This virtual conference was jointly organised by BSAC and GARDP. For ACC2023, the collaborating organisations were Africa CDC and ReAct Africa.
Programme
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SESSION ONE: KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Chair: Professor Laura JV Piddock, Scientific Director, GARDP - View Bio
1000
1100
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1100
View session one. This video consists of the following presentations:
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1130
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Introductory remarks
Professor Laura JV Piddock, Scientific Director, GARDP - View Bio
1035
1135
1235
1135
Is antimicrobial discovery responding to current needs? How do we move from here?
Dr Mirfin Mpundu, Director, ReAct Africa - View Bio
1055
1155
1255
1155
Q&A
SESSION TWO: Drug discovery - new targets and new chemistry
Chair: Dr Keith Miller, Senior Lecturer in Medical Microbiology, Sheffield Hallam University - View Bio
1000
1100
1200
1100
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Antiviral drug discovery: preparing for the next pandemic
Professor Rosemary Dorrington, Professor: Marine natural Products Research, Rhodes University - View Bio
1130
1230
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1230
Awakening sleeping antibiotics
Professor Gilles P. van Wezel, Director, Institute of Biology & Professor of Microbial Biotechnology, Leiden University, The Netherlands - View Bio
1145
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Bioinformatics as a tool to identify and synthesise of new antibiotics
Dr César de la Fuente, Presidential Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania - View Bio
1200
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Q&A
SESSION THREE: Preclinical antimicrobial development
Chair: Dr Christopher Longshaw, Senior Director, EU Scientific Affairs, Shionogi BV & BSAC Honorary Treasurer - View Bio
1220
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Recent developments in PK-PD
Professor Lena Friberg, Professor of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics at the Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, Sweden - View Bio
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Challenges of discovery of new antibiotics
Dr Ursula Theuretzbacher, Center for Anti-Infective Agents, Vienna - View Bio
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Discovery and pre-clinical development of new antimicrobials in Africa
Dr Greg Basarab, H3D - University of Cape Town - View Bio
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Q&A
SESSION FOUR: Panel discussion - Development of non-traditional antimicrobials
Chair: Dr Ursula Theuretzbacher, Center for Anti-Infective Agents, Vienna - View Bio
1325
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1425
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Q&A
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Day One - Closing remarks
Dr Christopher Longshaw, Senior Director, EU Scientific Affairs, Shionogi BV & BSAC Honorary Treasurer - View Bio
SESSION FIVE: Clinical Development and Use of New agents
Chair: Alison Luckey, GARDP - View Bio
1030
1130
1230
1130
View session five. This video consists of the following presentations:
1030
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Introductory remarks
Dr Christopher Longshaw, Senior Director, EU Scientific Affairs, Shionogi BV & BSAC Honorary Treasurer - View Bio
1035
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Zoliflodacin Phase 3 study
Professor Sinead Delany-Moretlwe, Director: Research, Wits RHI & Professor of Global Health & Infectious Diseases, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg - View Bio
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Compassionate use of Cefiderocol to treat documented XDR-AB infections at the intensive care unit
Professor Federico Pea, Full Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Italy - View Bio
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Q&A
SESSION SIX: ORAL POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Chair: Dr Mirfin Mpundu, Director, ReAct Africa - View Bio
1140
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1240
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Association of meropenem with ethambutol enhances the exposure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis peptidoglycan and promotes its synergistic killing
Mr Francisco Olivença, PhD Candidate, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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Assessment of availability of essential antimicrobial agents in north India
Dr Rachna Rohilla, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, AIIMS Bathinda
1150
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The SA-UK Antimicrobial Drug Discovery Hub: Harnessing the potential of natural products as antimicrobial lead compounds
Miss Roxanne Leigh Higgitt, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa
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Interplay Between Clinical Stringent Response-Activating Mutations, Antibiotic Tolerance and Bacterial Fitness
Dr Joanne Hobbs, Research Associate & Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology, University of Victoria, Canada
1200
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Infection control of Healthcare-associated infections in Ukraine
Dr Yulian Konechnyi, National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
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Q&A
SESSION SEVEN: National action plan progress/policy
Chair: Dr Yewande Alimi, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Program Coordinator, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention & co-lead for the Africa Union Task force on AMR - View Bio
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Development of the National Policy and Action Plan and accompanying strategies for Antimicrobial Resistance in Kenya
Dr Evelyn Wesangula, Senior AMR Control Specialist, East Central and Southern Africa Health Community (ECSA- HC) - View Bio
1240
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MAAP DATA
Dr Pascale Ondoa, Director of Science & New Initiatives, African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) - View Bio
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Widening access to antibiotics in LMICs
Professor Samuel Kariuki, Chief Research Scientist and Director, Research and Development, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kenya - View Bio
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Q&A
SESSION EIGHT: Panel discussion - Regulatory paths for new treatment modalities
Chair: Dr Valeria Gigante, Team Lead, One Health Research Priority-setting and Synergy in AMR, WHO - View Bio
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View session eight. This video consists of the following presentations:
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Q&A
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Closing remarks
Professor Laura JV Piddock, Scientific Director, GARDP - View Bio
Virtual poster gallery
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