, Oxfordshire New mechanism antibiotics 17.20 POSTER PRIZE AWARD & CLOSING REMARKS: Dr Paul Race Posters There will be a poster session with posters being displayed throughout the day. PhD students, post-doctoral fellows and Early Career Scientists who are RSC members and who wish to present a poster can apply for a personal Travel Grant via a link on the RSC website under FUNDING. (No funds for this purpose are available from the organisers). Registration Online registration is now open. Please include the delegate name in the instruction and send a copy of the payment advice with the application form. The fees include attendance at the sessions, lunch and refreshments. The organisers are not registered for VAT and tax invoices cannot be issued. Register here Registration Fees RSC Members £130 Non-members £145 Student/Retired RSC members £65 Student/Retired non-members £90 Further information Please consult the web-page or contact the organizers: Dr Irene François (irene.francois@ntlworld.com ) Dr Mary Phillips-Jones (mary.phillips-jones@nottingham.ac.uk) Dr Paul Race (paul.race@bristol.ac.uk). Dec 09 2019 09.30 - 17.30 Novel Strategies for Combatting Anti-Bacterial Resistance - Royal Society of Chemistry, London One day symposium discussing the continued for development of novel therapeutics, biomarkers and diagnostics to tackle antimicrobial resistance. Royal Society of Chemistry Burlington House London W1J 0BA Venue Registration
Novel Strategies for Combatting Anti-Bacterial Resistance - Royal Society of Chemistry, London The Royal Society of Chemistry Biotechnology Group and sponsors invite you to an exciting one-day symposium entitled: Novel Strategies for Combatting Anti-bacterial Resistance. The rapid emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ABR) that occurred soon after the introduction of antibiotics in the 1940's has become a 21st century global public health crisis, placing a substantial clinical and financial burden on healthcare providers, clinicians, patients and their families. In Europe alone, there are ~33,000 deaths per year due to resistant infections (700,000 world-wide) and resistant infections require longer stays in hospital thus increasing costs. Healthcare costs and subsequent productivity losses amount to ~1.5bn euros annually. By 2050, it is predicted that there will be 10 million deaths every year globally and costs worldwide are predicted to soar to £78 trillion GBP ($100 trillion USD). The present ABR crisis has been attributed to the overuse and injudicious prescribing of antibiotics, as well as a lack of new drug development by the pharmaceutical industry. To avert this crisis a coordinated, cross-sector, global response is urgently required to tackle ABR, implementing new prescribing policies and encouraging renewed research efforts directed towards the This symposium brings together some of the most influential researchers involved in these endeavours and should be of interest to a wide audience of basic scientists, medicinal chemists, microbiologists, clinicians and geneticists. Programme 09.30 COFFEE and REGISTRATION 10.00 SESSION 1 – Chair: Dr Irene Francois 10.05 Prof. Sir Anthony Coates, Institute of Infection & Immunity, St George's, University of London Antibiotic combinations can kill highly resistant bacteria. An alternative to new chemical entities? 10.40 Prof. Gerard Wright, Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada. Back to the future: natural products in antibiotic discovery. 11.15 Prof. Martha Clokie, Dept. of Genetics & Genome Biology, University of Leicester How significant will bacteriophages be to solving the AMR crisis? 11.50 LUNCH AND POSTER SESSION 13.30 SESSION 2 – Chair: Dr Mary Phillips-Jones 13.35 Prof. Laura Piddock, Institute of Microbiology & Infection, University of Birmingham Antibiotic resistance plasmids and identification of inhibitors of transmission 14.10 Prof. Peter Monk, Department of Infection, Immunity & Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield Medical School The host cell surface as an antibacterial drug target 14.45 Dr Paul Race, School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol Antibiotic discovery in the abyss 15.20 TEA 16.05 SESSION 3 – Chair: Dr Paul Race 16.10 Dr Mary Phillips-Jones, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham Strategies for combatting resistance to a last-line therapy: understanding and exploiting vancomycin interactions 16.45 Dr David Powell, Summit Therapeutics plc, Milton, Oxfordshire New mechanism antibiotics 17.20 POSTER PRIZE AWARD & CLOSING REMARKS: Dr Paul Race Posters There will be a poster session with posters being displayed throughout the day. PhD students, post-doctoral fellows and Early Career Scientists who are RSC members and who wish to present a poster can apply for a personal Travel Grant via a link on the RSC website under FUNDING. (No funds for this purpose are available from the organisers). Registration Online registration is now open. Please include the delegate name in the instruction and send a copy of the payment advice with the application form. The fees include attendance at the sessions, lunch and refreshments. The organisers are not registered for VAT and tax invoices cannot be issued. Register here Registration Fees RSC Members £130 Non-members £145 Student/Retired RSC members £65 Student/Retired non-members £90 Further information Please consult the web-page or contact the organizers: Dr Irene François (irene.francois@ntlworld.com ) Dr Mary Phillips-Jones (mary.phillips-jones@nottingham.ac.uk) Dr Paul Race (paul.race@bristol.ac.uk). Dec 09 2019 09.30 - 17.30 Novel Strategies for Combatting Anti-Bacterial Resistance - Royal Society of Chemistry, London One day symposium discussing the continued for development of novel therapeutics, biomarkers and diagnostics to tackle antimicrobial resistance. Royal Society of Chemistry Burlington House London W1J 0BA Venue Registration
Dec 09 2019 09.30 - 17.30 Novel Strategies for Combatting Anti-Bacterial Resistance - Royal Society of Chemistry, London One day symposium discussing the continued for development of novel therapeutics, biomarkers and diagnostics to tackle antimicrobial resistance.
