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A global public-private partnership led by Boston University to fund and support R&D early development of products to combat #antibioticresistance #CARBX
🔗 Visit our website: https://www.carb-x.org
📢 EOI templates for cycle two of the CARB-X 2025 funding round are now available!

Cycle two opens in less than one week. EOI templates give applicants an early look at the questions that will be in the Portal. #IDSky 🧪

🔗 View the templates here: bit.ly/3P56UDB
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Lifeline is coming to London from 28 March – 2 May 2026! Lifeline stars real-life scientists, healthcare workers, and other heroes working to address the #AMR crisis. If you love performing, apply to be in the show! #IDSky

🔗 Apply to be part of Lifeline: bit.ly/4pnViv7
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🔦 Funding theme spotlight: Seeking diagnostics for typhoid fever for low-resource settings.

There are 11–21M cases of typhoid fever globally each year, mostly among children and in LMICs. #IDSky 🧪

🔗 Learn about our targeted theme + updated eligibility criteria: bit.ly/4dTKvDj
November 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
🔦Funding theme spotlight: therapeutics for infections caused by Gram-negative pathogens. New antibiotics targeting these bacteria could avert 11.1M #AMR deaths by 2050, especially in LMICs.

🔗Learn about our targeted theme + updated eligibility criteria: bit.ly/4dTKvDj
November 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
World AMR Awareness Week is November 18th – 24th!

This year’s theme, “Act Now: Protect Our Present, Secure Our Future,” emphasizes the urgency of the antimicrobial resistance crisis and the need for global, united action to address it.

🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/4dTKvDj
November 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
📢 CARB-X funding round update!
Updated eligibility criteria for cycle two are now available. Review the updated materials to see if your project is eligible. Expressions of Interest may be submitted from 1 Dec. at 10:00 ET – 12 Dec. at 23:59 ET. #IDSky 🧪
🔗 Read here: bit.ly/4dTKvDj
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Join CARB-X Alliance Director Vega Masignani, PhD, at I4ID Congress for her keynote lecture “Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance Through Innovation.” #I4ID2025 #IDSky 🧪

📅 November 14
⏰ 9:15 – 9:45 AM CET
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4qz81MP
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Join CARB-X Senior Alliance Manager Su Chiang, PhD, at the 2nd Annual Antimicrobial Resistance and Infectious Diseases Symposium for her presentation “CARB-X: Stimulating and supporting innovation against AMR.”

📅 Nov. 13
⏰ 9:20 – 9:40 AM ET
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/43z350A
November 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
CARB-X Chief of External Affairs Damiano de Felice, PhD, and other World Economic Forum “What Is the Cost of Underinvesting in Health?” panelists discussed why health should be seen as an investment rather than a cost. #AMGFCC25 #MedSky 🧪

🔗 Watch here: bit.ly/3WKnBrv
November 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
At a recent World Health Summit panel, CARB-X Executive Director Kevin Outterson discussed improving data collection and usage for impactful and accountable AMR policy implementation, including the potential of AI and real-time hospital data. 🧪 #IDSky #WHS2025

🔗 bit.ly/3JauCyw
November 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Attending @bactivac.bsky.social Birmingham? Join CARB-X Alliance Director Ed Buurman, PhD, for his presentation “Supporting AMR Vaccine R&D.” #BactiVacEvents #IDSky

📅 Wednesday, November 5
⏰ 11:15 – 11:45 AM GMT
October 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Join CARB-X Director of External Affairs Will Hall at Infection 2025 – @bsacandjac.bsky.social Winter Conference for his presentation “Is anything working? PPP, push pull and nonprofit funding incentives.” #AMGFCC25

📅 Oct. 27
⏰ 9:55 – 10:15 AM GMT
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4nWRQr7
October 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Join CARB-X Chief Scientific Officer Richard Alm, PhD, at the @latrobeuni.bsky.social Frontiers in Infectious Diseases Innovation event for his presentation “CARB-X – Accelerating the Development of Novel Products to Tackle AMR.” #IDSky 🧪

📆 October 29
⏰ 5 – 7 PM AEDT
🔗 Register: bit.ly/3IOo9Jy
October 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A Communications Medicine publication proposes a comprehensive One Health stewardship framework to address AMR. CARB-X and Global Antibiotic R&D Partnership (GARDP) are recognized as important push incentives supporting antibiotic R&D. #IDSky 🧪
🔗 Read here: bit.ly/3KSyMvh
October 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Join CARB-X Chief of External Affairs Damiano de Felice at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils panel “What Is the Cost of Underinvesting in Health?” #AMGFCC25

📆 Wednesday, October 15
⏰ 12:15 – 1 PM GST
🔗 Watch the livestream here: bit.ly/3LaW1AP
October 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Join CARB-X Alliance Director Ed Buurman, PhD at the World Vaccine Congress Europe keynote panel “Vaccines & AMR – Turning Commitment into Practical Action.” 🧪 #IDSky #WVCEU

📆 Tuesday, October 14
⏰ 5 PM CEST
🔗 Register now: bit.ly/3IdV8Xm
October 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Join CARB-X Executive Director @koutterson.bsky.social at the @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social panel “Leveraging Evidence and Tools to Advance AMR Policy Implementation.” 🧪 #IDSky #WHS2025

📆 Sunday, October 12
⏰ 11 – 12:30 CEST
🔗 Register now: bit.ly/4maIw0R
October 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Thank you to 130+ attendees who convened at @imperialcollege for the 2025 CARB-X PD Conference! Clinicians, CARB-X graduates, and CARB-X R&D leaders shared innovations in therapeutics, preventatives, & diagnostics to address antibiotic resistance.
October 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Join CARB-X Alliance Director Betsy Wonderly Trainor at The MedTech Conference panel “The Point of Impact: Charting the Future of Decentralized Diagnostics.” 🧪 #IDSky #MTC25

📆 Monday, October 6
⏰ 9:30 – 10:30 AM PT
🔗 Register now: bit.ly/3IdS6Cs
October 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
At the @eupohamr.bsky.social kickoff, CARB-X Director of External Affairs Louise Norton-Smith spoke on a panel about the importance of seeking new opportunities with partners outside the traditional AMR ecosystem to bring fresh perspectives, bridge knowledge gaps, and broaden impact.
September 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
💼 CARB-X is hiring a CFO!

We are looking for someone with at least eight years of experience in a senior finance role who has previously worked for nonprofits. This position is part of the CARB-X Executive Team.

➡️ Apply today! bit.ly/3YLyo5V
September 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
📘 New publication!
CARB-X Alliance Director Vega Masignani co-authored a @natureportfolio.nature.com Vaccines paper outlining early de-risking strategies for vaccine development to help accelerate vaccine R&D while reducing the likelihood of costly late-stage failures. 🧪
🔗 bit.ly/4meyxIV
September 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
CARB-X has awarded Zeteo Tech US$1M to execute a workplan for its noninvasive diagnostic platform that aims to evaluate whether exhaled breath can diagnose lower respiratory tract infections. 🧪 #IDSky

🔗 Read here: bit.ly/3HAYZgS
September 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
📘 New publication supported by CARB-X!

“Infection risk associated with colonization by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria: An umbrella review and meta-analysis.” 🧪 #IDSky

🔗 Read here: bit.ly/3V4tWNi
September 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
CARB-X has awarded QuantaMatrix US$2.85M to execute a workplan to develop its rapid diagnostic platform to detect sepsis, especially in vulnerable neonates. 🧪 #IDSky
🔗 Read here: bit.ly/45OlTsV
August 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM