27 August 2015, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China

Lecture01 Discovery, biosynthesis and bioengineering of novel polyketide antibiotics

Gregory L Challis, Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK

Lecture02 Introduction to chemical databases and literature tools provided by the Royal Society of Chemistry

Serin Dabb, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK

Lecture03 Advanced methods for antibiotic discovery from actinomycetes

Jeff Errington, Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Newcastle University, UK

Lecture04 A two-prong approach to understanding and combating resistance to aminoglycosides

Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, USA

Lecture05 Structure-based approach toward development of NDM-1 and ESBL inhibitors

Qingzhi Gao, School of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology, Tianjin University

Lecture06 The challenge of discovering and developing novel microbial natural product antibiotics to fight infectious diseases

Olga Genilloud, Fundación MEDINA, Spain

Lecture07 Phylogenetic evolution, mechanism and application of antibiotic glycosyltransferases

Jianjun Qiao, School of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, China

Lecture08 Design of wide-spectrum inhibitors targeting coronaviruses

Haitao Yang, School of Life Sciences, Tianjin University, China