Please join Nauman Nazeer for his Molecular and Macromolecular Sciences Seminar Program presentation of the " Synthesis of Antimicrobial Peptide-Polymer Hybrids."

The rise in antimicrobial resistance is a serious threat to public health across the globe, as traditional antibiotics are increasingly becoming ineffective against several common pathogens. Therefore, there is a growing demand for new classes of antimicrobial drugs to replace traditional antibiotics. The innate immune system of living organisms is a source of several antimicrobial molecules, such as antimicrobial peptides, which provide a promising alternative to traditional antibiotics. This presentation discusses the development of synthetic antimicrobial peptides derived from the avian protein Angiogenin-4, as well as the potential applications of antimicrobial peptide-polymer conjugates as novel therapeutic strategies to combat antimicrobial resistance in bacterial pathogens.