16th JPIAMR transnational call for research projects - AMR diagnostics and surveillance 2023 (DISTOMOS)

General Information

• Type: Partner looking for project
• Organisation: Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, Marmara Research Center
• Country: Turkey (TR)
• Career stage: Early Career Researcher (up to 8 years** since PhD).

Research area

• Scientific area(s) of the call:
  1. Topic 1: to develop novel, or improve existing, diagnostics, including point of care diagnostics, that can rule out antimicrobial use or help identify the most effective antimicrobial treatment
• One Health Setting:

  Human Health

  Animal Health (incl. wild-life, livestock, acquatic organisms, and companion animals)
  Plants (incl. trees and crops)

• Keywords:

  molecular dynamics simulations of biomolecules and surfaces; molecular docking; molecular modelling; computer based antibody engineering

• Brief description of your expertise / expertise you are looking for:

  I am a computational biologist and my primary expertise is on the molecular dynamics simulations of biomolecules (proteins/peptides in particular as well as biomolecular interfaces, e.g. membranes). I also use a variety of molecular docking tools (e.g Autodock Vina, HADDOCK) and free energy calculation methods (Umbrella Sampling, MM-PBSA) for screening and identification of novel compounds that can be used for diagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes.

• Brief description of your project / the project you would like to join:

  I would like to join projects that seek an in silico guidance for the development and/or repurposing of novel antimicrobial peptides and/or compounds that can be used as novel diagnostics.

Dr. Beytullah Ozgur

• Organisation: Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, Marmara Research Center
• Position: Senior Researcher
• E-mail: beytullah.ozgur@tubitak.gov.tr
• Web: mam.tubitak.gov.tr/en