2025 Annual AMR Symposium

The McGill AMR Centre is hosting its 5th Annual Symposium. We are inviting you to join this in-person event to network and discuss antimicrobial resistance (AMR) related topics, AMR community research interests and needs, coupled with live streaming of keynote speaker for those who attend virtually.  Preliminary program includes keynote, faculty talks, trainee flash talks, career luncheon and poster session.

Keynote: Dr Man-Wah Tan, PhD on the "Expanding the chemical space for novel antibiotics to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR)"
Dr Man-Wah Tan is Vice President and Senior Fellow, Infectious Diseases and Host-Microbe Interactions, Research Biology at Genentech, Roche Group. 

Free event in-person, registration required - deadline is May 23, 2025, at 5:00 PM.
 

AMR Symposium - Call for Poster Abstracts

All trainees (undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate) are now invited to submit poster abstracts. Trainees from McGill and other institutions are encouraged to present their work on all topics with relevance to antimicrobial resistance research, from fundamental, applied, population or social science disciplines. Presenters must attend in person on June 5th. 

NEW this year - flash talk awards! Trainee 4-minute oral flash talks in addition to poster presentations. Early bird submission by May 16, 2025 to be considered. Final abstract submission deadline – May 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM. Places are limited, submit early!