As part of our Successful Ageing Seminar series, we invite you to attend this FREE seminar to hear from our highly regarded researchers on how they are fighting antibiotic resistant bacteria “Super Bugs” with the latest technologies.

Professor Clive Prestidge
Professor of Pharmaceutical Science
School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia
Clive leads an internationally recognised research group focusing on Nanostructure and Drug Delivery. He has an extensive track record in the development of nano-biomaterials for outcomes in Health and Medicine. His research currently focuses on hybrid nanomaterials for oral drug/nutraceutical delivery and anti-obesity, oral chemotherapy and nanocarriers to overcome bacteria in biofilms.

Associate Professor Rietie Venter
Head: Microbiology
School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia
After completing her PhD at the University of Leeds, Rietie moved to Cambridge, where she spent twelve years doing research on multidrug transporters, first as a post-doc and later running her own research group as a Royal Society Fellow at the University of Cambridge. She joined UniSA as Head of Microbiology in December 2012 where she is leading an internationally acclaimed research group on Antimicrobial Resistance.