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

General Information

• Type: Partner looking for project
• Organisation: Microbiology Unit of Pharmacy department, "G. d\'Annunzio" University of Chieti
• Country: Italy (IT)
• Career stage: Early Career Researcher (up to 8 years** since PhD).

Research area

• Scientific area(s) of the call:
  1. Topic 2: to develop or improve existing strategies, technologies or methods, or data use strategies to support One Health AMR surveillance
• One Health Setting:

  Human Health

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

• Keywords:

  cLubbock Chronic Wound Biofilm model Biomolecules Synergisms Staphylococcus pseudintermedius

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

  Study of bacterial physiology, microbial population dynamics and survival strategies (non-cultivable vital status - VBNC and biofilm) of multidrug-resistant microorganisms. •Evaluation of the antimicrobial/antibiofilm activity of traditional and innovative drugs on planktonic and sessile bacterial populations and molecular mechanisms of resistance/tolerance •Role of persistent bacterial forms in the pathogenesis of bacterial infections •Animal models for experimental infect

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

  The project aims to propose novel sustainable solutions for the treatment of chronic wound infections associated to multidrug-resistant pathogens. Innovative coalistic combinations between Antimicrobial non-Antibiotic Compounds (AnACs) and novel technologies can be significant candidates to address this public health threat. The proposal aims to increase the knowledge of the antimicrobial/antibiofilm/antivirulence properties of AnACs and novel technologies, like light-emitting diodes (LEDs), electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and complex electromagnetic fields (CMFs)in order to develop innovative antimicrobial systems for biomedical applications against chronic wounds pathogens difficult to treat isolated in Human and animal companion.

Silvia Di Lodovico

• Organisation: Microbiology Unit of Pharmacy department, "G. d\'Annunzio" University of Chieti
• Position: Junior Researcher
• E-mail: silvia.dilodovico@unich.it
• Phone: 3460370252
• Web: labmicrobiologychieti.wordpress.com/