Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) represents a major challenge to public health worldwide. Mobile elements such as plasmids play a crucial role in Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT) and AMR spread. Understanding plasmid evolution and mobility is fundamental to unravel the population genetics of plasmid-encoded genes, especially antibiotic genes.
The combination of breakthroughs in sequencing and computational approaches has led to a new vision of the eco-evolutionary processes involved in HGT dynamics of pathogens. The School and Workshop will focus on modelling efforts to integrate genomic, experimental and computational results, to build a unified framework to tackle the expansion of plasmid-borne AMR.

The Workshop will be preceded by the one-week introductory School on bacterial evolution, population genetics and epidemiology. The School introduces general concepts in those disciplines and focuses on their applications to AMR and plasmids. State-of-the-art methods used in genetic research on plasmids will be covered.

Applications for the Workshop ONLY can be submitted
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Applications for both the School and the Workshop can be submitted
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We recognise the importance of childcare provision at conferences and are committed to supporting attendance of delegates with young children who would otherwise be unable to attend. While we are unable to provide on site childcare services, please contact us if you are in this position and you would like to apply.