In the course of this training Alexander Loy gave a lecture on "Microbiome: the hidden power" and Thomas Böttcher covered the topic "Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance". The content of training and lectures was summarized in an informative blog post by Open Science on the problem of increasing antibiotic resistances in microbes. Interested readers can also test their knowledge in a corresponding online quiz published by the newspaper "Der Standard".
About Open Science:
Open Science is a non-profit scientific association committed to provide information on current scientific knowledge in the field of life sciences. They achieve this by organizing events and projects, running the Vienna Open Lab – a joint establishment of Open Science and the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA) located in the Vienna BioCenter – and offering materials and trainings to educators.
