Uncovering Novel Targets and Antibiotics in Drug Discovery

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LabTube Meets Prof. Chris Dowson, University of Warwick, UK at ELRIG Drug Discovery 2017.

Chris's research focuses on finding alternatives to penicillin. He provides an overview of his presentation on 'tools to tackle cell wall synthesis' and aim to design 'first-in-class' assays to find alternative antibiotics and to uncover novel targets. He also discusses specific challenges associated with antibacterial discovery.