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

General Information

• Type: Partner looking for project
• Organisation: Fraunhofer IMS
• Country: Germany (DE)
• 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)
  Plants (incl. trees and crops)

• Keywords:

  Biosensors; Near-Infrared Fluorescence; Carbon Nanotubes

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

  We work on the development of near-infrared fluorescent nanosensors for the detection of bioanalytes. Our nanosensors can be tailored toward different analytes (e.g. cellular metabolites, proteins, nucleic acids, surface motives, …), do not photo bleach and are highly sensitive. Hence, we are actively seeking partners with expertise in diagnostics for technological development, and are particularly interested in collaborations with clinics specializing in fungal infections, pharmaceutical developers of antifungals, experts in social sciences, bioinformatics specialists, and additional developers to fill any remaining skill gaps as we progress through clinical trials and regulatory approval.

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

  We see a potential fit with JPIAMR Call for Interventions Topic 1, specifically in developing novel diagnostic platform for fungal infections and resistances. Here, we would like to contribute to projects that involve the development of biosensing or point of care (POC) systems and require expertise in the development of a sensing strategy or the system integration of nanosensors.

Justus Metternich

• Organisation: Fraunhofer IMS
• Position: Scientist
• E-mail: justus.tom.metternich@ims.fraunhofer.de
• Phone: +49 203 3783 331