One-day international seminar on characteristics of microorganisms that are related to infection was held at COMSTECH in association with the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.
A one-day international seminar on the characteristics of microorganisms that are related to infection was held on June 5 at COMSTECH in association with the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.
Infectious diseases are a major cause of morbidity and/or mortality in both developing and industrialised countries, according to Prof. Dr. Ute Rumling of the department of microbiology, tumour, and cell biology at the Karolinska Institutet. According to her, functional impairment is caused by subclinical infections over time.
She made mention of the rise in infectious disease susceptibility. She stated that up to 80% of human microbial infections are brought on by bacteria that form biofilms and that microbes in biofilms are resistant to both antibiotics and immune response. As a result of changes in lifestyle, industrial processes, the microbiome, and immune status, new pathogens are emerging.
As the enemy of humans, microbes, according to Prof. Dr. Shazia Anjum, Dean of the Faculty of Chemical and Biological Sciences at Islamia University Bahawalpur, this field of study is crucial.
She emphasised the need for cooperation and teamwork among all of us in the fight against infectious diseases. She was grateful for COMSTECH’s efforts to build health capacity and for the seminar that allowed experts in the field to network and learn how to work together to fight disease.
Prof. Dr. M. Iqbal Choudhary, the coordinator general of COMSTECH, welcomed and thanked the seminar attendees. He claimed that the primary threat to human health is from infectious diseases.
He bemoaned the fact that although we invest a lot of money in other fields of research, such as technology, we are unaware of the primary cause of human extinction since the dawn of time.
He claimed that because the pharmaceutical industry has no interest in funding the development of antibiotics, academics must concentrate their research on infectious diseases in order to address this issue.
Prof. Choudhary emphasised the importance of teamwork in the study of infectious diseases. According to him, the goal of this seminar is to help researchers network and work together while also advancing our understanding of infections at the molecular level.
The ambassador of Yemen as well as ambassadors from Uzbekistan and Qatar attended the international seminar on the characteristics of microorganisms.
A sizable number of researchers from across the nation and the world are attending the seminar both in person and online. Ten lectures on various facets of infectious diseases were given by national and international speakers. A question and answer session followed each lecture.