Speakers:

• Mark Webber, Group Leader, Quadram Institute (UK)
• Freya Harrison, Principal Investigator, School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick (UK)

Moderator: Laura Piddock, GARDP (Switzerland)

Presentation 1: Biofilm adaptation – the good the bad and the ugly (Mark Webber)

• An introduction to biofilms and their importance in health and disease
• Discussion of why biofilms are inherently antimicrobial-resistant
• Explanation of how biofilms adapt to antimicrobial stress and the impacts of this on the bacterial cell

Presentation 2: Building & using models of lung and wound biofilms (Freya Harrison)

• Why we need tailored models of cystic fibrosis lung and diabetic foot infection
• Biofilm and antibiotic-tolerant phenotype of P. aeruginosa in CF lung model
• The value of using a synthetic wound model for discovering natural products with antibiofilm potential

This live webinar included an interactive Q&A and was broadcast on 21 October 2021.

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