Biotechnet Antibiotics Platform Meeting 2024 Verified listing

The Biotechnet Antibiotics Platform is hosting a scientific and networking meeting at the Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zürich. The event will feature presentations on innovations in the realm of antibiotics discovery and development, as well as in rapid/novel bacterial diagnostics. The event offers great opportunities to network with experts from industry and academia. Platform members as well as other interested scientists from academia and industry are welcome to attend.

Agenda

Morning session

• 10.00 – 10.10 Welcome by PD Oliver Nolte and Prof. Markus Seeger
• 10.10 – 10.30 Dr. Damien Morger, rqmicro AG, Schlieren: “E. coli Monitoring using Nanobodies with Broad Species Coverage”
• 10.30 – 10.50 Dr. Shawna McCallin, Balgrist: “A two phage cocktail for the treatment of UTI”
• 10.50 – 11.10 Prof. Oliver Zerbe, UZH: “Very potent macrocyclic peptide antibiotics directed against a novel target, the LPS transport pathway”
• 11.10 – 11.30 Prof. Pilar Junier, Uni Neuchatel: “Exploiting microbial interactions to fight fungal pathogens in the respiratory track”
• 11.30 – 11.50 Dr. Alex Sturm, Resistell, Muttenz: “High-Performance Ultra-Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Using Nanomotion Technology and Supervised Machine Learning”
• 11.50 – 12.20 Dr. Michel Pieren, Bioversys, Basel: “AlpE – a novel drug combination for treatment of TB”

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12.20 – 13.30 Lunch at Institute of Medical Microbiology – Networking
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Afternoon session

• 13.30 – 13.40 Welcome address – Prof. Laura Dick, FHNW, President Biotechnet
• 13.40 – 14.10 Prof. Christoph Dehio, NCCR Antiresist: “Physiological in vitro models for studying the pathogenesis and treatment of urinary tract infections”
• 14.10 – 14.30 Dr. Alexander Kettner, Olgram, Geneva: “Development of persister platform to tackle the chronicity of infections”
• 14.30 – 14.50 Prof. Jörg Jores, VetSuisse Berne: ”Synthetic Genomics-based Organisms to Assist AMR Control”
• 14.50 – 15.05 Dr. Markus Huemer, Micreos: “Micreos Pharmaceuticals- engineering precision antimicrobials”
• 15.05-15.20 Prof. Steffi Lehmann, ZHAW: “A zebrafish larvae-based platform for antimicrobial efficacy screening”
• 15.20 – 15.40 PD Oliver Nolte, UZH, Zurich: „Automation and digitalization in the clinical microbiology laboratory – challenges and opportunities“
• 15.40 – 16.30 Visit of the Diagnostics and Research labs of the Institute of Medical Microbiology
• 15.40 – 17.30 Apéro on site