Research Grant Awardees in 2015
We are pleased to present the 14 recipients of a research grant in 2015 who received up to EUR 20'000 each for their projects.
Diana Angelica Aguilar-Ayala, Ghent, Belgium
Berend Jan Bosch, Utrecht, Netherlands
Serena Cavallero, Rome, Italy
Xavier Charpentier, Villeurbanne, France
Dirk Eggink, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Joseph Meletiadis, Athens, Greece
Jasmina Nikodinovic-Runic, Belgrade, Serbia
Joao Perdigao, Lisbon, Portugal
Ville Nikolai Pimenoff, Barcelona, Spain
Meta Roestenberg, Leiden, Netherlands
Margarida Saraiva, Braga, Portugal
Vicky Sender, Stockholm, Sweden
Lidija Senerovic, Belgrade, Serbia
Rita Sobral, Monte de Caparica, Portugal
Diana Angelica Aguilar-Ayala
Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Project
Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a cholesterol and fatty acid rich environment: global response to dormancy and antibiotic resistance
Berend Jan Bosch
Department Infectious Diseases & Immunology, Virology Division, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
Project
Propagation of enteric coronaviruses: no guts no glory
Serena Cavallero
Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Project
Comparative analyses on transcriptomes of anisakid pathogenic species
Xavier Charpentier
MAP UMR5240, CNRS, Villeurbanne, France
Project
Antibiotic activity of a trans-translation inhibitor against the intracellular pathogen Legionella pneumophila
Dirk Eggink
Medical Microbiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Project
Adaptive evolutionary pathways of highly pathogenic avian H5N1 influenza in humans
Joseph Meletiadis
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece
Project
Determination of pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic breakpoints for voriconazole and posaconazole against Candida glabrata and Candida krusei in a multicentre study
Jasmina Nikodinovic-Runic
Medical Mycology Reference Laboratory, Serbian Society of Medical Mycology, Belgrade, Serbia
Project
Development of biopolymeric formulation of antifungal polyenes using medium chain length polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA): validation against superficial mycoses
Joao Perdigao
Research Institute for Medicines, Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Project
Transcriptomic profiling of clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains: global transcriptomic response towards drug exposure and metabolic shift towards latency
Ville Nikolai Pimenoff
Infections and Cancer, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
Project
Evolutionary history of oncogenic human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16) inferred from 1194 worldwide HPV16 variant isolates and 410 historical HPV16 isolates collected in the last 86 years in Europe - implications for the viral evolution after global HPV16
Meta Roestenberg
Parasitology L4-Q, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands
Project
Diagnosis of schistosomiasis in travellers by urine CAA testing
Margarida Saraiva
Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, Braga, Portugal
Project
Deciphering the candidate Mycobacterium tuberculosis molecular signatures of TLR2 vs TLR4 activation
Vicky Sender
Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Project
Influenza-induced modulations of TLR inhibitors: a mechanism contributing to enhanced susceptibility to secondary pneumococcal pneumonia
Lidija Senerovic
Laboratory for Microbial Molecular Genetics and Ecology, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Belgrade, Serbia
Project
Structurally-guided identification of novel pharmacophores targeting Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing and biofilm formation
Based upon her outstanding research proposal, she has been awarded the ESCMID/FEMS Research Fellowship 2015.
Rita Sobral
CREM, FCT, UNL, Monte de Caparica, Portugal
Project
A new target inside an old molecule: glutamate amidation of peptidoglycan
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