Antimicrobial Resistance, Diagnostics and Drug Discovery Workshop

We are delighted to invite you to the Antimicrobial Resistance, Diagnostics and Drug Discovery workshop that is being organised by Edinburgh Infectious Diseases on Thursday 23 April 2015.

With the current high profile of AMR, and considerable funding now available for AMR research, it is timely to showcase the research that is being carried out in Edinburgh in this field and explore how we can better work together to maximise our efforts.

The workshop will be held in the Grant Institute on the Kings Buildings campus of the University of Edinburgh. There will be presentations from external funders and policy makers, including Professor Dilip Nathwani, currently President of the British Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, and representatives from the MRC AMR Funders Forum. We have allowed considerable time to hear from Edinburgh researchers in different fields which impinge upon AMR, including biologists, clinicians and physical scientists. Time has also been set aside for small group discussions to allow participants to think about how best to draw together the expertise in Edinburgh.

Provisional programme
SESSION ONE: 9.30 - 11.10 am

• Welcome
• Till Bachmann (Division of Infection and Pathway Medicine, University of Edinburgh)
• Burden of AMR
• Mark Woolhouse (School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh)
• Funding opportunities in academia
• Ghada Zoubiane (MRC/Antimicrobial Resistance Funders' Forum AMRFF)
• Funding opportunities in industry
• Penny Wilson (Innovate UK / Precision Medicine Catapult)
• The Longitude Prize
• Joshua Ryan-Saha (Nesta)

SESSION TWO: 11.30 - 12.45 pm

• AMR in gram negative bacteria
• Tammie Schneiders (Division of Infection and Pathway Medicine, University of Edinburgh)
• Zoonotic spread of resistance
• Ross Fitzgerald (Roslin Institute, Universtiy of Edinburgh)
• Antibiotic prescription in hospitals
• Claire Mackintosh and Carol Price (Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh)
• Antibiotic use and prescription in veterinary care
• Sally Argyle (Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Science, University of Edinburgh)
• Imaging infection in the lung - the PROTEUS Project
• Kev Dhaliwal (Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh)

SESSION THREE: 1.45 - 3.45 pm

• Vaccine alternatives to antibiotics in aquaculture
• Kim Thompson (Moredun Research Institute)
• Structural biochemistry and drug design
• Malcolm Walkinshaw (School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh)
• Molecular diagnostics and POC detection
• Till Bachmann (Division of Infection and Pathway Medicine, University of Edinburgh)
• Engineering solutions for AMR diagnostics
• Stewart Smith (School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh)
• Whole-cell studies of anti-microbial peptides
  
  • Wilson Poon (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh)
• Socioecnomic aspects of AMR
• Joyce Tait (Innogen Institute, University of Edinburgh)
• Antimicrobial stewardship in Scotland
• Dilip Nathwani (School of Medicine, University of Dundee; 2015 President of BSAC

DISCUSSION: 4.15 - 5.15 pm