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EMBARK Fall Webinars

September 13, 14:00 CEST
Molecular and culture based methods for AMR survillance in aquatic environments and animals

Jonas Bonnedahl (PAIRWISE)
Rabaab Zahra (EMBARK)
Moderator: Víctor Hugo Jarquín Díaz

Aim of PAIRWISE:  Advance knowledge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as a pollution in aquatic environments, wildlife, and livestock. PAIRWISE focuses on dispersal and dynamics of antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB), antibiotic resistance genes (ARG) and antibiotics (ATB) in aquatic environments affected by wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs)

Registration link: https://gu-se.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-JzV45FURtOLplnjjPX58w

October 11, 14:00 CEST
AMR: a link between clinical settings and other environments 

Adam Roberts (STRESST)
Etienne Ruppé (EMBARK)
Moderator: Rémi Gschwind

Aim of STRESST: Determine if hospital wide antimicrobial stewardship implementation will reduce antibiotics and antibiotic resistant bacteria from entering the environment

Registration link: https://gu-se.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9lZFdYRtQQK26_OunaZQ4A

November 15, 14:00 CEST
Ecology and evolution of ARGs: From surveillance to intervention strategies 

Craig MacLean (MOB-TARGET)
Sofia K. Forslund (EMBARK)
Moderator: Ulrike Löber

Aim of MOB-TARGET: Stablish a series of novel interventions based on phages to combat mobile resistance genes

Registration link: https://gu-se.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-_3u2ftzSQm2-DnfC4PUKA

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EMBARK Webinar today

Today we will have the third webinar of the EMBARK Webinar Series!

The invited speaker today is Dearbháile Morris who will give a talk entitled “What lurks beneath: the role of water in the transmission and persistence of AMR”. She will be complemented by our own Rabaab Zahra who will talk about “E. coli STs and Resistance Mechanisms in Sewage from Islamabad”.

This will be followed by a short Q&A, including discussion between the two presenters and the moderator

Register here for the webinar, which will begin at 12:00 UTC (14:00 CEST).

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EMBARK Launch

Today is the European Antibiotic Awareness Day and we celebrate by officially launching the EMBARK program.

The primary goal of EMBARK is to establish a baseline for how common resistance is in the environment and what resistance types that can be expected where. That background data will then underpin efforts to standardize different methods for resistance surveillance and identify high-priority targets that should be used for efficient monitoring. In addition, EMBARK will develop and evaluate methods to detect new resistance factors and thereby provide an early-warning system for emerging resistance threats.

EMBARK is an international collaboration funded by JPIAMR. The consortium consists of coordinator Johan Bengtsson-Palme (University of Gothenburg, Sweden), Thomas Berendonk (TU-Dresden, Germany), Luis Pedro Coelho (Fudan University, China), Sofia Forslund (ECRC Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin, Germany), Etienne Ruppé (INSERM, France) and Rabaab Zahra (Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan).

Through this website, we will release protocols and data as they are generated from the project. Follow our progress towards better monitoring of antimicrobial resistance in the environment here and on Twitter @EMBARK_JPIAMR!