Research Grant Awardees 2009
Olubukola Margaret Akinloye
Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Health Sciences, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Shagamu, Nigeria
Project
Occurrence and characteristics of viruses associated with respiratory infections in Nigerian children
Tanja Breinig
Junior research group for Virology/Immunology, Dept of Virology, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany
Project
Human yeast-specific CD8 T lymphocytes - characterization of a novel effector cell population
Alessandro Giuffre
Istituto di Biologia e Patologia Molecolari del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Dipartimento to Scienze Biochimiche "A.Rossi-Fanelli", Sapienza Universita di Roma, Rome, Italy
Project
Response of the human parasite Giardia intestinalis to oxidative and nitrosative stress
Denis Grandgirard
Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland
Project
Role of bacterial lipoproteins in TLR2 signalling, inflammation and neuronal damage induced by GBS during experimental meningitis
Alexandros Ikonomidis
Medical School, University of Thessalia, Greece
Project
Molecular investigation of carbapenem heteroresistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and in vivo evaluation of therapeutic options
Jörn Klein
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Trondheim, Norway
Project
MicroRNAs in Hantavirus infections - a potential for supportive therapy?!
Patricia Komp Lindgren
Microbiology, Department of Medical Science, Section Infectious Diseases, Uppsala, Sweden
Project
Pharmacodynamic studies of tigecycline, colistine and tigecycline/colistin combination against susceptible and MDR resistant Acinetobacter baumannii - strategies to minimize the emergence of multidrug resistant bacteria
Luis Jaime Mota
Infection Biology Laboratory, Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica e Biologica (ITQB), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
Project
Development of Salmonella as a surrogate system to study the function of virulence proteins of Chlamydia trachomatis
Based upon his outstanding research proposal, he has also been awarded an ESCMID/FEMS Research Fellowship 2009.
Stéphanie Petrella
Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Faculté de Médecine Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France
Project
Mycobacterial ATP synthase: a new target for a new antituberculosis drug
Robert P. Ryan
Biomerit Research Centre, Department of Microbiology, University College Cork, Ireland
Project
Cyclic di-GMP signalling and the regulation of virulence and associated traits in human pathogens
Chrysanthi Skevaki
Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Athens, Greece
Project
Prospective study of infants hospitalized with acute bronchiolitis. Risk factors for the development of asthma at the age of 3 years
Pierre Smeesters
Bacterial Genetics and Physiology Laboratory, Infectious Diseases Department, Children’s Hospital Queen Fabiola, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
Project
Genetic diversity of Group A Streptococcus M proteins: a worldwide survey
Karin Sofia Tegmark Wisell
Head of Section for Antibiotic Resistance and Infection Control, Swedish Institute for Infection Disease Control / Smittskyddsinstitutet, Solna, Sweden
Project
Plasmid mediated antibiotic resistance in Enterobacteriaceae with focus on extended spectrum beta-lactamases
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