Combatting bacterial pathogenesis: from single-cell sequencing to novel antibiotics
Event details
| Date | 14.03.2023 |
| Hour | 12:15 › 13:15 |
| Speaker | Zemer Gitai, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
| Event Language | English |
The rise in resistance to known antibiotics has made developing new approaches to combatting bacterial pathogens increasingly urgent. I will discuss work from my lab that aims to address this unmet need by bringing quantitative and biophysical perspectives to the problem. For example, we have combined machine learning and morphometric studies to design screens for antibiotics with novel mechanisms of action. Meanwhile, novel methods for single-cell transcriptional analysis enable new insights into the heterogeneity of bacterial responses to antibiotics, which may in turn help improve their use in treating infections.
Practical information
- Informed public
- Free
Organizer
- Alexandre Persat