Dr. Nadezhda K. Fursova is Leader Researcher at the Molecular Microbiology/State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. She completed her PhD studies at the Microb Anti-plague Institution, Saratov, 1985.She has published 93 papers in various journals, and serves as a Member for MACMAC. Her teaching disciplines include Molecular Microbiology and Antomocrobial Resistance, and her interests include Nosocomial infections; Antimicrobial Resistance; Virulence; Biofilms; Bacterial Genomic; Plasmids; Mobile genetic Elements.