OHAMR Call for proposals 2026

General Information

• Type: Partner looking for project
• Organisation: Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon
• Country: Portugal (PT)
• Career stage: Other.

Research area

• Scientific area(s) of the call:
  1. Topic 3: Assess the impact of antimicrobials for veterinary and agricultural use on the risk of AMR transmission to humans and the environment to inform policies on the restriction of some antimicrobials for human use.
• One Health Setting:

  H - Human Health

• Keywords:

  Clinical and Molecular Microbiology; Genomics; Bioinformatics; Drug Resistance

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

  Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, and Principal Investigator at the Research Institute for Medicines (iMed). My research focuses on the molecular epidemiology and evolution of multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens. I apply integrative approaches combining phenotypic assays, high-throughput sequencing (Illumina, PacBio, Nanopore), and bioinformatic analyses to study antimicrobial resistance, bacterial adaptation, and transmission dynamics. Ongoing Projects / Highlights: • Genomic epidemiology and comparative genomics of M. tuberculosis and Gram-negative bacteria (e.g., Klebsiella pneumoniae). • Development of the CPLP-TB platform for tracking tuberculosis strains across Lusophone countries. • Studies on persistence and drug tolerance mechanisms using transcriptomic profiling and computational biology approaches. My expertise lies in phenotypic testing, next generation sequencing (NGS), bioinformatic analysis, and resistome profiling, which can be applied to study microbial communities, track the dissemination of resistance genes, and assess public health risks associated with waterborne bacteria.

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

  I am particularly keen to collaborate on initiatives involving environmental surveillance of antimicrobial resistance, microbial source tracking, and the integration of genomic data to public health and drug development.

João Perdigão

• Organisation: Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon
• Position: Professor
• E-mail: jperdigao@ff.ulisboa.pt