SASUF Satellite Events 2024

2-day event
13 May 13:30-17:00 (only onsite in Uppsala)
14 May 09:00-13:00 (hybrid)

This satellite event is strongly connected to the ongoing SASUF research project titled: “Evaluation of genomic analysis of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in wastewater by enrichment panels as a tool for population-level AMR surveillance and environmental risk assessment”. This research project aims to test the use of novel technologies for the detection of AMR in human populations of Sweden and South-Africa through wastewater-based analyses. The South African and Swedish participants of this project will be key to this satellite event. However, the event will have a broader scope as it will provide a platform for interaction and networking for researchers working in various aspects of AMR surveillance and preventions. 

Beside scientific presentations and discussions, we will also visit a Swedish wastewater treatment plant and discuss outreach through an interactive session that will be held together with Uppsala Antibiotic Center, who together with Uppsala Antimicrobial Center (UAC) have developed an educational game about the dangers of inprudent AMR use. This session will serve as an instigator for discussions about our possibilities for outreach as researchers.

Program:

May 13th – only onsite:

• 13:30: transfer from Uppsala Station for those not from Uppsala: meeting point in front of Radisson Blue Hotel
• 13:50: meeting at the entrance of the treatment plant
• 14:00-15:30: guided tour of Kunsängverket, the wastewater treatment plant of Uppsala (Stallängsgatan 3, 753 23 Uppsala) for those who signed up
• 16:00-18:00: fika and mingling followed by demonstration and discussion  of educational AMR awareness game and the role of outreach at Navet, BMC (Husargatan 3, entrance C11, 752 37 Uppsala, Sweden)

May 14th – hybrid and at MVM building at Campus Ultuna, Uppsala (Lennart Hjelms väg 9, 756 51 Uppsala):

Zoom link:  https://slu-se.zoom.us/j/64160462684
Meeting ID: 641 6046 2684
Passcode: 361445

• 9:00-9:10: welcome
• 9:10-10:10: presentations
• 9:10-9:25: Marie Wrande & Linus Sandegren: Swedish sewage water contains antibiotics at high enough concentration to select for antibiotic resistance
• 9:25-9:40: Damien Jacobs, Prof. Abia A.L.K.; Prof A.N. Traore, Prof. Natasha Potgieter: A metagenomic snapshot of selected wastewater treatment plants in Vhembe Region, Limpopo, South Africa: Investigating the resistome
• 9:40-9:55: Karin Persson: The PAIRWISE project: Dispersal of antibiotic resistance and antibiotics in water ecosystems and influence on livestock and aquatic wildlife
• 9:55-10:10: Pilar López Hernández: Spread of ARGs through HGT in a waste water microbial community
• 10:10-10:30: coffee break
• 10:30-11:00: presentations
• 10:30-10:15: Valentina Ugolini: Environmental spread of antimicrobial chemicals and AMR
• 10:15-11:00: Karabo Tsholo: Potential impact of wastewater effluents on bacterial communities and antibiotic resistance in receiving water
• 11:00-11:15: Zahra Goodarzi: Metagenomic screening of antibiotic resistance genes in the Caspian Sea
• 11:15-11:30: Björn Berglund: Pandemic preparedness for antibiotic resistance by wastewater-based epidemiolog
• 11:30-12:00: discussion of collaboration possibilities
• 12:00-13:00: lunch at Ulls restaurant together with other SASUF events

Keywords:
Antimicrobial resistance, public health, environmental epidemiology, prudent antimicrobial use stewardship