Teaching Module on Antibiotic Resistance by Prof. Olga Gershuni at Chitkara University, Punjab, India

The three-day extensive teaching activity was organized by the PREVENT IT team in collaboration with Chitkara School of Health Sciences from 2nd - 4th August, 2022. The event was organized as part of the Erasmus plus funded project - PREVENT IT. One of the objectives of the project is to promote teaching…

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Potentiating Hypoxic Microenvironment for Antibiotic Activation by Photodynamic Therapy to Combat Bacterial Biofilm Infections

Biofilm is complex self-secreted matrix of bacteria composing polysaccharides, extracellular DNAs, and proteins that have adhered to surfaces, to create a biofilm. Biofilms enable the infection to persist, prevent the absorption of antimicrobials, and encourage drug resistance in bacteria, making it challenging to treat bacterial infections. The bacteria are immune…

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