Tuesday 6 June 2017 8:30am
About
Date: 06 June 2017
Time: 08:30 - 16:45
Venue: Gillespie Centre, Clare College, Cambridge, CB3 9AJ
Organised by the Cambridge Infectious Diseases Interdisciplinary Research Centre, this meeting will bring together humanities and biomedical researchers working across the University of Cambridge and beyond on the global challenge of tackling Antimicrobial Resistance.
Superbugs that are resistant to all antibiotics are threatening many of the key advances of modern medicine. Recognizing that antibiotic resistance is a global problem, but that antibiotic use also has the greatest effects locally, this meeting will consider both biological and human dimensions, aiming to provide insight into current research on how different environments (animal and human host tissues, hospitals, urban, and agricultural environments) affect the evolution and transmission of resistance. There will be discussion of novel interventions to tackle the AMR challenge, including innovative approaches to reducing societal demand as well as novel approaches to drug design, biologics and vaccines.
Participation from R&D professionals working in industry as well as academic researchers is strongly encouraged.
Call for Abstracts - Submission Deadline: Wednesday May 17th 2017
Click here for more information, to submit and abstract and to book your place.