In this webinar, the speakers will discuss will provide an overview of basic animal models and explain the basis for their selection and limitations for specific situations and needs to study the activity of antibiotics. The speakers will give the following presentations: - Overview of common animal models (Lynn Miesel) - Zebrafish larvae as an […]
On 26 July, James J. Collins and Richard Lee will be discussing the use of Synthetic biology and interdisciplinary approaches for antibiotic discovery.
The prosperity of the modern world is threatened by the emergence of drug resistant pathogens, pesticide-resistant insects and herbicide-resistant weeds. Novel investigational cancer drugs increase life expectancy, but fail when resistance develops. The same principles of evolution drive the development of resistance in all of these contexts, yet each field attacks the problem of resistance […]
