Yorkshire Symposium 2024 - Antimicrobial Resistance: Superbugs!
In association with the Florey Institute of Infection, University of Sheffield

Details

When? Saturday 9 November 2024, 10:00 to 16:00
Where? Lecture Theatre 6, The Diamond Building, University of Sheffield, 32 Leavygreave Rd, Broomha
Branch event: Yorkshire

Yorkshire Symposium 2024 - Antimicrobial Resistance: Superbugs!

In association with the Florey Institute of Infection, University of Sheffield

Antimicrobial Resistant (AMR) superbugs are unresponsive to life-saving antibiotics and pose a major threat to global human health with the worst estimates predicting 10 million annual deaths by 2050. They are not a new phenomenon with their existence noted shortly after the release of the first antibiotics in the 1940s, but the continued overuse of antibiotics has led to the development of ever more resistant pathogenic strains.

This symposium will focus on AMR superbugs, their impact in the UK and globally as well as highlight possible strategies to combat them.

Programme

10:00 - Arrival, registration and refreshments

10:25 - Dr Fiona Real CBiol MRSB, Introduction

10:30 - Dr Antony Scimone MRSB, University of Bradford, “Introduction to superbugs.”

11:30 - Dr Tom Darton, University of Sheffield, “Impact of vaccines on antimicrobial use and resistance.”

12:30 - Lunch/poster exhibition by members of the Florey Institute.

(Drinks are provided and food will be available for those who pay and book in advance. Attendees are also welcome to bring packed lunches. There is also a café on site.)

14:00 - Laura MacLachlan - Lead OPAT Clinical Nurse Specialist - Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust "Antimicrobial resistance and superbugs, the challenges in practice"

15:00 - Keynote Speaker: Professor Martha Clokie, University of Leicester, ‘Bacteriophages; the good viruses'

Venue

The symposium will take place in Lecture Theatre 6 in the Diamond Building at the University of Sheffield 32 Leavygreave Road Sheffield S3 7RD. This room is wheelchair accessible and has a hearing loop available.

Information on travel and parking can be found of the University of Sheffield website, for those arriving by car, the nearest car park to the Diamond Building is the Q-park on Rockingham Street, but Park and Ride options are also available.

Who should attend?

This event is intended for adults and students age 16 and upwards.

Cost and booking

RSB and Florey Institute Members: £5
Non-members: £7.50
Unwaged/students/under 18: £2

Optional buffet lunch £12.00

All bookings include refreshments on arrival and at lunch time, advance booking is essential through the link at the top of the page.

Special requirements

If you have accessibility requirements, please let us know during your booking, and we will do what we can to accommodate your needs.

Contact

For specific event queries, please contact Lynda Partridge l.partridge@sheffield.ac.uk

For booking and website queries, contact Lucy Eckersley at regions@rsb.org.uk or on 020 3925 3445.

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Yorkshire Symposium 2024 - Antimicrobial Resistance: Superbugs!
In association with the Florey Institute of Infection, University of Sheffield

Details