CAR 2018 - Nature Conference on Countering Antimicrobial Resistance

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Category health; Countering Antimicrobial Resistance; antibiotics; microbe; bacteria

Deadline: May 28, 2018 | Date: May 29, 2018-May 30, 2018

Venue/Country: Beijing, China

Updated: 2018-03-09 18:26:24 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

Countering Antimicrobial Resistance

Presented by: The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention| Sichuan University | West China Hospital (SCU) | Institutes of Pharmaceutical Science (CAMS) | Beijing Economic Technological Development Area | Nature Medicine | Nature Microbiology | Nature Biotechnology

May 28-29, 2018

Pullman Beijing South, Beijing, China

This conference will highlight work on understanding the ecology and spread of infectious agents and innovations in screening, therapeutic modalities and new countermeasures to address the spread of organisms resistant to carbapenem or vancomycin as well as multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The focus will be on new approaches in discovery research to antibacterial therapy in the context of the challenges posed by the current commercial, regulatory and public health policy environment.

SESSION TOPICS

• Antimicrobial resistance: policy and pipeline

• Resistance evolution and mobility

• Epidemiology and pathogenomics

• Resistance in the clinic

• Antibiotic discovery and development

• Alternative approaches

ORGANIZERS

Alison Farrell, Nature Medicine, USA

Andrew Jermy, Nature Microbiology, UK

Andrew Marshall, Nature Biotechnology, USA

Xiao-Qing Qiu, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China

For more information and to register, please visit:

nature.com/natureconferences/car2018