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22 November 2024
Antibiotics Webinar | Structural Aspects of AMPs and Antimicrobials, 3 December 2024
The world is facing an important challenge regarding the fight against multi-drug-resistant microorganisms. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), infection by microorganisms resistant to available antibiotics and antimicrobials may lead to millions of deaths every year by 2050 if advances are not made.
Various molecules have been explored as potential replacements and/or adjuvants to conventional antimicrobials. Among them, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) and other antimicrobial polymers seem very promising due to their membranolytic activity, leading to fast and selective killing and limiting the development of resistance. In addition, in contrast with conventional antibiotics, AMPs possess additional activities (including antiviral, antifungal, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, and/or wound healing activities), making them able to potentially fight many human diseases. Indeed, many AMPs have already been used in medicine or tested in clinical trials.
The urgency to find a new antimicrobial treatment has also led to the characterization of hundreds of natural or synthetic molecules and the repurposing of molecules that were not initially identified as antimicrobial ones.
The objective of the webinar series “Structural Aspects of Antimicrobial Peptides and Antimicrobials” is to present and discuss important findings regarding the structure–activity relationship (SAR) of antimicrobial molecules, including not only AMPs but also other natural, synthetic, or repurposed antimicrobial compounds.
Date: 3 December 2024 at 2:00 p.m. CET | 10:00 a.m. Brazil | 9:00 p.m. CST Asia
Webinar ID: 812 9184 0835
Website: https://sciforum.net/event/Antibiotics-8
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Program:
| Speaker | Presentation Title | Time in CET | Time in Brazil | Time in CST Asia |
| Dr. Marc Maresca | Chair Introduction | 2:00–2:10 p.m. | 10:00–10:10 a.m. | 9:00–9:10 p.m. |
| Prof. Sylvie Rebuffat | The Devious Killing Strategies of Antimicrobial Peptides From Bacteria | 2:10–2:30 p.m. | 10:10–10:30 a.m. | 9:10–9:30 p.m. |
| Prof. Octavio Luiz Franco | Structural Design of Novel Antimicrobial Peptides by Using AI and Other Bioinformatic Tools | 2:30–2:50 p.m. | 10:30–10:50 a.m. | 9:30–9:50 p.m. |
| Q&A Session | 2:50–3:05 p.m. | 10:50–11:05 a.m. | 9:50–10:05 p.m. | |
| Dr. Marc Maresca | Closing of Webinar | 3:05–3:10 p.m. | 11:05–11:10 a.m. | 10:05–10:10 p.m. |
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information on how to join the webinar. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized.
Unable to attend? Register anyway and we will let you know when the recording is available to watch.
Webinar Chair and Keynote Speakers:
- Marc Maresca, Institut des Sciences Moléculaires de Marseille (ISM2) – BiosCiences – UMR 7313 CNRS Aix Marseille Université, France;
- Sylvie Rebuffat, Laboratoire Molécules de Communication et Adaptation des Microorganismes (MCAM), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France;
- Octavio Luiz Franco, 1 Center for Proteomics and Biochemical Analysis, Postgraduate Program in Genomic Sciences and Biotechnology, Catholic University of Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil; 2 Postgraduate Program in Biotechnology, S-Inova Biotech, Dom Bosco Catholic University, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil.
Relevant Topical Collection:
“Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Structural Aspects of AMPs and Antimicrobials”
Collection Editors: Michael Conlo, Marc Maresca, Bong-Jin Lee and Aurélie Tasiemski
