INFRA: Opening seminar

Welcome to the first seminar and meeting of the new research network Interdisciplinary Forum for Research on Antimicrobial resistance (INFRA).

Registration

The seminar is open to all current and prospective INFRA research network participants, but requires registration by February 14.

Participants are invited to give brief presentations on their own research projects related to antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Presenting is not a requirement for participating in the seminar. Please mark your interest for presenting in the registration form.

Register here

Programme

10:00 - 10:10   Welcome with brief round of introduction

10:10 - 11:00   Opening talk on the future of AMR

Tore Midtvedt, Professor Emeritus at Karolinska Institutet, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology

11:00 - 11:10   Short break

11:10 - 12:00   Brief project presentations

  • Eli Feiring: Antimicrobial stewardship in hospitals
  • Nalan Azak: When the remedy becomes a threat: AMR and the lifetimes of epidemics in Turkey
  • Lise Bjerke: Generics across the ocean: Production, regulation and export of Indian antibiotics for African markets
  • Sigurd Høye: BASIC - Better treatment for acute sinusitis in primary care
  • Anne Kveim Lie: Antibiotic futures

12:00 - 12:15   Discussion: What do we want from INFRA?

We would like your input on how INFRA should be organized in the best way, for instance how often we should meet, meeting topics, means of communication (Teams, emails), etc.

12:15 - 12:20   Group photo

12:20 - 13:00   Lunch 

A light lunch will be served in the canteen.

Questions?

Contact: Lise Bjerke

Published Nov. 1, 2019 8:59 AM - Last modified May 8, 2023 5:17 PM