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「第３回HiSEP特別セミナー(2021.７.８）」 開催のお知らせ
　第3回理学部HiSEPセミナー（7月8日（木）6限に開催）を開催します。今回は生物分野の話題として、スペイン　サンティアゴ・デ・コンポステーラ大学　Ana Maria Otero Casal 教授にセミナーをお願いしました。学部・学科を問わず多くの自然科学に関心ある学生の皆さんのご参加をお待ちしています。

講師：サンティアゴ・デ・コンポステーラ大学　Ana Maria Otero Casal 教授

タイトル：　『バクテリアのコミュニケーション』（抗生物質に代わる感染症治療薬の開発を目指して）
"Tackling bacterial communication as an alternative to the use of antibiotics"

概要：Infections caused by Multi-drug resistant (MDR) pathogenic bacteria are expected to be the first cause of death by 2050. Therefore, we are in deep need of identifying alternative treatments to overcome this important healthcare threat. Among the different strategies that are being explored to fight MDR bacteria, interfering with the elaborated communication mechanisms evolved by pathogenic bacteria to coordinate their attack is one of the most promising strategies. Best characterized microbial communication systems are based on the emission of chemical signals, called autoinducers, that control many important biological functions such as antibiotic biosynthesis, virulence, plasmid conjugal transfer, swarming, endospores formation, or biofilm differentiation, in a process known as Quorum Sensing. Due to the importance of quorum sensing in bacterial pathogenesis, other bacteria and higher organisms have developed mechanisms to disrupt the bacterial communication channels as a defense mechanism. These mechanisms, generally known as Quorum Quenching strategies, are being explored for the control of MDR bacteria and are already being applied in other biotechnological fields, such as waste-water treatment plants or avoiding microbial-induced corrosion. Moreover, experimental evidence is being accumulated on the microbial emission and response to physical signals such as sound waves, electromagnetic radiation, and electric currents, but the role of these physical communication systems in microbial pathogenesis remains unknown. This lecture will review the different languages developed by microbes and how they were discovered, as well as some of the current applications of quorum quenching strategies.

日時：2021年7月8日（木）18:00-19:20 　　ZOOMリモート講義

主催　埼玉大学大学院理工学研究科・理学部
共催：理学部分子生物学科/グリーンバイオ研究センター

ZOOMリモートセミナーとして開講します。
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