Floriana Campanile is an Associate Professor of Microbiology at the Medical Microbiology, Molecular and Antibiotic-Resistance Laboratory (MMARLab) in the Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences (BIOMETEC), University of Catania, one of the institutions in Italy in the field of antibiotic-resistant pathogen surveillance. She is currently involved in national and international project design, research, and collaborations. She is the author of approximately 60 papers in peer-reviewed international journals. She is an editor and reviewer of peer-reviewed international journals. The team led by Prof. Floriana Campanile is currently involved in: • Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), epidemiology, and molecular study of Gram-positive pathogens. • Evaluation of the in vitro activity of novel anti-Gram-positive and -negative antimicrobial drugs, new alternative compounds, and commercial panels. • Antibacterial, bactericidal, and synergistic analysis of antimicrobial compounds, alone and in combination. • Molecular epidemiology of MDR Gram-positive isolates and monitoring of antibiotic resistance determinants. • Molecular assays targeting membrane proteins and PBPs to identify potential drug targets for antibacterial therapies. • Eukaryotic host/bacterial pathogen interaction and cross-talk.