Yorkshire Philosophical Society

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“What is a superbug? The global threat of Antibiotic Resistance”

Jessica Blair PhD FRSB, Professor of Antimicrobial Resistance.  Director of University of Birmingham Doctoral School.

Antimicrobial resistance is a global health emergency because infections are becoming much more difficult, or in some cases impossible, to treat. This talk will explain what antimicrobial resistance is, what causes it and why this issue will impact us all.

This the first in a series of three lectures on the theme of “Antimicrobial Resistance”; the second lecture by Professor Martha Clokie, University of Leicester, is on June 3rd and the third lecture by Dr Kate Duncan, University of Newcastle, is on 14th October.

7pm in the Tempest Anderson Lecture Theatre in the Yorkshire Museum.

Members of YPS & students free; non members £5