ENABLE-2 programmes

ENABLE-2 is currently supporting four promising programmes in the pursuit of new antibiotics: From Justus Liebig University Giessen, The Ineos Oxford Institute at the University of Oxford, Leiden University & Queen’s University Belfast and Uppsala University.

Current programmes

Programme BamA Inhibitors

Novel antibiotics that hit a new target against Gram-negative bacteria.

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Contact

Till F. Schäberle, PhD, Principal Investigator
Justus Liebig University Giessen
Till.F.Schaeberle@agrar.uni-giessen.de

Programme Broad-spectrum MBL inhibitors

A new class of broad spectrum metallo-b-lactamase inhibitors that restore activity of carbapenems in MDR Gram-negative Enterobacterales

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Contact

Alistair Farley, Dr, Scientific Lead
Ineos Oxford Institute at the University of Oxford
Alistair.farley@chem.ox.ac.uk

Christopher Schofield
Professor of Chemistry, University of Oxford
Director of Chemistry, Ineos Oxford Institute at the University of Oxford
Christopher.schofield@chem.ox.ac.uk

Programme JEDI

A novel target with no preexisting resistance and a new compound class showing very good efficacy in animal models.

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Contact

Diarmaid Hughes, Professor
Uppsala University
Diarmaid.Hughes@imbim.uu.se

Anders Karlén, Professor
Uppsala University
Anders.Karlen@ilk.uu.se

Programme Ornicidine

A novel class of anti-bacterial agents active against multi drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria.

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Contact

Nathaniel Martin, Professor
Leiden University
n.i.martin@biology.leidenuniv.nl

Stephen Cochrane, Dr.
Queen’s University Belfast
s.cochrane@qub.ac.uk

Learn more

Contact ENABLE-2

Marie Olliver, PhD, Alliance Manager
Uppsala University
Marie.Olliver@ilk.uu.se

ENABLE-2 funders

ENABLE-2 is supported by the Swedish Research Council and the National Research Programme on Antibiotic Resistance.

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