Research Grant Awardees in 2019
We are pleased to present the 15 recipients of a research grant in 2019 who received up to EUR 20'000 each for their projects.
Eveline Snelders, Wageningen, Netherlands
Janna Schurer, Kingston, Canada
Rebecca Drummond, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Ricardo Silvestre, Braga, Portugal
Xinzhu Wang, London, United Kingdom
Lynne Harris, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Widagdo Widagdo, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Arthur Wouter Dante Edridge, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Maria Clara Póvoa Cabral, Vigo, Spain
Francesca Tamarozzi, Rome, Italy
Izabela Rodenhuis-Zybert, Groningen, Netherlands
Pedro Ferreira, Braga, Portugal
Sofia A. Cerqueira, Lisbon, Portugal
Margherita Bertuzzi, Manchester, United Kingdom
Eveline Snelders
Wageningen University, Laboratory of Genetics,Wageningen, Netherlands
ESCMID / FEMS RECIPIENT
Project: From notion to motion: the role of recombination in the fungal pathogen A. fumigatus
Janna Schurer
Tufts University, Infectious Disease and Global Health, Kingston, Canada
Project: Cystic echinococcosis in people and livestock in Rwanda
Rebecca Drummond
University of Birmingham, Institute Immunology & Immunotherapy, Institute Biomedical Research, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Project: Fungi on the brain: interrogating host-pathogen interactions during fungal meningitis
Ricardo Silvestre
University of Minho, School of Medicine, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), Braga, Portugal
Project: Feeding immunity: development of new nutraceuticals for visceral leishmaniasis
Xinzhu Wang
Imperial College, Jefferiss Research Trust Laboratories, London, United Kingdom
Project: New therapeutic targets for hepatitis B virus
Lynne Harris
National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Project: Genetically modified Plasmodium expressing the antigenic target Pv-pLDH: A novel tool to enhance P. vivax diagnostics
Widagdo Widagdo
Erasmus Medical Center, Viroscience, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Project: The role of aging in MERS-CoV pathogenesis
Mark Gresnigt
Leibniz Institut for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Jena, Germany
Project: Sensing of circulating host factors by Candida albicans: unraveling the influence of host factors on fungal pathogenicity and virulence
Arthur Wouter Dante Edridge
University of Amsterdam, Departments of Medical Microbiology and Global Child Health, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Project: Exploring the burden of Ntwetwe virus in Ugandan children
Maria Clara Póvoa Cabral
Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Galicia Sur, Grupo de Investigación en Microbiología e Infectología, Vigo, Spain
Project: Engineering lactobacilli for intranasal immunization against the emerging enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) infections and prevention of acute flaccid myelitis
Francesca Tamarozzi
Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Infectious Diseases, Rome, Italy
Project: Pilot ultrasound survey of human cystic echinococcosis in livestock-keeping communities of Northern Tanzania
Izabela Rodenhuis-Zybert
University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Medical Microbiology, Groningen, Netherlands
Project: From guardian to aggressor: structural requirements underlying dichotomy of TLR2 function in Dengue virus
Pedro Ferreira
University of Minho, Microbiology and Infection Research Domain, Braga, Portugal
Project: Implications of hemoglobin catabolism in antimalarial resistance
Sofia A. Cerqueira
UNL - NOVA Medical School Chronic Diseases Research Center, Lisbon, Portugal
Project: Decoding immunometabolism to thwart HIV-1 follicular reservoir
Margherita Bertuzzi
University of Manchester, Manchester Fungal Infection Group, Manchester, United Kingdom
Project: Antifungal potency of the airway epithelium in health and disease
