Molecules Webinar | Antibacterial Agents 2021
Meet Our Speakers
Prof. Dr. Michio Kurosu
College of Pharmacy, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Memphis, TN, United States;
Prof. Dr. Michio Kurosu is a Full Professor of Pharmaceutical Science at College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center. His research interests are focused on the development of novel antibacterial agents and anti-cancer drug leads by targeting unexploited drug targets. He has published over 100 articles; one of his published articles received a JA award in 2017. He received the recognized reviewer award from Journal Medicinal Chemistry (ACS) and Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry (Elsevier). He has been serving as a guest editor of the journal Molecules and editorial board members of several international journals. He has been a scientific reviewer of the NIH study sections for over 10 years.
On Thursday, 15 July 2021, MDPI and the Journal Molecules organized the 13th webinar on Molecules, entitled “Antibacterial Agents 2021”.
The introduction was held by the Chair of the webinar, Prof. Dr. Michio Kurosu. He is a Full Professor of Pharmaceutical Science at College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center. His research interests are focused on the development of novel antibacterial agents and anti-cancer drug leads by targeting unexploited drug targets.
The first speaker to quick off this webinar was Prof. Dr. Scott G. Franzblau, with his presentation "Natural Cyclic Peptides Targeting Protein Degradation in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis". Prof. Dr. Scott Franzblau is the Director of the Institute for Tuberculosis Research and an Albert Schatz Professor at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
The second presentation with the title "How to Beat Antimicrobial Resistance" was held by Prof. Dr. Kim Lewis. He is a University Distinguished Professor and Director, Antimicrobial Discovery Center at Northeastern University in Boston, a Fellow of the American Society of Microbiology, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He completed his PhD in Biochemistry at Moscow University, and has been on the Faculty of MIT, University of Maryland, and Tufts University prior to coming to Northeastern.
The third presentation “Design of Antibiotics Targeting Biotin Metabolism” was held by Prof. Dr. Courtney C. Aldrich. He is a professor at the Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, where his research is focused on preparing new antibacterial agents. He is also the editor-in-chief of ACS Infectious Diseases, which broadly focuses on the application of chemistry to infectious disease research.
The presentations were followed by a Q&A and a discussion, moderated by the Chair Prof. Dr. Michio Kurosu. The webinar was offered via Zoom and required registration to attend. The full recording can be found here on Sciforum website. In order to stay updated on the next webinars on Molecules be sure to sign up for our newsletter by clicking on “Subscribe” at the top of the page.
Antibacterial Agents 2021
Guest Editor: Prof. Dr. Michio Kurosu
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2021