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2017 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Karen Bush

We are pleased to announce that the keynote speaker this year will be Dr. Karen Bush from Indiana University, Bloomington.

Karen Bush received a PhD in Biochemistry from Indiana University  and worked in pharmaceutical research from 1973 to 2009 as a member of research teams that served to discover and/or develop aztreonam, piperacillin-tazobactam, levofloxacin, doripenem and ceftobiprole. She  is known for her work on beta-lactamases and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology. Dr. Bush is currently a Professor of Practice in the Biotechnology Program in the Biology Department at Indiana University, where she teaches graduate level courses and leads a small research group that studies new antibacterial agents and novel resistance mechanisms in carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriacea.

Dr. Bush’s keynote address, titled

 “Antibiotic Resistance: Past, Present and Future,” will be on Friday, April 7th.  The keynote address will be open to the general public.

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