Research Grant Awardees in 2017
We are pleased to present the 14 recipients of a research grant in 2017 who received up to EUR 20'000 each for their projects.
Tiffany Bouchery, Lausanne, SWITZERLAND
Agostinho Carvalho, Braga, PORTUGAL
Alexandre Dufour, Paris, FRANCE
Celia Fernández Rubio, Pamplona, SPAIN
Ron Geller, Paterna, SPAIN
Laurence Josset, Lyon, FRANCE
Björn Ferry Koel, Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
Vinod Kumar Magadi Gopalaiah, Groningen, NETHERLANDS
Mara Mariconti, Pavia, ITALY
Selinda Orr, Cardiff, UNITED KINGDOM
Valentina Palmieri, Rome, ITALY
Xaver Sewald, Munich, GERMANY
Leighann Sherry, Glasgow, UNITED KINGDOM
Jessica Thompson, Oeiras, PORTUGAL

Tiffany Bouchery
Laboratory of Intestinal Immunology, EPFL-SV-GHI-UPHARRIS, Lausanne, Switzerland
Project
Identification of new anti-hookworm drugs by high-throughput screening of natural compounds
Based upon her outstanding research proposal, she has been awarded the ESCMID/FEMS Research Fellowship 2017.

Agostinho Carvalho
University of Minho, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), Braga, Portugal
Project
The genetic architecture of the immune response to Aspergillus fumigatus: from biological understanding to therapeutic intervention

Alexandre Dufour
Institut Pasteur, Cell Biology and Infection, Paris, France
Project
Amoebactin: an image-based phenotypic screening approach for drug discovery against parasitic diseases

Celia Fernández Rubio
Institute of Tropical Health and Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
Project
Role of IPS-1 in metastatic leishmaniasis development through Leishmania RNA virus

Ron Geller
University of Valencia, Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Paterna, Spain
Project
Defining the role of Hsp90 co-chaperones in RSV replication

Laurence Josset
Hospices Civils de Lyon, Laboratoire de Virologie Institut des Agents Infectieux, Lyon, France
Project
Impact of the respiratory microbiome on influenza severity

Björn Ferry Koel
AMC Amsterdam, Medical Microbiology, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Project
Understanding the emergence of epidemic influenza virus variants in humans

Vinod Kumar Magadi Gopalaiah
University Medical Center Groningen, Genetics, Groningen, Netherlands
Project
A “proteo-genomics” approach to human fungal infections

Mara Mariconti
University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Project
Point-of-care rapid diagnostic tests in for the diagnosis of cystic echinococcosis in endemic settings: a field study in Kazakhstan

Selinda Orr
Cardiff University, Infection and Immunity, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Project
Modulating the immune response to clear Candida infections

Valentina Palmieri
Catholic University of SH, Physics Institute, Roma, Italy
Project
Graphene-based biomimetic cloaks - the next-generation antibacterial coating for medical devices

Xaver Sewald
LMU Munich, Max von Pettenkofer Institute, Virology, Munich, Germany
Project
Elucidating the mechanism of retrovirus transmission across mucosal barriers

Leighann Sherry
University of Glasgow, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing , Glasgow, United Kingdom
Project
Evaluating biofilm formation and transcriptome analysis of the emerging pathogen Candida auris

Jessica Thompson
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia, Oeiras, Portugal
Project
Microbe-glycan antibodies and malaria protection