Warwick researchers are working with Canadian scientists on a £2.2 million project to search for new antibiotics which will beat resistance in deadly “superbugs”.

Warwick is part of a transatlantic team funded by the Canada/UK Partnership on Antibiotic Resistance - a collaboration between the UK’s Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

The four-year project will support high-quality research into alternatives to existing antibiotics whose effectiveness is being challenged by increasing resistance in bacteria such as E. coli and MRSA. 5 funded 3 year+ network studentships linked to CIHR Canada

Warwick has developed the programme and is leading a UK team including the universities of Birmingham, Sheffield and Newcastle, working alongside the universities of Guelph, McMaster, Laval and British Columbia in Canada, which will focus on increasing understanding of bacterial cell wall growth in a bid to find new targets for new antibiotics.

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For more information contact:

Professor Chris Dowson
email: C.G.Dowson@warwick.ac.uk

Tel: +44 (0)24 765 23534