# 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
- Venue: Worcester College, Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre Auditorium
- Price: £8–£15
- Ticket mode: fixr
- Status: archived
- Tags: lecture, past events
- Access notes: Held in Russian; no translation provided.

## Content

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

**Time:** 19:15

### About

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.