Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Exploring the Landscape of Antibiotic Resistance in Microbiomes
This online course has explored the study of microbial communities and the resistomes they carry. The course covered the impact that antimicrobial resistance has in our society, how different resistance mechanisms function, how antibiotic resistance determinants are exchanged among bacteria, how studies can be designed, how samples are handled, and, finally, how resistome data can be processed and analysed.
3 weeks, 5 hours per week
Fernanda Cristina Petersen
Professor, Institute of oral biology
University of Oslo
Roger Junges
Associate professor, Institute of oral biology
University of Oslo
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Reflect upon the urgency in addressing the antimicrobial resistance crisis
- Demonstrate knowledge on why microbial communities and the antibiotic resistance genes they carry-the resistome-are relevant for the understanding of drug resistance
- Discuss the consequences of the off-target impact of antibiotics on microbial communities
- Demonstrate knowledge on how resistome studies are designed and conducted
- Apply the acquired knowledge in a hands-on activity that uses ResistoXplorer for visual, statistical and functional analysis of resistome data
Syllabus
- The antibiotic resistance crisis
- Why are microbial communities and the antibiotic resistance genes they carry-the resistome-relevant for the understanding of drug resistance?
- The off-target impact of antibiotics on microbial communities
- How are resistome studies designed and conducted?
- Insights on how to explore resistome data, including a hands-on experience on how to use ResistoXplorer for visual, statistical and functional analysis of resistome data.
Issued on 9th January 2023
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