First international travel and I’m in Cyprus to give a presentation at Xenowac II:  Challenges and Solutions related to Xenobiotics and Antimicrobial Resistance in the Framework of Urban Wastewater Reuse. I was very excited to have my presentation accepted as an oral presentation, because I finally had additional antibiotic resistance data (genes) that I felt was important to share. I have more data analysis to perform, but it appears that at The Living Filter site for a sulfonamide resistance gene, the quantities are higher than at a control site (not receiving effluent irrigation nor manure applications). In fact, it looks like this increase in antibiotic resistance genes at the Living Filter may be a long term impact. The site has been used for over 40 years to date, and I have not found research on a long term reuse site like this one. Great information to have. I have other resistance genes that I am analyzing, so will be interesting to see if this trend continues.

Presenting at XENOWAC II