17th JPIAMR transnational call for research projects - AMR Interventions 2024 (IMPACT)

General Information

• Type: Partner looking for project
• Organisation: De Montfort University
• Country: United Kingdom (UK)
• Career stage: Early Career Researcher (up to 8 years** since PhD).

Research area

• Scientific area(s) of the call:
  1. Topic 1: Design novel or improved interventions to prevent, mitigate and /or treat fungal infections, which are resistant to treatments and/or are at risk of developing resistance
• Subtopics:

• One Health Setting:

  Human Health

  Animal Health (incl. wildlife, livestock, acquatic organisms, and companion animals)

• Keywords:

  nanomedicine microneedles skin delivery vaccines

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

  I have experience in the design, development and optimisation of nanocarriers for vaccine delivery, including imaging and fundamental immunology assays for the evaluation of nanovaccine candidates. I also have expertise in the development of microneedle array patches for transdermal delivery of various molecules, from poorly soluble drugs to peptides and proteins.

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

  I would like to join a project focusing on the development of novel non-invasive vaccine candidates for resistant fungal infections, particularly for application in the skin.

Ana Sara Cordeiro

• Organisation: De Montfort University
• Position: Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Sciences
• E-mail: sara.cordeiro@dmu.ac.uk
• Web: www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/academic-staff/health-and-life-sciences/ana-sara-cordeiro/ana-sara-cordeiro.aspx