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International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
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ISAC is a federation of member societies aimed at combating antibiotic resistance around the world.
www.ISAC.world
Journals #IJAA & #JGAR
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World AMR Awareness Week may be over, but the momentum continues! 🌍
Explore the ISAC Academy for free e-learning modules, webinars, symposia & more on #AMR and #globalhealth.
👉 Access now: www.isac-academy.world
#WAAW2025 #antimicrobialresistance
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November 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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✅ Now LIVE

Reena Mehta explores worldwide practices, barriers, and clinical outcomes of continuous beta-lactam infusion in critical care.

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#WAAW2025 #CriticalCare #Antibiotics
November 24, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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✅ Now LIVE!
Claire Rogers is exploring the hidden risks of beta-lactam antibiotics in critical care—why toxicity matters and what clinicians need to know.

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#WAAW2025 #CriticalCare #Antibiotics
November 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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✅ Now LIVE!
Jason Roberts kicks off our webinar with insights on precision antibiotic therapy in critically ill patients—tailoring dosing using drug levels & PK/PD principles to improve outcomes.
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#WAAW2025 #CriticalCare #Antibiotics
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November 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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💡 Crazy Enough to Work: Wild Ideas to Outsmart AMR
Join global leaders in #AMR stewardship & innovation
📅 22 Nov 2025
🎤 Panel on AI & AMS with APUA experts:
Pierre Tattevin, Abdul Ghafur, Jeroen Schouten, Gabriel Levy Hara
📍 Register: accurateinfo.in/amrdeclarati...
#WAAW2025
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November 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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🌟 Meet the Speaker🌟

Critical Care Infectious Diseases – Hot Topics & Trends
🗓 24 Nov
🎤 Prof. Claire Roger
ICU leader, researcher in #antimicrobial pharmacokinetics & dose optimization, author of 150+ papers & active in ESICM & @escmid.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/42uuc3pk
#WAAW2025
November 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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🌍 Celebrate #WAAW2025
Explore the latest ISAC/APUA Newsletter packed with insights on tackling #AMR:
✔️ AMS as a team sport
✔️ Drive-AMS for sustainable change
✔️ AMR & cancer care
✔️ Public awareness animations

🔗 Read now: tinyurl.com/3hk7v4an

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November 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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We’ve updated our list of useful events and resources for World AMR Awareness Week 🌍💊

Download the latest version - new resources/events highlighted.

tinyurl.com/j2s524m9

#WAAW2025 #AntimicrobialResistance #AMR
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November 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Our joint ISAC / ESCMID webinar tackled challenges from the WHO #Fungal Priority Pathogen List:
✅ Azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus
✅ Antifungal resistance in Candida
✅ Urgent need for better diagnostics & management
🎥 Watch now youtu.be/MCRZ5OAaZaE
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November 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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🌟 Meet the Speaker 🌟

Dr Hafiz Abdul-Aziz is a Clinical Research Pharmacist and Early Career Research Fellow at the University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research. He Chairs ISAC's Infections in the ICU and Sepsis Working Group
Register: tiny.cc/2p4v001
#WAAW2025
November 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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🌍 World AMR Awareness Week 2025

ISAC & @APUANews are sharing a selection of useful resources & upcoming events to support your activities & raise awareness during #WAAW2025.
📥 Download the full list as a PDF:
tinyurl.com/ykk9rk7j

#WorldAMRAwarenessWeek #AMR #GlobalHealth
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November 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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🌟 Meet the Speaker 🌟
Join Session 1 of our Critical Care Infectious Diseases – Hot Topics & Trends webinar series
🗓 24 Nov 2025

Prof. Jason Roberts, a global leader in antimicrobial dosing, directs UQ Clinical Research, with 650+ publications
tinyurl.com/42uuc3pk
#WAAW2025
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November 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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🔬 WEBINAR SERIES
Critical Care Infectious Diseases – Hot Topics & Trends
📅 Session 1: Optimising #Antimicrobial Therapy
🕙 24 Nov 2025
Global experts share insights on precision antibiotic use in ICU.
🎓 Organised by ISAC, ESGCIP & King's Critical Care
tinyurl.com/42uuc3pk
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November 11, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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🌍 Strengthening Global Collaboration at #APCCMI2025 🌍
ISAC met with leaders of Member Societies &recruited new ones in ID & clinical microbiology — key to our mission of empowering societies &advancing global health
🔗 Join ISAC tinyurl.com/yvfueayt
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November 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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The ISAC Anti-Infectives & Early Career Working Groups sponsored 2 Early Career Awards at the 2nd Intl. Conference on Antimicrobial Computational Pharmacology

🏆 Best Oral Presentation: Sabrina Jaeger-Honz
🏆 People’s Choice: Wendong
Pictured with Congress Chairs Prof. Jian Li & Prof. Falk Schreiber
November 5, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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ISAC President Prof. Souha Kanj met with colleagues from the Philippine Society for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in Bangkok to discuss plans for the 34th ICC in Manila, Dec 2026.
Exciting progress toward an impactful congress!
🔗 icc2026.org
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November 5, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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ISAC President Professor Souha Kanj, MD moderated the excellent 'Meet the Expert' session by Prof. David Paterson on The Symphony of Antibiotics: One for All or All for One at the Asia Pacific Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infection (#APCCMI2025) in Bangkok.

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November 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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🌏 ISAC at #APCCMI2025
The ISAC Symposium explored Challenges of AMR in Different Scenarios:
🔹 Prof. Souha Kanj – AMR in Conflict Zones
🔹 Heiman Wertheim – AMR Post-COVID
🔹 Geoffrey Coombs – AMR in Wildlife & One Health
🪑 Moderated by Regina Berba

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November 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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🌍 Watch Again: One Health Webinar 🌍
With APSCMI, this webinar explores #OneHealth & emerging infections in Asia Pacific.
🎯 Topics:
🔹 AMR in China – YongHong Xiao
🔹 SFTS in Korea – Dong-Min Kim
🔹 Nipah Virus – Linfa Wang

📺 youtu.be/7cmpzwyAJxI
#OneHealthDay
November 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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🌍 Today is #OneHealthDay 🌿
Human, animal, plant & environmental health are deeply connected.
One Health unites experts across disciplines to protect all life.

Learn more from @onehealthtrust.bsky.social
#OneHealth #AntimicrobialResistance
November 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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🔴 LIVE NOW

🎙️Last but by no means least Anuradha Chowdhary, Prof. of Medical Mycology, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi & Secretary General of ISAC presents on Emergence & spread of resistance in #Candidaspecies
🔗 tinyurl.com/5y4mxvj4
#FungalInfections
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November 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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🔴 LIVE NOW

🎙️Second speaker is Prof. Sevtap Arikan-Akdagli, Director, Mycology Lab, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara presenting on

Azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus in clinics & environment

🔗 tinyurl.com/5y4mxvj4

#FungalInfections #MedicalMycology
November 3, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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🔴 LIVE NOW

Join the ISAC/ESCMID webinar on the WHO #Fungal Priority Pathogens List: tackling challenges in diagnosis & management.
🎙️Prof. Cornelia Lass-Flörlis giving an Overview of the Fungal Priority Pathogens
🔗 tinyurl.com/5y4mxvj4
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November 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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🦠 Meet the Speaker

👩‍🔬 Prof. Chowdhary is a leading expert in medical #mycology, researching #antifungal resistance and emerging fungal pathogens like Candida auris and Aspergillus fumigatus.
She is Secretary General of ISAC
tinyurl.com/3554edz2
📅 3 Nov 2025 | 11:00–12:30 CET
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October 30, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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📢 Final days to apply!
ISAC Society Grants 💡 Up to €6,000 available to:
1️⃣ Strengthen existing ISAC member societies
2️⃣ Establish new societies in underserved regions
📌 Clear, outcome-driven proposals required
🔗 Apply now: www.isac.world/funding/isac...
📆 Deadline: 31 Oct
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October 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM