Chemistry and Materials Science Seminar: Antibiotic Resistance - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Chemistry and Materials Science Seminar
Antibiotic Resistance: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Dr. André Hudson
Interim Dean
College of Science, RIT
Abstract:
Approximately 2.8M people are infected with bacteria deemed resistant to clinically relevant antibiotics worldwide, accounting for 35,000 and 700,000 deaths in the United States and globally, respectively. In the 2019 report, The World Health Organization states that if no action is taken, drug-resistant diseases could cause 10 million deaths annually by 2050. By 2030, antimicrobial resistance could force up to 24 million people into extreme poverty. There is an urgent need for the development of novel antibiotics to combat the drastic rise in the number of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. One of the major research foci in the Hudson lab is the exploration of natural products predominantly from bacteria that are endowed with antimicrobial properties. In this presentation, I will share some major highlights from our lab on this topic from several projects funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Speaker Bio:
Dr. Hudson was born on the island of Jamaica and emigrated to the United States at the age of 14. He received a B.S. in Biology from Virginia Union University (VUU) in 2000 and PhD from the department of Plant Biology and Pathology in 2006 under the direction of Dr. Thomas Leustek at Rutgers University. Dr. Hudson joined the faculty in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences in the Fall of 2008 following a post-doctoral fellowship at Rutgers. His current research are vested in the areas of antibiotic resistance, plant/bacterial genomics and the enzymology of plastic degradation. Dr. Hudson served as the head of GSoLS from 2017-2022 and is currently serving as the Interim Dean of the College of Science.
Intended Audience:
Undergraduates, graduates, experts. Those with interest in the topic.
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