Organised by The Francis Crick Institute, London

Our new Medicine at the Crick event series showcases major advances in biomedical science and raises awareness of the medical implications of major scientific advances. Interested members of the Crick and wider UK biomedical community are invited to attend. Members of the academic medical press are also invited. Each event comprises a series of talks and a panel discussion, followed by networking for in person attendees. 

Our 10th event, Escaping the Antibiotic Apocalypse, will be hosted by Dr Luiz Pedro Carvalho (The Francis Crick Institute). 

We are at a critical point in history, the so-called Antibiotic Apocalypse, where medicine is reverting to the pre-antibiotic era due to the global dissemination of multi-drug resistant bacteria. Even the most simple surgical procedures might lead to untreatable infections and death. The legacy of Ehrlich, Fleming, Chain, Florey, Waksman, Elion, Hitchings and many others is becoming obsolete. It is no longer a question of averting this scenario, but finding ways to escape from it. In his now famous review of antimicrobial resistance, Jim O’Neill predicted that 10 million lives will be lost yearly to antimicrobial resistance by 2050, with a cumulative US$ 100 trillion economic risk. This Medicine at the Crick event will cover a number of aspects of the rise in antibiotic resistance and ways to fight it.

Speakers include ​​​​​Prof Dame Sally Davies (UK Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance), Prof Alison Holmes (Imperial College London), Prof Craig MacLean (University of Oxford), Prof Melanie Blokesch (Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) and Prof Jose Bengoechea (Queen’s University Belfast). Prof Gordon Dougan (Wellcome) will chair our Q&A panel discussion. The panel discussion will be followed by a networking reception for in person attendees.

We will host this as a hybrid event, with an in-person audience joined by others online. Please register now for a free virtual or in-person ticket. Virtual ticket holders will receive Zoom joining details in advance of the webinar and in-person ticket holders will be emailed with full attendance details nearer the event.

Book your free tickets and view the programme

Postponed from 4 November 2022 due to rail strikes