Episode Summary

2024 was a very active year on research in antimicrobial resistance, highlighted by an impactful and high level political declaration to combat antimicrobial resistance by the United Nations. In this episode, trainees from NIH-funded training program (T32) on antimicrobial resistance discuss the most relevant research on the field in the year 2024.

Topics discussed:

  • The best papers of 2024 in gram-positive, gram-negative, mycobacterial and parasite resistance

Guests:

  • Nathalie Chen: University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Alex Kang: Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX
  • Nathan Raabe: University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Taylor Blackburn: Emory University, Atlanta, GA
  • Jacon McPherson: University of Houston, Houston, TX.
  • Lee Harrison, M.D.: Associate Chief of Epidemiology and Microbial Genomics, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Director, Center for Genomic Epidemiology, Director, T32 AMR, U of Pittsburgh
  • William Shafer, Ph.D.: Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Co-Director, Emory Antibiotic Resistance Center. Director T32 AMR, Emory University

Links:

Taylor Blackburn Jacob McPherson
  • Li S, Tyagi S, Soni H, Betoudji F, Converse PJ, Mdluli K, Upton AM, Fotouhi N, Barros-Aguirre D, Ballell L, Jimenez-Navarro E, Nuermberger EL.2024.Bactericidal and sterilizing activity of novel regimens combining bedaquiline or TBAJ-587 with GSK2556286 and TBA-7371 in a mouse model of tuberculosis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother68:e01562-23. https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.01562-23
  • Le Run E, Tettelin H, Holland SM, Zelazny AM.2024.Evolution toward extremely high imipenem resistance in Mycobacterium abscessus outbreak strains. Antimicrob Agents Chemother68:e00673-24. https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.00673-24
Nathalie Chen Alex Kang Nathan Raabe

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