Online tutorial
Investigating antimicrobial resistance with EMBL-EBI resources
A practical introduction
Time to complete:
3 hours
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Last reviewed:
November 2024
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most pressing threats to global health, challenging our ability to treat infectious diseases effectively. This tutorial delves into the key concepts surrounding AMR and introduces data resources and tools to support research in this field.
Who is this course for?
This tutorial is designed for researchers who have an interest in studying antimicrobial resistance. An undergraduate knowledge of biology would be an advantage.
The tutorial mainly focuses on bacterial examples however the content will still be relevant to researchers studying other microorganisms.
What will I achieve?
By the end of the course you will be able to:
- Discuss the problems linked to AMR
- Identify appropriate EMBL-EBI resources and tools for studying AMR
- Describe the process of sharing, finding, and using publicly available microbial data
- Use some EMBL-EBI resources to investigate microbial data
What resources do I need?
There are no specific resources required to complete this tutorial.
DOI:
10.6019/TOL.AMR-t.2024.00001.1
Course contents
- What is antimicrobial resistance?
- How do we study pathogens?
- Public pathogen data
- A guide to the Pathogens Portal
- Analysing genomic data from pathogens
- Identification and investigation of antimicrobial resistance genes
- Looking for antimicrobial resistance genes in different environments
- Data sharing
- The future of AMR
- Crossword: Test your knowledge
- Your feedback
- Further resources
- Help and support
- Glossary
- References
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