On April 5th, TechTalk Number Four will take place and revolve around the quest for finding new antibiotics. Leiden BioSciencePark invited some exciting speakers on the topic, and not just from the park - check out the program below!

Like every TechTalk, also the event of April 5 aims to bring together researchers from different companies and institutes. So after the presentations, there will be network drinks.

 

Program 

14:45 Walk in

15:00 Presentations

• Synthetic peptides for the eradication of antibiotic resistance, Peter Nibbering (LUMC/Madam Therapeutics)
• DIY Antibiotics: rethink your relationship with microbes, Pieter van Boheemen (De Waag Society)
• Finding novel antibiotics – merging knowhow in Leiden, Eline Huisjes (Centre for antimicrobial research; Leiden University)
• Obstacles in antimicrobial drug development, Prof. dr. Jos van der Meer (RadboudUMC/FEMS)
• Staphefekt: sustainable antimicrobial therapy with endolysins, Bjorn Herpers (Micreos)

17:00 Drinks

Interested to attend? Sign up here!