Farrukh Ali KhanLaser-based fabrication of medical diagnostic devices in paper
Laser-based fabrication of medical diagnostic devices in paper
About the Project The focus of our group’s research is the development of user-friendly sensors or devices for affordable and rapid clinical diagnostic testing at the point-of-care (POC) of a … Read More Read More
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Niels MadsenDiscovery and functional investigation of the shared molecular mechanisms of host immunoregulation by the pathogens that cause malaria and sepsis.
Discovery and functional investigation of the shared molecular mechanisms of host immunoregulation by the pathogens that cause malaria and sepsis.
About the Project Infectious diseases cause enormous humanitarian and economic burdens worldwide. Designing interventions that prevent, cure, or control many infections is difficult because pathogens have evolved sophisticated ways of … Read More Read More
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Jing(静) WangDiscovering and characterising new protein antimicrobials
Discovering and characterising new protein antimicrobials
About the Project Antibiotic resistant infections are spreading globally and becoming a leading cause of death worldwide, already surpassing malaria and HIV. In parallel, the rate that new antibiotics have … Read More Read More
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Mary DelongUse it or lose it: what determines the regulation mode of a given gene?
Use it or lose it: what determines the regulation mode of a given gene?
About the Project All organisms must tightly control gene expression. In bacteria, gene regulation is mediated by either an activator or a repressor which binds DNA to turn a gene … Read More Read More
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Isabell BakerIdentify novel approaches to combat multi drug resistant pathogens
Identify novel approaches to combat multi drug resistant pathogens
About the Project Our research is focused on recalcitrant ESKAPE ( Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter species) pathogens; especially hard-to-treat clinical isolates involved … Read More Read More
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Brianna MolicDiagnostics for FMF patients and carrier survival in pandemics
Diagnostics for FMF patients and carrier survival in pandemics
About the Project Background Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is a rare inherited genetic disease where patients acquire a mutation on the pyrin gene leading to excessive inflammasome activation and excessive … Read More Read More
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Rose ReynoldsBroadening the spectrum of antibacterial drugs to tackle multi-drug resistant Gram-negative pathogens
Broadening the spectrum of antibacterial drugs to tackle multi-drug resistant Gram-negative pathogens
About the Project Antibiotics make possible the treatment and cure of life-threatening bacterial infections and have added over a decade to average human lifespan. Unfortunately, the utility of these drugs … Read More Read More
Categories:Elucidating the molecular mechanisms of intrinsic antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens
Elucidating the molecular mechanisms of intrinsic antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens
About the Project Antibiotics make possible the treatment and cure of life-threatening bacterial infections and have added over a decade to the average human lifespan. Unfortunately, the utility of these … Read More Read More
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Rebecca Shepherd4-year PhD Studentship: Towards Accurate Disease Surveillance: Deep Learning-Assisted Simulation of Bacterial Genomes
4-year PhD Studentship: Towards Accurate Disease Surveillance: Deep Learning-Assisted Simulation of Bacterial Genomes
About the Project Public health surveillance programmes routinely collect vast amounts of pathogen genomics data each year. A pressing issue is how to best utilise this information for effective disease … Read More Read More
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Tiffany WilliamsLPS ubiquitylation and innate immunity
LPS ubiquitylation and innate immunity
About the Project Our ability to fight infections relies not on the capacity of our professional immune system to defend our body but also on the skills of individual cells … Read More Read More
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