IMSE Webinar Series
Challenges in Antimicrobial Resistance
The challenge that will be discussed in this session is:
Challenges in Writing a History of Antimicrobial Resistance
Join us for this informal webinar with Dr Emily Mayhew. 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.
Abstract
The first age of antibiotics began in 1941, when penicillin was first administered to a human patient and we became masters of bacterial infection. This first age is over. We now live in the second age where the balance of power is being renegotiated. Our challenge is to make this second age of antibiotics a very long one. The current negotiations between humans and bacteria are some of the most awesomely multi-disciplinary research activities being done anywhere on earth. Across the medical space, from war to peace, in highly resourced healthcare infrastructures to those with very little, from acute hospital care to the primary care of individuals by family practitioners, we find specialist researchers ensuring that everything from genetic engineering to institutional communication supports the goal of securing the long second age of antibiotics. It is not only a challenge for a historian to fully account for their dedication and expertise, it is a duty and an inspiration.
Biography
Dr Emily Mayhew
Faculty of Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, Visiting Researcher
Dr Mayhew is a military medical historian specialising in the study of severe casualty, its infliction, treatment and long-term outcomes in 20th and 21st century warfare. She is historian in residence in the Department of Bioengineering, working primarily with the researchers and staff of The Royal British Legion Centre for Blast Injury Studies, and a Research Fellow in the Division of Surgery within the Department of Surgery and Cancer. She is based jointly in the Department of Bioengineering and at the Chelsea and Westminster campus.
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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 16.00 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
- 9 July 14.00 Challenges in Writing a History of Antimicrobial Resistance presented by Dr Emily Mayhew
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