A two day-long International conference on Bacteriophage Research and Antimicrobial Resistance (ICBRAMR ’19) was recently held at the Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamilnadu.
The Conference was organized jointly by the School of Bio Sciences and Technology (SBST), VIT in association with Society for Bacteriophage Research and Therapy (SBRT), India.
Highlighting the recent trends in Antimicrobial resistance and the search for alternative treatment options, the Chief guest Dr. Srikanth Prasad Tripathy, Director-in-charge, ICMR-National Institute of Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai and the Special guest Prof. Elizabeth Kutter, the First lady of Phage Research and Professor Emeritus, Evergreen State College, Olympia, USA, urged the scientific community to work tirelessly to discover a new weapon to combat the challenging antimicrobial resistance.
Dr. V Pragasam, Dean of the School of Bio Sciences and Technology, VIT welcomed the gathering and Prof. Sanjay Chhibber, President, Society for Bacteriophage Research and Therapy introduced the Society and its function to the participants and other dignitaries. Dr. S. Narayanan, Pro Vice Chancellor, VIT introduced VIT and talked about the achievements and accolades of the institute. The conference souvenir was released and the guests planted a tree to end the inaugural session of the event.
The conference had keynote lectures by 20 renowned speakers who spoke on the latest developments in the field of Bacteriophage research and Antimicrobial resistance and around 300 participants across the globe had the opportunity to interact and share their experiences with the speakers.