Seminars

The Approaching Zero Roadmap Initiative is using convergent perspectives of medical-device-associated infection to identify an impactful set of steps, to be pursued by the very broad and diverse stakeholder community, that will create a trajectory to increasingly push the rate of device-associated infection towards zero over the coming decade and beyond.

Schedule of Upcoming Seminars

The Approaching Zero Seminar series is a forum for leading stakeholders - scientists, engineers, clinicians, regulatory experts, etc. to highlight key aspects of this problem and its solution from the perspective of their particular domain expertise. Seminars are held via Zoom on Wednesdays at 11 a.m. unless otherwise noted.

October 8

Tom Coenye, Professor | University of Gent, LPM Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Gent, Belgium

Novel approaches to detection, diagnosis and antimicrobial susceptibility testing in biofilm-related prosthetic joint infections

November 5

Vaugh Cooper, Professor | University of Pittsburgh, Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Pittsburgh, PA

Ken Urish, MD, PhD, Associate Professor | University of Pittsburgh, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery; Associate Medical Director, Magee Bone and Joint Center; Director, Arthritis and Arthroplasty Design Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA

Evolution in the lab and during infections informs effective use of the cationic peptide WLBU2 (PLG206) to eliminate ESKAPE pathogens from indwelling biomedical devices

December 3

Thomas Bjarnsholt , Professor | University of Copenhagen, Costerton Biofilm Center, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Copenhagen, Denmark

The role of the infectious microenvironment and biofilms in chronic infections