Tackling the Silent Pandemic: Novel Materials to Fight Antimicrobial Resistance

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Infectious diseases become harder and harder to treat because microbes develop mechanisms to resist therapeutic interventions.

Thus, antimicrobial resistance spreads as a "silent pandemic" and poses a huge challenge to global health, national health systems and individuals.

For 2050, the UN predicts 10 million deaths per year related to antimicrobial resistance.

Find out what Empa researchers are developing in the laboratory to meet this challenge.

How can the development of resistance be slowed down?

What options do we have for using existing drugs more appropriately and more efficiently?

And how can we prevent the transmission of dangerous germs from contaminated surfaces like door handles to human hands, for example?

If we discover the weak spots of bacteria and use their living, natural competitors or enemies, can we win this battle?

Empa researchers are investigating these and other questions in a variety of projects.

If you are interested in innovative developments and new concepts in the fight against antimicrobial resistance, then drop by: Join us on the frontline of this crucial battle against drug-resistant infections.

Are you interested in health innovations and current developments in medicine?

Then this episode is for you.

Please note that this edition of wissen2go will be held in English.

Programm 17:00Welcome and introductionQun Ren, Group Leader, Biointerfaces Laboratory17:10New Devices to Tackle Antimicrobial ResistanceGiorgia Giovannini, Laboratory of Biomimetic Membranes and TextilesHow to Stop the Surface-mediated Transfer of PathogensMihyun Lee, Biointerfaces LaboratoryNanomaterials meet Light: A Power Couple to Fight Antimicrobial ResistanceGiacomo Reina, Particles-Biology Interactions Laboratory17:55Q&A session18:10Closing ...