Keynotes

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Patricia Poeta, PhD

Affiliation: Head of Medical Microbiology Laboratory | Applied Biomolecular Sciences (UCIBIO) – REQUIMTE | Veterinary Science Department, School of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real (Portugal)
Title: Evaluation of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in wild animals from the One-Health perspective

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Carmen Torres, PhD

Affiliation: University of Rioja (Spain)
Title: Methicllin resistant Staphylococcus aureus with the emergent mecC mechanism. Evolution in different ecosystems

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Manuela Caniça, PhD

Affiliation: National Reference Laboratory of Antibiotic Resistances and Healthcare Associated Infections, at National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge (Portugal)
Title: How will finish the unrest of carbapenemases?

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Robert Hodges, PhD

Affiliation: University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Aurora (USA)
Title: De novo Design of Antimicrobial Peptides to Remove Eukaryotic Cell Toxicity, Control Pathogen Selectivity and Activity Against Colistin and Polymyxin B (antibiotics of last resort) Resistant Strains

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Brian Coombes, PhD

Affiliation: Department of Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University (Canada)
Title: Harnessing host-pathogen interactions in the fight against drug-resistant bacteria

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Dr. Xuanxian Peng

Affiliation: School of Life Sciences, Yat-sen Sun University, Guangzhou (China)
Title: Exogenous glutamate plus aminoglycoside antibiotics kills multidrug-resistant bacteria through a novel pathway: more than the TCA cycle