Topical Advisory Panel

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Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Interests: Streptococcus pneumoniae; bacterial cell envelope; capsular polysaccharide; cell shape; peptidoglycan synthesis
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Associate Professor, Department of Health Sciences, Clinical Microbiology Unit, “Magna Graecia” University, Catanzaro, Italy
Interests: antibiotic resistance; infectious disease; pathogenic mechanisms; bacteriology; virology
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School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK
Interests: biofilms; metallotherapeutic compounds; implant-associated infections; novel antimicrobial agents; reactive oxygen species; reactive nitrogen species; carbon monoxide and CO-releasing molecules
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School of Chemical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
Interests: antimicrobial; antibiotic; target delivery systems; nanomaterials; biomaterials; food safety

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Department of Plant, Soil, and Agricultural Systems, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA
Interests: biochemistry; molecular biology; physiology; genetics; functional genomics
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School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, No. 135, Xingang Xi Road, Guangzhou 510275, China
Interests: antibiotic resistance; infectious diseases; tuberculosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; genome; bacterial; molecular epidemiology
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National Infection Service, Public Health England, Gloucester GL1 1DQ, UK
Interests: primary care; stewardship; antibiotic resistance; qualitative
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Infection, Immunity & Inflammation Department, UCL GOS Institute of Child Health, Faculty of Pop Health Sciences, London, UK
Interests: antibiotic use in children; effect of antibiotics use on the microbiota; antimicrobial resistance; drug discovery; biofilm inhibitors and rapid diagnostic tests

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UOC Pneumologia, Dipartimento Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
Interests: chest ultrasound; lung function test; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; asthma; respiratory infections in adults; children and pregnant women; pleural disease; clinical methodology; clinical trial design; medical simulation
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Institut for Infectious Diseases, University of Berne, Bern, Switzerland
Interests: fungi; clinical mycology; antimycotics; antifungal susecptibility testing; Pneumocystis jirovecii; molecular diagnostics of fungi
Agroscope, 3003 Bern, Switzerland
Interests: food biotechnology; lactic acid bacteria; antimicrobials (bacteriocins, antimicrobial peptides); antibiotic resistance; food microbiology; dairy science; fermented foods
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Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Via Luigi Pinto, 71122 Foggia, Italy
Interests: bacteriology; virulence; antimicrobial resistance; new diagnostic approaches
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Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20900 Monza, Italy
Interests: clinical microbiology; antimicrobial-resistance; antibiotic design and development; human papillomavirus (HPV); sexually transmitted infections (STIS)

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Clinical Unit Primary Care Pharmacy Sevilla, Aljarafe-Sevilla Norte Primary Health Area, Andalusian Health Service, Seville, Spain
Interests: antimicrobial prescribing; antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASP); interventions to improve antibiotics prescribing; development of indicators to monitor antimicrobial use; ASP implementation; antimicrobial guides for ASP; prescribing support tools

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1. Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital del Mar, Passeig Maritim 25-29, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
2. Infectious Pathology and Antimicrobials Research Group (IPAR), Institut Hospital del Mar d’Investigacions Mèdiques (IMIM), Dr. Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
Interests: antimicrobial stewardship; antibiotics; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; multidrug-resistant bacteria; host-pathogen interaction; rational use of antibiotics
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Infectious Diseases Unit, Pediatric Sciences Department, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy
Interests: Infections in pediatric intensive care and in critically ill pediatric patients; Bacterial and fungal infections in the immunocompromised host; PK/PD of anti-infectives
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General Directorate of Health Prevention, Italian Ministry of Health viale Giorgio Ribotta, 5-00144, Rome, Italy
Interests: epidemiology; global health; emergency preparedness; medical education

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Department of Intensive Care Medicine and Anesthesiology, “Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS”, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
Interests: antimicrobial de-escalation; infections caused by antibiotic-resistant germs; immune-modulatory therapies in critically ill patients
Laboratory of Research in Biofilms Rosário Oliveira, Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
Interests: bacterial infections; Staphylococcus; biofilms; biofilm prevention and control; phage therapy; nanoparticle–cell biointerfaces
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Centre of Biological Engineering, LIBRO—Laboratório de Investigação em Biofilmes Rosário Oliveira, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
Interests: biotechnology; bacteriophage technology; antimicrobial alternatives; microbiology; animal health

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Department of Surgery, Medical School, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55404, USA
Interests: gut microbiome; obesity; colon and rectal cancer; diverticulitis; inflammatory bowel disease

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Department of Microbiology, Immunology, Epidemiology, Universitatea de Stiinte Agricole si Medicina Veterinara, Calea Mănăștur 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Interests: antimicrobial resistance; natural products with antimicrobial potential; antimicrobial compounds identification and testing
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Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Lusófona, Lisboa, Portugal; Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, CIISA-Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
Interests: antimicrobial resistance; veterinary microbiology; molecular epidemiology of urinary tract pathogens; companion animals
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Department of Pathobiology, Institute of Microbiology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinärplatz, Vienna, Austria
Interests: animal MRSA; MRS from wildlife; antibiotic-resistant bacteria in wildlife; Mammaliicoccus sciuri; antibiotic-resistant bacteria in companion animals; ESBL/AmpC
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Fougères Laboratory, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), Maisons-Alfort, France
Interests: disinfectants; bacteria adaptation; bacteria biofilms; viable but nonculturable bacteria; antimicrobial resistance; antibiotics
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovakia
Interests: microbiology; resistance; antimicrobial; MALDI-TOF MS; antibiotics

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1. Department of Pediatrics, Goryeb Children’s Hospital, Atlantic Health System, Morristown, NJ 07960, USA
2. Department of Pediatrics, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
3. Department of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases Division, Atlantic Health System, Thomas Jefferson University, Morristown, NJ 07960, USA
Interests: pediatric infectious diseases; antibiotic stewardship
Department of Research and Scholarly Activity, Rocky Vista University, Ivins, UT 84738, USA
Interests: antibiotic resistance; drug delivery; bioactive materials
Laboratory of Human Microbiota – Xenobiotics Interactions, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
Interests: AMR; microbiome; pathogen evolution; microbiology; xenobiotic interaction; public health; bioinformatics; genomics; multi-omics
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Escuela Superior de Ingeniería y Tecnología (ESIT), Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR), 26006 Logroño, Spain
Interests: Streptococcus pneumoniae; pneumolysin; community adquired pneumonia; DNA isothermal amplification
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