Videos in this resource go through the basics of the science behind the antibiotic crisis.
[4 Dec 2018] In this study a new statistical model is presented which has, compared to other methods, a higher performance to identify genes that changes in abundance.
[30 Nov 2018] This study of the genomes of six carbapenem-resistant pathogens highlights many of the difficulties in introducing whole-genome sequencing-based methods for antibiotic susceptibility testing of bacteria.
[28 Nov 2018] Clarivate, the company behind Web of Science, has announced their 2018 list of the 1% most highly cited researchers. The ranking is based on citations of papers published during the last ten years and is adjusted for differences in citations between research fields. Five scientist at the University of Gothenburg made it to the list. Professor Joakim Larsson, director of CARe, is one of these and the only one within the "cross-science" field, reflecting high citations in several disciplines. Click for more (in swedish)
[14 Nov 2018] Professor Joakim Larsson and coworkers receives 8.6 MSEK from the Swedish Research Councils VR and FORMAS for research on the role of the environment in selection and evolution of antibiotic resistance.
[14 Nov 2018] Kristina Luthman, professor of medicinal chemistry at the Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, has been named the recipient of the Faculty of Science¿s 2018 Pedagogical Award.
[7 Nov 2018] The project, which is supported with 5 MSEK, will uncover obstacles to concerted and collective EU action towards prudent antibiotics use.
[5 Nov 2018] Person centred persuation of patients to accept antibiotic stewardship is important and ethically acceptable!
"This serious threat is no longer a prediction for the future, it is happening right now in every region of the world and has the potential to affect anyone, of any age, in any country"
"Without urgent, coordinated action by many stakeholders, the world is headed for a post-antibiotic era, in which common infections and minor injuries which have been treatable for decades can once again kill"
(World Health Organization 2014 regarding the global challenges with antibiotic resistance)
“It is not difficult to make microbes resistant to penicillin in the laboratory by exposing them to concentrations not sufficient to kill them… There is the danger that the ignorant man may easily underdose himself and by exposing his microbes to non-lethal quantities of the drug make them resistant.”
(Alexander Flemming, Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1945)
"Ethics and Value Challenges in Antibiotic Resistance Management, Policy and Research Symposium"
See all talks from the first ever major international conference on this topic.
