Why Microbes Outpace Medicine—and What We’re Doing About It
Each time you take antibiotics, bacteria get a shot at survival. Most die. A few mutate—and those mutations can make them resistant to our strongest drugs. This talk explains how that process works, and why it’s happening faster than we can keep up.
You’ll learn the basics of mutation and natural selection, then dive into how scientists use multi-omics—a powerful method that combines data from DNA, RNA, proteins, and metabolites—to track resistance in real time. This layered approach helps reveal how microbes adapt across multiple molecular systems.
We’ll also look at real-world tools and insights: Why finishing prescriptions is critical; How wastewater can help predict hospital outbreaks and why plant research could be key to the next antibiotic breakthrough.
Prof. Oren Tzfadia is a bioinformatician at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp. His work combines computational biology, multi-omics, and AI to tackle drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. With over 40 peer-reviewed publications, he brings a clear, data-driven approach to some of the most urgent questions in global health.
Doors open at 18:30 – Arrive early, grab a seat, and settle in.
Talk starts at 19:30 and runs until around 21:00.
Price includes light drinks.
Stick around afterward—good conversations don’t have closing times.
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