Cornell Center for Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Education Symposium
Antimicrobial Resistance : Research Synergies in Human and Animal Medicine
22-23 March, 2023
Uris Auditorium, Weill Cornell Medicine New York, NY
Register here for this 2-day event. Food, travel, and accomodations provided.
Wednesday, 22 March 2023
7 am Bus departure from Ithaca (arrival in NYC about 11 am)
11:30 am Lunch
12:15 pm Welcome and Introductions (Symposia Co-Chairs)
12:30 pm Session 1: Back to basics- understanding the ‘M’ of AMR
Presentations by Cornell faculty (25 minutes)
Session Keynote (60 minutes)
All presentations to be broadcast via zoom
John Helmann, Professor, Department of Microbiology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Bacterial stress responses
Tobias Dörr, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Cell wall physiology and antibiotic susceptibility and tolerance
Heather Feaga, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ribosome physiology
Sabine Ehrt, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine
Physiologic mediators of intrinsic antibiotic resistance
Session Keynote
Mary Dunlop, Associate Professor, College of Engineering, Boston University
4:30 pm Poster Session with Refreshments (beer/wine and light snacks)
7 pm Dinner at Griffis Faculty Club
Thursday, 23 March 2023
7:30am Breakfast
8:30 am Session Keynote
Yonatan Grad, Melvin J. and Geraldine L. Glimcher Associate Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/yonatan-grad/
10:00 am Session 2: Taking stock and sizing up the OneHealth ecology of AMR
Presentations by Cornell faculty (25 minutes)
Session Keynote (60 minutes)
All presentations to be broadcast via live stream
Lars Westblade, Associate Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases; Director of Clinical Microbiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital- Weill Cornell Medicine
Antimicrobial resistance detection in clinical microbiology
Martin Wiedmann, Gellert Family Professor, Department of Food Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Antimicrobial resistance among foodborne pathogens
Ilana Brito, Assistant Professor, Mong Family Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellow in Biomedical Engineering, Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering
Antimicrobial resistance in the microbiome
Renata Ivanek, Associate Professor, Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine
Determining antimicrobial use in animal agriculture
Amelia Greiner Safi, Associate Professor of Practice, Department of Public and Ecosystem Health, College of Veterinary Medicine
Antimicrobial resistance, perceptions and behavior change
12 pm Lunch with Working Groups
WG1 Collaborative Opportunities for Novel Therapy Development
Goals:
Identify clinical problems (“data gaps”) of tolerance and resistance that need to be addressedCreate collaborations between applied/clinical scientists and basic scientists to develop integrated translational program projects.Create new antibiotics based upon novel targetsDevelop alternatives to antibiotics that target the pathogen or the host responseWG2 Collaborative Opportunities in Pathology, Pharmacy and the Clinical Environment
Goals:
Develop new means to track resistant organisms and their resistance genesProvide rapid and accurate susceptibility tests to aid clinical decisionsWG3 Epidemiology/Public Health/Stewardship
Goals:
Monitor antimicrobial resistance in pathogens of medical and veterinary importanceDevelop public health strategies to prevent the emergence of antimicrobial resistance based upon these dataIdentify antimicrobial stewardship practices that ensure enhanced clinical outcomes in animal and human populations1 pm Session 3: Taking the ‘R’ out of AMR- Innovative approaches to targeting resistant pathogens
Presentations by Cornell faculty (30 minutes)
Session Keynote (60 minutes)
All presentations to be broadcast via live stream
Craig Altier, Professor of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine
Novel approaches to targeting animal to human transmission of foodborne pathogens
David Russell, Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine
Host-pathogen-based approaches to antibacterial development
Kyu Rhee, Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Transmission blocking strategies against antimicrobial resistance
Sunny Jung, Professor, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Fluid dynamics-based approaches to microbial decontamination
Ailong Ke, Robert J. Appel Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
CRISPR interference and riboswitch-based approaches to antimicrobial resistance
Session Keynote
Carl Nathan, R.A. Rees Pritchett Professor of Microbiology, Weill Cornell Medicine
https://research.cornell.edu/researchers/carl-f-nathan
4:30 pm Summary and Concluding Remarks (Co-Chairs)
4:45 pm Meeting adjourned
5 pm Bus departure for Ithaca
Boxed meals for traveling guests
