On Monday, June 15, at 18:00 EEST, we are delighted to host our guest Prof. Mihai Pop and Nathalie Bonin from the University of Maryland, USA, who will present about #antibioticresistance #bioinformatics #genomics.

Talk: "Challenges in the computational prediction of antibiotic resistance"

Abstract:
Antibiotic resistance is an increasing public health threat, with the potential to render many infectious illnesses incurable. Even when certain infections are susceptible to some of the antibiotics in today’s medical toolkit, finding the right antibiotic for treating a patient is becoming increasingly hard as bacteria develop resistance to first-line treatments. Laboratory-based antibiotic susceptibility assays are effort-intensive and slow, so there is increasing interest in combining relatively rapid DNA sequencing with computational tools for predicting the resistance profile of biological samples. In this talk, Prof. Pop and Mrs. Bonin will provide an overview of some of the challenges and opportunities associated with the computational prediction of antibiotic resistance from DNA sequencing data, and will present results from research conducted in Prof. Pop group.

Keywords: antibiotic resistance, bioinformatics, genomics

Resources:

• Prof. Mihai Pop: https://pop-lab.org

Format: Online, free to attend, registration required: zoom

Organization: YMS is organized by RSBI and is linked to RoBioinfo Seminars

Chair: Marius Surleac

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