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80 - All that Glitters is Not Gold: Metals as Antimicrobials

Friday, October 1, 2021
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM EDT

    Moderator(s)

  • Anne-Catrin Uhlemann, MD, PhD

    Associate Professor
    Medicine/Infectious Diseases
    Columbia University Irving Medical Center
    New York, NY, United States

    Merck (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support

  • Michael Glickman, MD, FIDSA, FAAM

    Member, Attending Physician
    Memorial Sloan Kettering
    New York, NY, United States

    Fimbrion Therapeutics (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Consultant; Pathogen Response Lab (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Board Member; Vedanta Biosciences (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Board Member, Shareholder

    • Speaker(s)

  • Michael Johnson, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    University of Arizona

    I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

  • Jeffrey Henderson, MD, PhD, FIDSA

    Associate Professor
    Washington University School of Medicine, MO, United States

    I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

  • Katherine Franz, PhD

    Alexander Hehmeyer Professor and Chair of Chemistry
    Duke University
    Durham, NC, United States

    I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Participants should be aware of the following financial/non-financial relationships:
Anne-Catrin Uhlemann, MD, PhD: Merck (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Grant/Research Support
Michael S. Glickman, MD, FIDSA, FAAM: Fimbrion Therapeutics (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Consultant; Pathogen Response Lab (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Board Member; Vedanta Biosciences (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Board Member, Shareholder
Michael Johnson, PhD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Jeffrey P. Henderson, MD, PhD, FIDSA: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Katherine J. Franz, PhD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.25 Knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-0000-21-001-H01-P

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:
  • describe the role of copper resistance in bacterial pathogenesis
  • explain the role of metal resistance in fungal infections

Presentations:

  • Exploiting copper toxicity in S. pneumoniae

    Speaker: Michael Johnson, PhD – University of Arizona

  • Getting a Handle on Copper - Siderophores in Gram-negative Infections

    Speaker: Jeffrey P. Henderson, MD, PhD, FIDSA – Washington University School of Medicine

  • Infectiously Inorganic: A Metallocentric View of Antimicrobial Activity

    Speaker: Katherine J. Franz, PhD – Duke University