Antibiotics, from Origin to Resistance [SMMMM121]

Learning outcomes

The students will learn the main classes of antibiotics, their mechanism of action, mechanisms of resistance, how to discover/design antibiotics,  and alternatives to antibiotic use (e.g. phage therapy)

Objectives

Give an overview of the main types of antibiotics, their mechanism, their pharmacology, the problem of antibiotic resistance and perspectives to face the antibiotic resistance crisis.

Content

              1.     Molecular mechanisms of antibiotics and resistance.

2.     Emergence of antibiotic resistance.

3.     Discovery and design of new antibiotics.

4.     Pharmacology of antibiotics

5.      Alternatives to antibiotics.

Table of contents

1.       Molecular mechanisms of antibiotics and resistance.

2.       Emergence of antibiotic resistance.

3.       Discovery and design of new antibiotics.

4.       Pharmacology of antibiotics

5.       Alternatives to antibiotics.