Professor Kim Lewis, Northeastern University Boston, Massachusetts, USA

• 1. Evolution under antibiotic treatments: interplay between antibiotic persistence, tolerance and resistance.- 2. Antibiotic persisters and relapsing Salmonella enterica infections.- 3. The Biology of Persister Cells in E. coli.- 4. Persister Formation and Antibiotic Tolerance of Chronic Infections.- 5. Persister formation driven by TisB-dependent membrane depolarization.- 6. Toxin-antitoxin systems and persistence.- 7. Nutrient depletion and bacterial persistence.- 8. Genetic determinants of persistence in Escherichia coli.- 9. Persister resuscitation.- 10. Host-pathogen interactions influencing Mycobacterium tuberculosis persistence and drug tolerance.- 11. Drug susceptibility of individual mycobacterial cells.- 12. Antimicrobial drug discovery against persisters.

Professor Kim Lewis, Northeastern University Boston, Massachusetts, USA

• 1. Evolution under antibiotic treatments: interplay between antibiotic persistence, tolerance and resistance.- 2. Antibiotic persisters and relapsing Salmonella enterica infections.- 3. The Biology of Persister Cells in E. coli.- 4. Persister Formation and Antibiotic Tolerance of Chronic Infections.- 5. Persister formation driven by TisB-dependent membrane depolarization.- 6. Toxin-antitoxin systems and persistence.- 7. Nutrient depletion and bacterial persistence.- 8. Genetic determinants of persistence in Escherichia coli.- 9. Persister resuscitation.- 10. Host-pathogen interactions influencing Mycobacterium tuberculosis persistence and drug tolerance.- 11. Drug susceptibility of individual mycobacterial cells.- 12. Antimicrobial drug discovery against persisters.

Professor Kim Lewis, Northeastern University Boston, Massachusetts, USA

• 1. Evolution under antibiotic treatments: interplay between antibiotic persistence, tolerance and resistance.- 2. Antibiotic persisters and relapsing Salmonella enterica infections.- 3. The Biology of Persister Cells in E. coli.- 4. Persister Formation and Antibiotic Tolerance of Chronic Infections.- 5. Persister formation driven by TisB-dependent membrane depolarization.- 6. Toxin-antitoxin systems and persistence.- 7. Nutrient depletion and bacterial persistence.- 8. Genetic determinants of persistence in Escherichia coli.- 9. Persister resuscitation.- 10. Host-pathogen interactions influencing Mycobacterium tuberculosis persistence and drug tolerance.- 11. Drug susceptibility of individual mycobacterial cells.- 12. Antimicrobial drug discovery against persisters.