Research Grant Awardees 2008
Richard M. Anthony
Royal Tropic Institute, KIT Biomedical Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Project
The effect of sequential acquisition of mutations associated with resistance to the primary drugs of M. tuberculosis in vitro
Máire Begley
Department of Microbiology and Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
Project
Bile as an environmental cue for the regulation of Listeria monocytogenes virulence-associated characteristics
Frank Breinig
Department of Applied Molecular Biology, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
Project
Recombinant yeast as novel mucosal live vaccine
ESCMID/FEMS Research Fellowship
Each year ESCMID and FEMS foster outstanding research in microbiology by young Europeans with joint fellowships. Frank Breinig has been selected to receive the 2008 ESCMID/FEMS fellowship in addition to his research grant.
Geraldine Canny
Mucosal Immunity Laboratory, Central University Hospital of Vaud, Lausanne, Switzerland
Project
The role of bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPI) in intestinal inflammation and infection
Marie Hallin
Service de Microbiologie, Hôpital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium
Project
Exploration of resistance and virulence factors harbored by methicillin resistant S. aureus of animal and human origin
Christine Imbert
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France
Project
Anti-biofilm activity of conventional antifungal agents
Lucia Pallecchi
Department of Molecular Biology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
Project
Mechanisms of acquired antibiotic-resistance in bacteria from very remote human communities with minimal antibiotic exposure
Spyros Pournaras
Department of Microbiology, University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Greece
Project
Clinical impact and molecular analysis of linezolid- and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) clinical strains from Greece
Martin Sundqvist
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Central Hospital, Vaxjo, Sweden
Project
Clonal analysis of uropathogenic Escherichia coli to trace bacterial population changes in response to a large scale antibiotic intervention study in the community
Dóra Szabó
Institute of Medical Microbiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
Project
Molecular mechanisms and epidemiology of the quinolone resistance in Gram-negative nosocomial bacteria
Pierre Tattevin
Infectious Diseases and ICU, Pontchaillou University Hospital, Rennes, France
Project
Streptococcus and Enterococcus sp. isolated from blood culture and/or valves in patients with infective endocarditis: molecular epidemiology and comprehensive susceptibility testing
Alma C. van de Pol
Department of Virology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Project
Is the viral load of respiratory viruses associated with the severity of respiratory symptoms in young children with lower respiratory tract infections at the paediatric intensive care unit?
Willem van Schaik
Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Project
Functional genomics of hospital-acquired Enterococcus faecium
Anne Vergison
Paediatric Infectious Diseases Department, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Project
Evolution of Streptococcus pneumoniae epidemology in Belgian children
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