Antibiotics Webinar | Structural Aspects of Antimicrobial Peptides and Antimicrobials, 11 May 2023

The world is facing an important challenge regarding the fight against multi-drug resistant microorganisms. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), infection by microorganisms resistant to available antibiotics and antimicrobials may lead to millions of deaths every year by 2050 if advances are not made.

Various molecules have been explored as potential replacements and/or adjuvants to conventional antimicrobials. Among them, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) and other antimicrobial polymers seem very promising due to their membranolytic activity, leading to fast and selective killing, limiting the development of resistance. In addition, contrary to conventional antibiotics, AMPs possess additional activities (including antiviral, antifungal, anticancer, anti-inflammatory and/or wound healing activities), making them able to potentially fight many human diseases. Indeed, many AMPs have already been used in medicine or tested in clinical trials.

The urgency to find a new antimicrobial treatment has also led to the characterization of hundreds of natural or synthetic molecules and the repurposing of molecules that were not initially identified as antimicrobial ones.

The objective of the webinar series “Structural Aspects of Antimicrobial Peptides and Antimicrobials” is to present and discuss important findings regarding the structure–activity relationship (SAR) of antimicrobial molecules, including AMPs, but also other natural, synthetic, or repurposed antimicrobial compounds.

Date: 11 May 2023 at 4:00 p.m. CEST | 10:00 a.m. EDT | 10:00 p.m. CST Asia

Webinar ID: 832 0818 6949

Speaker/Presentation	Time in CEST	Time in EDT
Dr. Marc Maresca Chair Introduction	4:00–4:10 p.m.	10:00–10:10 p.m.
Prof. Marc Devocelle Conjugates, peptidomimetics and prodrugs of antimicrobial peptides	4:10–4:30 p.m.	10:10–10:30 p.m.
Prof. Aurélie Tasiemski Worms as an interesting source of antibiotics	4:30–4:50 p.m.	10:30–10:50 p.m.
Prof. Gregory N. Tew Teaching polymers to act like proteins	4:50–5:10 p.m.	10:50–11:10 p.m.
Q&A Session	5:10–5:25 p.m.	11:10–11:25 p.m.
Dr. Marc Maresca Closing of Webinar	5:25–5:30 p.m.	11:25–11:30 p.m.

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Webinar Chair and Keynote Speakers:

Dr. Marc Maresca, Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France;
Prof. Marc Devocelle, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland;
Prof. Aurélie Tasiemski, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France;
Prof. Gregory N. Tew, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst MA, United States.

Relevant Special Issue:

“Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Structural Aspects of AMPs and Antimicrobials”
Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. J. Michael Conlon, Dr. Marc Maresca and Prof. Dr. Bong-Jin Lee
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2023

“Discovery and MultiFunctionality of Anti-Microbial Peptides”
Guest Editors: Dr. Marc Maresca, Prof. Josette Perrier and Dr. Michael Lafond
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2023