Programme
CESAR 2025, September 22-25, 2025, Zadar, Croatia
DAY 1 – Monday, September 22, 2025
| 12:00-17:00 | Registration |
| 16:30-17:00 | Opening ceremony |
Opening Session
| 17:00-17:30 | IL1 | Fernando Baquero (Spain): From Pharmacology to Antechology, the Dynamics and Kinetics of Antimicrobial Resistance |
Session 1 Molecular Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Resistance
| 17:30-18:00 | IL2 |  The EMBO Keynote Lecture Csaba Pál: A Framework for Resistance-Based Classification of Antibiotic Candidates |
| 18:00-18:30 | IL 3 | Patrick van Dijck (Belgium): Antifungal Resistance Mechanisms in the Human Fungal Pathogen Candida auris and the Discovery of Collateral Sensitivity as Possible Treatment Option |
| 18:30-18:45 | OP1 | Petra Olejnikova (Slovakia): Uncovering the Hidden Battle: Compensatory Responses of Clinical Aspergillus fumigatus Strains to Azole Treatment |
| 19:30 | Welcome reception – Buffet |
DAY 2 – Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Session 2 Antimicrobial Resistance in Animals, Food and Environment
| 08:30-09:00 | IL4 | Célia Manaia (Portugal): Antibiotic Resistance in the Environment: When Bacterial Success Means Failure for Public Health |
| 09:00-09:30 | IL5 | Irena Zdovc (Slovenia): One Health Insights into Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococci (MRS) in Slovenian Companion Animals |
| 09:30-10:00 | IL6 | Renata Karpiškova (Czech Republic): Genetic Diversity and Dissemination of MRSA CC398 in Animals and Humans in the Czech Republic |
| 10:00-10:15 | OP2 | Júlia Koreneková (Slovakia, ICGEB grant): Staphylococci – A Challenge for Food Safety: From Enterotoxins to Resistance |
| 10:15-10:30 | OP3 | Vinita Pant – (India, ICGEB grant): Characterization and Genome Analysis of Novel Bacteriophage Isolated from Indian Himalayan Region Targeting Aeromonas salmonicida |
| 10:30-10:45 | OP4 | Funmi Olatujoye (Nigeria): Characterization of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria from Catfish (Clarias gariepinus) and the Inhibitory Effect of Paullinia pinnata (Linn) Leaf Extract on the Isolates |
| 10:45-11:15 | Coffee break |
Session 3 Quorum Sensing and Biofilm
| 11:15-11:45 | IL7 | Miguel Cámara (UK): Disruption of Quorum Sensing in Biofilm-Associated Infections |
| 11:45-12:15 | IL8 | Edit Urbán (Hungary): Biofilm Formation and the Role of Quorum Sensing in Cystic Fibrosis |
| 12:15-12:30 | OP5 | Katarina Bilska (Slovakia): Xanthene-Based Nanocomposites: An Effective Alternative Against Staphylococcal Biofilms |
| 12:30-14:30 | Break for lunch |
Session 4 Laboratory Methods, Diagnostics and Control of Resistant Infections
| 14:30-15:00 | IL9 | Ivana Gudelj (UK): Drug-Mediated Metabolic Tipping Between Antibiotic Resistant States in a Mixed-Species Community |
| 15:00-15:30 | IL10 | Bojan Papić (Slovenia): Integrating (Meta)genomic Sequencing Data into AMR Risk Assessment |
| 15:30-15:45 | OP6 | Nikolina Udiković-Kolić (Croatia): Identification of Bacterial Hosts of Clinically Significant β-Lactamase Genes Using EpicPCR |
| 15:45 -16:00 | OP7 | Martina Durcik (Slovenia): Isolation, in vivo Evaluation, and Compassionate Use of Phages for Antimicrobial-Resistant Infections |
| 16:00-16:30 | Coffee break | |
| 17:00-19:00 | Zadar city tour |
DAY 3 – Wednesay, September 24, 2025
Session 5 Epidemiology and Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance
| 09:00-9:30 | IL11 | Suzana Bukovski (Croatia): Antibiotic Resistance in Neisseria meningitidis: Current Trends and Future Perspective |
| 09:30-10:00 | IL12 | Luca Guardabassi (Denmark): Aminoglycoside Resistance in Porcine Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli: a Truly One Health Problem |
| 10:00-10:30 | IL13 | Bruno González-Zorn (Spain): Future on the Edge: Antimicrobial Resistance in a One Health World |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00-11:15 | OP8 | Ana Puljko (Croatia): Extended-Spectrum Β-Lactamase- And Carbapenemase-Producing Escherichia Coli and Klebsiella Spp. From Treated Wastewater in Croatia |
| 11:15-11:30 | OP9 | Blanka Dadić (Croatia): Prevalence of Carbapenem-Resistant Bacteria in Riverine Water |
| 11:30-11:45 | OP10 | Ivana Kolackova (Czech Republic): Characterization of Klebsiella Pneumoniae Isolated in Pets With Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamases (ESBL) Production |
| 12:00-14:00 | Break for lunch | |
| 14:00-16:00 | Poster Session | |
| 16:00-19:00 | Free time | |
| 19:30 | Symposium dinner |
DAY 4 – Thursday, September 25, 2025
Session 6 New Antimicrobial Drugs and Strategies to Overcome Resistance
| 9:00-9:30 | IL14 | Mzia Kutateladze (Georgia): Bacteriophages Against Multidrug Resistant Bacterial Infections: Challenges and Perspectives |
| 09:30-10:00 | IL15 | Helena Bujdakova (Slovakia): Photodynamic Inactivation as a Strategy to Overcome Antimicrobial Resistance: Mechanism and Effect |
| 10:00 -10:30 | Coffee break
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| 10:30-10:45 | OP11 | Nourhan Muhammad (Egypt, ICGEB grant): Repurposing of 10 Antibiotics as Colorectal Anticancer Drugs |
| 10:45-11:00 | OP12 | Neha Farid (Pakistan, ICGEB grant): Repurposing Amphotericin B: Anti‑Microbial, Molecular Docking and Molecular Dynamics Simulation Studies Suggest Inhibition Potential of Amphotericin B Against MRSA |
| 11:00-11:15 | OP13 | Mustafa Ünver Kurt (Turkey): Exploitation of Actinobacteria From Coastal Ecosystems of Aegean Sea for Antimicrobial Activity via Strain Identification, Dereplication and Synergism Studies |
| 11:15-11:30 | OP14 | Priya Godara (India): A Novel Multitargeting Approach to Develop Resistance-Immune Antimalarials |
| 11:30-12:00 | Announcement of best poster; Closing ceremony and conclusions of CESAR2025 |