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This venue has step-free access. Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult.
Past event - 2017
16 May Doors: 6.30pm
Event: 7pm - 9.30pm
The Klondyke, 1 Burnage Range,
Manchester M19 2HQ
Antibiotics, bacteria and CRISPR will be the focus of this event with a speaker talking about the Antibiotic Guardian campaign and their work in making sure antibiotics keep working for our future generations. Our second talk describes a new technique taken from the bacterial immune system called CRISPR, a gene editing tool which has taken the world by storm.  

The Brave New World of CRISPR Gene Editing

Professor Matthew Cobb (Professor of Zoology)
Over the last five years, biology and medicine have been shaken by the discovery of a new way of easily and quickly editing genes, which goes by the acronym CRISPR. In this talk Matthew explains the science behind this new technology and describes the conflict between research groups in their quest for fame and money. The key part of the talk focuses on the huge ethical challenges posed by CRISPR. This technology enables us to change the genes of human beings for both good and ill, above all it gives us the possibility of changing the entire ecosystem.

Drugs, Bugs, People and Animals

Dr. Will Welfare (Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer Division of Population Health, Health Services Research & Primary Care)
​Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major public health risk- locally, nationally and globally. This session will explore what we know (and don’t know) about the challenge. We will explore the available evidence on how to tackle AMR and what research is still needed. Current and planned activity on AMR will be outlined.
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