- Fall school on transferable skills (November 24-26, 2020)
- Online expert visits from Wetsus (December 11, 2020, registration here)
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Invitation to an on-line lecture of Pieter de Jong & Roel MeulepasFostering cooperation with the non-academic sector (11.12.2020)
Invitation to an on-line lecture of prof. Célia M. ManaiaAntibiotic Resistance in the Environment: Why it is important? (18.11.2020)
Second REPARES Newsletter online!
Do you want to join our REPARES Platform?Dear non-academic partner/John (please, insert the name of your potential partner or friend)
On behalf of EU-funded project REPARES, I would like to invite you to become part of our REPARES platform, which aims at advancing know-how on antimicrobial resistance in the urban water cycle.
Can we add you to our contact list?
The REPARES project aspires to bring excellence in research on the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in wastewater treatment plants through establishing cooperation between leading European innovators and internationally renowned experts of the water-related antibiotic resistance field. Currently, University of chemistry and technology in Prague, Universidade Catolica Portuguesa, Delft University of Technology, Aalborg University, and Wetsus, the European centre of excellence for sustainable water technology, are active members of this consortium. We want to grow and involve non-academic partners in the public and private sectors.
The REPARES platform – one of the main products of the REPARES project – will offer space for the exchange of know-how between academia, industry and public stakeholders, act as a melting pot for the creation of new ideas and projects, and facilitate education and public debate on the spread of antibiotic resistance. The main activities will include organizing seminars, workshops, and public events, forming inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary research consortia, and realizing joint ARG-related research on every level of complexity.
We would like to add you to our contact list, where you can get invitations to workshops, seminars, and other initiatives that are organized by (or in cooperation with) REPARES around the topic of AMR. For more information on these events, please visit our website http://repares.vscht.cz/. In addition, you may receive our regular newsletter.
Please let us know, whether you are interested in reacting to this email.
Kind regards,
On behalf of REPARES
Workshop and seminar about antibiotic resistancein Helsinky (August 28, 2020)
Fate of antibiotic resistance genes in reclaimed water ...Journal of Hazardeous material 
On January 21-23, 2020, REPARES Seminar 1" on the DNA isolation took place in Delft, The Netherlands.
The seminar was hosted by David Weissbrodt and Mark Van Loosdrech from the Faculty of Applied Sciences of TU Delft. The practical part was guided by David Calderon and Ben Abbas.
Invited speakers Bruno Bicudo Perez, Ron Dirks, and Thomas Abeel gave an excellent insight on antibiotic resistance in water matrices.
Webinar "Fighting Antibiotic Resistance in the Environment"with REPARES members Celia M. Manaia and Heike Schmitt presenting
Resistomap is organizing a series of live webinarsResistomap is organizing a series of live webinars from August to November 2020.
In the webinars, world-leading researchers and experts will offer insights based on their work on antibiotic resistance in the environment and discuss best strategies to avoid the further emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance.
Introduction to the environmental dimension of antibiotic resistance
Tuesday, 25 August 2020, 16:00 - 17:30 (EEST)
Speakers:
• Marko Virta (University of Helsinki, Finland)
• Ikuro Kasuga (University of Tokyo, Japan; VNU-Vietnam Japan University, Vietnam)
Registration link:
Upcoming Webinar
Antibiotic resistance in water environments
Tuesday, 29 September 2020, 16:00 - 17:30 (EEST)
Antibiotic resistance in agroecosystem
Tuesday, 27 October 2020, 16:00 - 17:30 (EEST)
World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW) 2020
Daily event from 18-24 November 2020
The 2nd REPARES Workshop was held online on July 23, 2020The consortium of academic partners met to discuss progress made so far, evaluating the first round of an interlaboratory study that was just completed and coordinated by Aleksandra Miłobędzka from UCT Prague. David Calderón-Franco provided an insightful overview of the results of the 1st REPARES Seminar held in TU Delft focused on how different physical lysis steps in DNA extraction can influence the microbial composition and ARGs profiles. Sabina Purkrtová provided insight on the possibilities for 2nd round of the interlaboratory study with the idea to include more laboratories within the EU. However, the consortium agreed that the proper data analysis and detailed guidelines are desired prior to the 2nd round. The need to tackle antibiotic resistance in wastewater, stopping its spread, was expressly stressed.
Dana Vejmelkova is on Short Research Visit in WetsusDana Vejmelkova is doing her short research visit (March-August 2020) at Wetsus, in collaboration with Lucia Hernandez Leal, Heike Schmitt, Rebeca Pallares-Vega, Eri van Heijnsbergen, and Bianca de Vries. Dana participates in the investigation of the spread of antimicrobial resistance in the Vecht river (part of the MEDUWA-Vecht(e) project). She evaluates the quantity of 24 antibiotic resistance genes in the catchment and determines the influence of WWTPs and agriculture.
“I am glad I joined the Wetsus team. Despite my visit happens during COVID-19 time, I am gaining many useful experience and skills. Next to the project meetings, we have weekly Antibiotic resistance group meetings where all participants share their progress and support each other. Wetsus also organizes many events and does its best to keep people (socially) connected (e.g. online “pub” quiz and workouts).
First REPARES newsletter finally online!!Find out something about our ARG project, people involved, events but also news in ARG research, future plans, and actions
Conference organized within bilateral initiative We would like to invite you to a conference organized within bilateral initiative shAMRock – shocking antimicrobial resistance. The conference will take place on 12th May 2020 at University of Chemistry and Technology Prague
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are claimed to be hotspots for antimicrobial resistance and can be an important threat to human health. Antimicrobial resistance in WWTPs is even more dangerous as the resistance genes can be transferred from environmental bacteria to pathogens and create an even higher risk for the wellbeing of citizens. Therefore, scope of the conference is monitoring of antimicrobial resistance in wastewater treatment plants - approaches and methods, results and perspectives.
There is no registration fee
The authors cover their own costs (travel, accommodation, etc.) to attend the conference.
Procedure for Submission is described here https://tvp.vscht.cz/research/projects-grants/50582/50844?ecrof&jazyk=en#novinka_detail25803388051713.
Submissions are welcome from 1st March 2020 and must be received before 31st March 2020. The submitted abstracts will be peer-reviewed.
Notification of acceptance will be sent before 10th April 2020. At least one author of each selected paper must register and attend the conference to present the paper (poster or platform presentation).
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Antibiotic Resistance Symbol Contestopened by EU-jamrai to find an international symbol to raise public awareness about Antibiotic Resistance.
Aleksandra Miłobędzka started working at UCP Porto Aleksandra Miłobędzka on 27th Jan 2020 started working with Célia M. Manaia, Ana Catarina Ferreira, Joana Silva, Ivone Vaz-Moreira, Jaqueline Rocha and Adrian Górecki at UCP Porto during short research visit „Developments on the monitoring of the antibiotic resistance and associated genetic elements in environmental samples“. Aleksandra will stay at UCP till the end of April, till that time she is going to optimize protocol for IS26 in activated sludge using qPCR, get familiar with UCP’s research groups and labs, collaborate in great, sunny atmosphere and enjoy Portuguese culture.
Rapid inference of antibiotic resistance ...Nature microbiology
WORKSHOP in PortoOn the 2nd and 3rd December 2019, REPARES WORKSHOP 2 on Methodologies for antibiotic resistance monitoring took place in Porto, Portugal.
The discussion was raised to define and select standard methods for wastewater treatments plants sampling to detect and quantify ARGs. The workshop was hosted by the Faculty of Biotechnology of Universidade Católica Portuguesa and Prof. Celia Manaia.
On Tuesday, October 1, 2019, all 5 partners of the newly launched REPARES project have met at the UCT Prague for their Kick-off meeting.
Members from UCT Prague, TU Delft, Aalborg University, Universidade Catolica Portuguesa and Wetsus company have met to discuss their point of view on antibiotic resistance in wastewater and successfully started their new Horizon 2020 Twinning project.
