Antimicrobials in the era of AMR Virtual event November 19th 2021 at 14:00 EDT
During World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (Nov. 18-24 2021), the 平特五不中 AMR Centre and Innovation + Partnership office are hosting the inaugural 平特五不中 AMR Innovation Summit, a virtual event aimed at discussing antimicrobial R&D and building collaborations and partnerships between 平特五不中 scientists and non-academic stakeholders.
Program
- 14:00-14:30 Keynote speaker Erin Duffy, PhD | 鈥淏uilding a Portfolio of Products to Address AMR鈥�听听 (public event)
- 14:30-15:00 Panel discussion (public event)
- 15:00-16:00 Industry-Academic networking event (private event)
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Keynote speaker Erin Duffy, PhD, Chief of Research & Development, CARB-X
CARB-X is a global non-profit partnership dedicated to accelerating antibacterial research to tackle the global rising threat of drug-resistant bacteria. CARB-X funds the world鈥檚 largest early development pipeline of new antibiotics, vaccines, rapid diagnostics, and other products to prevent, diagnose and treat life-threatening bacterial infections. Prior to CARB-X, she worked at Melinta Therapeutics (fka Rib-X Pharmaceuticals) where she became EVP, Chief Scientific Officer. Erin began her career in the Central Research Labs of Pfizer as a computational chemist and structural biologist.
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Panel Discussion Challenges and Opportunities for Antimicrobial Research and Development in the Era of AMR
With experts from industry and academia.
Confirmed panelists:
鈥� Erin Duffy, PhD, Chief of Research & Development, CARB-X
鈥� Joseph Mancini, PhD, Head of Pharmacology and Biologics, Senior Director at adMare BioInnovations
鈥� Nicolas Moitessier, PhD, Professor in Chemistry (平特五不中), co-founder of Molecular Forecaster
鈥� Martin Schmeing, PhD, Professor in Biochemistry (平特五不中), Director of Centre for Structural Biology
鈥� Makeda Semret, MSc, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology (平特五不中); Lead, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (MUHC)
鈥� Christopher Tan, PhD, Director, BD&L, Infectious Diseases & Vaccines, Merck & Co., Inc.
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If you have any questions, please contact us at amrcentre [at] mcgill.ca
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