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

General Information

• Type: Partner looking for project
• Organisation: Sapienza University in Rome
• Country: Italy (IT)
• Career stage: Other.

Research area

• Scientific area(s) of the call:
  1. Topic 2: Improve and/or, compare and/or evaluate strategies, technologies, treatments, methods, protocols or data collection based on existing interventions, aiming to prevent or reduce the emergence or spread of antibacterial or antifungal resistance or to treat/cure infections caused by resistant bacteria/fungi and recommend new policies.
• Subtopics:

• One Health Setting:

  Human Health

  Plants (incl. trees and crops)

• Keywords:

  Candida spp Aspergillus spp virulence factors drug resistance biofilm

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

  The Mycology Laboratory of the Sapienza University of Rome, led by Prof. Angiolella and Prof. Simonetti, carries out rigorous studies on various aspects of fungal biology, including growth dynamics, biofilm formation and virulence factors. In particular, detailed studies are being carried out to assess the impact of different compounds or nanoformulations on the growth, biofilm formation and virulence mechanisms of yeasts and filamentous fungi. In particular, Prof. Angiolella\'s studies focus on yeasts of the genus Candida and Malassezia, while Prof. Simonetti\'s research activities include a comprehensive study of human and plant pathogenic fungi, with a focus on Aspergillus spp, which plays an important role in human and plant infections. In our laboratory, these investigations provide valuable insights into potential therapeutic interventions and strategies to combat fungal infections. In order to validate the efficacy of these interventions in a biologically relevant context, complementary in vivo studies have been carried out using larvae of the wax moth, Galleria mellonella

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

  we are interested in studying how to reduce the emergence, spread, transmission and treatment of antimicrobial resistance in fungi

Letizia Angiolella

• Organisation: Sapienza University in Rome
• Position: Associate professor
• E-mail: letizia.angiolella@uniroma1.it
• Phone: 3356048878