Speakers:
– Heike Brötz-Oesterhelt, Chair of Dept. “Microbial Bioactive Compounds”, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, Univ. Tuebingen (Germany)
– Man-Wah Tan, Vice President, Genentech Inc (USA)
Moderator:
– Kim Lewis, Northeastern University Distinguished Professor, Director, Antimicrobial Discovery Center (USA)
In this webinar, the speakers will discuss the breadth of new approaches to antibiotic discovery with a focus on resolving bottlenecks.
Presentation 1: Natural products in antibacterial drug discovery (Heike Brötz-Oesterhelt)
This presentation will focus on examples of antibacterial agents with complex modes of action, methodology for antibacterial mode of action elucidation, and characteristics of natural products as the starting point for antibacterial drug discovery.
Presentation 2: Expanding the chemical space for antimicrobial compounds (Man-Wah Tan)
This presentation will focus on several approaches, such as AI/ML and DNA-encoded libraries to expand the chemical space for synthetic and semi-synthetic compounds
Audience questions will be answered at the end of the webinar.
Date and time:
11 October 2022, 17:00-18:30 CEST
Dedicated registration link here
