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

General Information

• Project title: Insects as carriers of AMR
• Type: Project looking for partner
• Organisation: Linköping University
• Country: Sweden (SE)
• Career stage: Other.

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

• Keywords:

  Antibiotic resistant bacteria insects farm spread

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

  We are a team of a bacteriologist and an entomologist seeking a partner with expertise in and access to farms and farm animals. Those with additional expertise in epidemiology or host-pathogen (animal-bacteria) interaction are especially excellent additions to our project.

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

  We believe that insects, particularly those that are closely associated with farm animals and food such as flies provide a “missing link” that connect antibiotic use and the spread of resistant bacteria. In addition, insects caught in such environments may serve as a novel surveillance targets for AMR.

Yasuhiko Irie

• Organisation: Linköping University
• Position: Associate Professor
• E-mail: yasuhiko.irie@liu.se