RESISTANCE IS (NOT) FUTILE: The End of Antibiotics and the Future of Fighting Infections

Janelle Ayres is an Associate Professor in the Nomis Center for Immunobiology and Microbial Pathogenesis at The Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Her pioneering research on host-pathogen interactions is redefining our definition of health.

Martin Blaser is the Singer Professor of Medicine, Professor of Microbiology, and Director of the Human Microbiome Program at NYU School of Medicine. He served as Chair, Department of Medicine from 2000-2012. A physician and microbiologist, Dr. Blaser studies the relationships we have with our persistently colonizing bacteria.

Sean Brady graduated with a degree in molecular biology from Pomona College in Claremont, California and received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Cornell University. he later moved to Harvard Medical School as a fellow in the Institute of Chemistry and Cell Biology and was named an instructor in the department of biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology at Harvard Medical School.

Vincent A. Fischetti Ph.D. is Professor and Head of the Laboratory of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology at the Rockefeller University in New York. Fischetti’s research has focused on developing alternative methods to control bacterial infections.

Jo Handelsman is the Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as well as a Vilas Research Professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor. She is responsible for groundbreaking studies in microbial communication and work in the field of metagenomics.