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NDPIA, Past courses and activities

Summary of Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance course 2022

The antibiotics and antibiotic resistance course in 2022 was held during 4-8 April at Hjortviken Konferens in Mölnlycke, Gothenburg. This course was co-organized by NDPIA and the Norwegian PhD School in Infection Biology and Antimicrobials (IBA).  

Antibiotic resistance is a global public health concern that threatens the use of modern medical therapies to fight infectious diseases. The aim of this course was to introduce antibiotic resistance from a microbial perspective and from a clinical – One Health perspective. The fruitful collaboration between NDPIA and IBA made it possible to invite twenty-three national and international lecturers covering wide expertise in this field. The course provided an overview on the modes of action of antibiotics and how microbes resist the effects of antibiotics, on diagnostic methods to detect known and novel resistance genes, on the origins of resistance genes and the biological cost of resistance for the microbe, and on new antibiotic development and alternative therapeutics for infectious disease. In addition, ethics of antibiotic resistance management was also discussed.  

Group photo of the participants and organizers of the Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance course in 2022. Photo: Hanna Eriksson.
“The opportunity to interact with the top-class lecturers in such a small group was amazing! Very high quality of the talks, I’m impressed!”
-Anonymous participant

Both NDPIA and IBA put a high value on the networking opportunities during their activities and the lectures were thus combined with poster sessions enabling the participants to present and discuss their own research. In addition, time was provided for informal discussions and to build national and international scientific networks between participants and lecturers. 

“The enthusiasm of all the participants, both students and speakers, was amazing. All the topics were relevant and important to understand antibiotic resistance. It is a very insightful and complete course, which I believe is the most important strength of it. I also appreciated a lot that international speakers attended the talk, as well as some people from outside academia.”
-Anonymous participant 

To see the full course program, please visit:  Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance course 2022 | NDPIA

Many thanks to the organizing committee: 

Michael Koomey, University of Oslo, IBA National Coordinator
Tina Svingerud, University of Oslo, IBA Project Coordinator
Debra Milton, Umeå University, NDPIA National Coordinator
Arnfinn Sundsfjord, University of Tromso -The Arctic University of Norway
Carl-Fredrik Flach, University of Gothenburg, NDPIA Director of Studies
Diarmaid Hughes, Uppsala University
Helen Wang, Uppsala University, NDPIA Director of Studies
Johanna Ulrica Ericson, University of Tromso -The Arctic University of Norway
Ørjan Samuelsen, University of Tromso -The Arctic University of Norway
Hanna Eriksson, Umeå University, NDPIA Project Coordinator
NDPIA, News

International Joint Meeting Infection Biology and Antibiotics 2022

NDPIA members are invited to the International Joint Meeting Infection Biology and Antibiotics 2022, which will take place in Berlin, Germany, from May 2-4, 2022.

The event is a Joint Meeting of:

with funding from the Joachim Herz Foundation.

We will be joined by these external guest speakers:

  • Anna Blom, Medical Protein Chemistry Group, Lund University, Sweden,
  • Juan A. Hermoso, Crystallography and Structural Biology, Inst. Quimica-Fisica “Rocasolano”, CSIC, Spain, and
  • Muriel Gugger, Collection of Cyanobacteria, Institut Pasteur, France

All doctoral researchers from the participating graduate programmes are invited to present their research in talks and posters.

Registration deadline: April 3, 2022.

Date and Time

May 2, 2022 – May 4, 2022

Location

Hotel Holiday Inn Berlin City East, Berlin, Germany

Read more and register on the meeting site

NDPIA, News

The mosquito-borne pathogens and their vectors course is finally happening!

When:
7 – 10 June, 2022

Where:
Minor Groove, Umeå University

What:
The aim of this NDPIA course is to provide an in depth understanding of pathogen-vector interaction and transmission dynamics of mosquito-borne pathogen. It will provide better understanding of mosquitoes as vectors of arboviruses and parasites most of which are zoonotic in nature and affect both humans and animals. The course will include various aspects of the mosquito vector including; ecology, biology, population genetics, competence, capacity and how these factors influence transmission to the susceptible host. The course will also cover vector surveillance, identification, diagnostics, prevention and control, as well as application of high-throughput sequencing platforms in virus discovery.

Suggested ECTS:
1.5 ECTS. This must be discussed with your University. You will receive a certificate stating the suggested ECTS, your attendance and the workload.

Click here to register!

Registration deadline: April 30th, 2022

NDPIA, News

Invitation to UCMR Distinguished Guests Seminar Series

UCMR invites you to join the following seminar in the scope of the UCMR Distinguished Guests Seminars Series!

March 15 2022, 14:00-15:00, Zoom

Michail Lionakis
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, NIH, USA
Title of the talk: “Host defense against fungi: From the bench to the bedside”

Register here

UCMR Distinguished Guests Seminar Series (DGSS) aim to invite outstanding international scientists to present their excellent work. The seminars are open to all researchers in Sweden. The mission of this programme is to inspire researchers in Umeå and to connect the research environment of UCMR to the world.

More information about the seminar series