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Plant Pathology, INRA-PACA, Avignon, France
Interests: bacteriophages; plant bacterial pathogens; evolution; antimicrobial resistance; biocontrol; microbiome
Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry “Scuola Medica Salernitana”, University of Salerno, 84081 Salerno, Italy
Interests: clinical pharmacology; pharmacogenetics; pharmacoeconomy; appropriateness of drug prescribing; personalized medicine; oxidative stress; aging; cardiovascular diseases; exercise training
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Chemistry Department, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70121 Bari, Italy
Interests: nanotechnology; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; infrared spectroscopy; electrochemistry; antimicrobials; transmission electron microscopy
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Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valladolid, Avda Ramon y Cajal 7, 47005 Valladolid, Spain
Interests: food microbiology; food safety; foodborne pathogens; predictive microbiology; antimicrobials; microbial dynamics; microbiota; genomics
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2nd Department of Intensive Care, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 'Attikon' Hospital, Athens, Greece
Interests: infectious diseases; multi drug resistance; fungal infections; critical care
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Dipartimento di Scienze e Innovazione Tecnologica DISIT, Amedeo Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Vercelli, Italy
Interests: natural products; fungi; plants; NMR; chiroptical properties; total synthesis; anti-insect activity; anti-bacterial activity
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School of Biological Sciences, Harborne Building, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AS, UK
Interests: antimicrobial resistance; bioinformatics; environmental microbiology; metabarcoding; metagenomics; molecular biology

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Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Interests: infection biology; how different pathogen alter host defense mechanisms to survive in the host; antibiotic resistance and its underlying mechanisms; respiratory tract infection such as tuberculosis & pneumonia; autophagy; antimicrobial peptides and host-pathogen interaction
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School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK
Interests: drug discovery; antibiotics; Mycobacteria; tuberculosis; abscessus; pathogenesis; drug target; mechanism of action

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Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino "Carlo Bo", Urbino, Italy
Interests: antimicrobial resistance; carbapenemase; enterobacteriaceae; molecular typing; plasmid characterization; genetics; molecular biology; identification of vaccine candidates
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Faculty of Science, Université de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
Interests: molecular microbiology; antibiotic resistance; heavy metals; environmental and clinical microbiology; ecosystems; streptomyces; natural drugs; metagenomics; persistent organic pollutants (POPs); impact assessment

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School of Biomedical Sciences and Astbury Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Interests: membrane proteins; transport proteins; multidrug efflux; antimicrobial resistance; antibiotics; drug discovery and delivery; protein structure and function; chemistry; biochemical and biophysical methods; computational methods
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Centre for International Health and Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Interests: antibiotic resistance; vaccine-preventable diseases; maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health; complex interventions; behaviour change; public health
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Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Malattie Infettive, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Interests: clinical microbiology; Chlamydia; bacterial pathogenesis; pathogen-host interactions; infection and cardiovascular diseases; cervicovaginal microbiota;biofilm; in vitro susceptibility testing; antibacterial agents
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Department of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Interests: medicinal chemistry and drug design; synthesis of bioactive compounds; antimicrobial resistance; development of novel antibacterial and antiparasitic agents; spectroscopy; computer-aided structure–activity relationship studies; anticancer agents
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Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Interests: antibiotics; antimicrobial resistance; polymyxins; peptide chemistry; peptide mimicry; drug discovery; organic synthesis
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Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Interests: salmonella; campylobacter; veterinary public health; molecular microbiology of resistance genes in foodborne pathogens
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Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy
Interests: peri-implantitis; biomaterials; antimicrobial surface decontamination, dental implants; biofilm; implant decontamination; antimicrobial mouthwash
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School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, CA, USA
Interests: antibiotic resistance; phages; evolution; metagenomics; bioinformatics

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Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Interests: nanoparticle-based solutions; small molecule drug and gene therapy approaches; MDR-TB; MRSA
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Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica, Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
Interests: clinical biochemistry; enzyme kinetics; antimicrobial resistance; natural bioactive compounds; SOS response in bacteria; antimicrobial adjuvants
Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy
Interests: antibiotic biosynthesis and Actinomycetes; antibiotic resistance; microbiome; resistome; glycopeptides; regulation
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Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuyama University, Fukuyama 729-0292, Japan
Interests: clinical pharmacology; drug safety and adverse drug reactions; pharmacoepidemiology; therapeutic drug monitoring; pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics; critical care pharmacotherapy; antimicrobial stewardship and antimicrobial resistance; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and drug disposition
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Clinical & Health Sciences, University of South Australia, UniSA Cancer Research Institute, HB6-25, North Terrace, City West Campus, Adelaide 5000, Australia
Interests: lipid vesicles; supported lipid bilayers; permeation enhancers; cellular membrane mimics; liposomes

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Department of General Surgery, Surgical Specialities and Organ Transplantation "Paride Stefanini", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Interests: general surgery; abdominal wall surgery

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Laboratory of Hygiene of Foods of Animal Origin, Veterinary Faculty, University of Thessaly, Karditsa, Greece
Interests: natural antimicrobials; foodborne pathogens; public health; One Health; antimicrobial resistance
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Clinical Science Department, Faculty of Health Science, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain
Interests: multidrug resistance; quinolone; beta-lactam; colistin; bacterial outer membrane; plasmid
1. Institut Pasteur International Network, LR16IPT01, Tunis, Tunisia
2. Department of Mycology, Fungal Biology & Pathogenicity, Paris, France
Interests: molecular mycology; antifungal agents; antifungal drug resistance; host-fungal interactions
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John Dawson Drug Discovery and Development Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellbeing, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UK
Interests: industrial biotechnology; natural product discovery; antimicrobial resistance; genomics; strain improvement; scale-up fermentation
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