IMSE Webinar Series
Challenges in Antimicrobial Resistance
The challenge that will be discussed in this session is:
Synthetic Biology in Yeast for Sensing Pathogens and Secreting Antimicrobials
Join us for this informal webinar with Professor Tom Ellis. There will be an opportunity for question and answer after the presentation. To join this webinar you must register in advance and you will be emailed the joining instructions for the webinar.
Biography
Professor Tom Ellis
Faculty of Engineering , Department of Bioengineering , Professor of Synthetic Genome Engineering
Tom Ellis is leading a research team in synthetic genome engineering and synthetic biology in the Department of Bioengineering. He has track record in synthetic biology, being author of over 50 publications in synthetic biology including work in Cell, Nature Methods, Nature Biotechnology, PNAS and Nature Reviews. He is leader of the UK-funded project to build a synthetic yeast chromosome for the international synthetic yeast project (Sc2.0). He co-leads the teaching of Imperial’s synthetic biology undergraduate module and has won multiple awards for teaching and for supervision of iGEM teams. His research focuses on developing the foundational tools for accelerating, automating and scaling design-led synthetic genomics and synthetic biology, focusing on research projects in yeast (S. cerevisiae) as well as applied projects in other industrially-relevant and medically-relevant microbes.
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More webinars in the Antimicrobial Resistance Webinar series:
- 30 April 14.00 Viral Interferon Inhibiting Proteins and Self-Amplifying RNA Vaccines presented by Dr Anna Blakney
- 7 May 14.00 Studying Ratcheting Complexity in Evolution presented by Dr Morgan Beeby
- 14 May 14.00 Engineering Smart Surfaces: From The Laboratory Towards Real Life Use presented by Professor Nicholas Harrison, Professor Daryl Williams and Dr Gerald Larrouy-Maumus
- 21 May 14.00 How Artificial Gut Systems Show How Gut Microbiota Protect from Infection presented by Dr Julie McDonald
- 28 May 14.00 Synthetic Biology in Yeast for Sensing Pathogens Secreting Antimicrobials presented by Professor Tom Ellis
- 11 June 14.00 An Emerging Low-Cost Bacteria Adhesive Surfaces presented by Dr Pavani Cherukupally
- 18 June 14.00 Low Cost Polymeric Materials with Anti-Microbial Properties presented by Professor Daryl Williams
- 25 June 14.00 Lymphatic System Transport and Vaccine Adjuvants presented by Professor James Moore.
- 2 July 14.00 Microchip Technology enabling rapid diagnostics : from AMR – COVID-19 presented by Dr Pantelis Georgiou
For more information about IMSE involvement with surfaces to combat Antimicrobial Resistance please read our briefing paper Smart Surfaces to Tackle Infection and Anti Microbial Resistance