This grant is for a young and excellent investigator in the field of antimicrobial resistance. It follows both organizations' vision to advance laboratory practice and clinical diagnostics in Eastern Europe. The application deadline for 2011 has expired, applications for 2012 grants will be accepted in summer 2011.
The 2010 Grant went to...
Gabriella Terhes born in 1978 in Szeged, Hungary; biologist at the Institute of Clinical Microbiology, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical and Pharmaceutical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, in recognition of her outstanding contributions to our understanding of the epidemiology and antibiotic susceptibility of Clostridium difficile.
Research Interests
Her research interests focus on the epidemiology and antibiotic susceptibility of Clostridium difficile, the most important nosocomial enteric pathogen. Her PhD thesis focused on the toxin production of C. difficile and Bacteroides fragilis and its genetic background, the coexistence of bft and cfiA genes and the presence of the nim gene. She follows the changes from year to year in the epidemiology and antibiotic susceptibility of C. difficile on a national level as a staff member of the National Anaerobe Reference Laboratory. She has introduced 16S rDNA sequencing to identify rarely isolated, poorly characterised pathogens isolated from human clinical samples. This allows rapid diagnosis. She is an expert on typing methods for the epidemiological investigations of commonly isolated nosocomial pathogens. She is also involved in other projects, e.g. setting up new methods for the detection of viruses and bacteria in immunocompromised patient groups.
