# A Story of Antibiotics by Ilya Kolmanovsky

Antibiotics made modern medicine possible, but their overuse has created a global crisis of resistance. In this public conversation, science journalist Ilya Kolmanovsky discussed how antibiotics work, how they were discovered, why new ones are so hard to develop, and whether a post-antibiotic…

Canonical URL: https://onrs.org/events/kolmanovsky-antibiotics/

## Details

- Type: lecture
- Date: Saturday, 31 January 2026
- Time: 19:15
- Start (ISO 8601): 2026-01-31T19:15:00.000+00:00
- Date precision: datetime
- Time zone: Europe/London
- Venue: Worcester College, Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre Auditorium
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- Price: £8–£15
- Currency: GBP
- Ticket mode: fixr
- Phase: past
- Status: archived
- Source ticket status: archived
- Last updated: 2026-11-02T09:06:00.000Z
- Assessed at: 2026-11-05T01:37:30.635Z
- Tags: lecture, past events
- Access notes: Held in Russian; no translation provided.

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**Location:** Worcester College, Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre Auditorium

**Time:** 19:15

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Antibiotics made modern medicine possible, but their overuse has created a global crisis of resistance. In this public conversation, science journalist Ilya Kolmanovsky discussed how antibiotics work, how they were discovered, why new ones are so hard to develop, and whether a post-antibiotic era can still be avoided.