OHAMR Call for proposals 2026

General Information

• Project title: Endolysin engineering: Combination therapies with antibiotics and nanostructures
• Type: Project looking for partner
• Organisation: University of Turku
• Country: Finland (FI)
• Career stage: Other.

Research area

• Scientific area(s) of the call:
  1. Topic 1: Identify and develop new combination treatments using existing or innovative antimicrobials or antimicrobial with adjunctive treatments to extend drug efficacy and combat resistance.
• One Health Setting:

  H - Human Health

  A - Animal Health

• Keywords:

  enzyme engineering protein stability endolysins antimicrobial resistance antimicrobial synergy

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

  We are looking for a partner from an undersubscribed organisation with expertise in pharmacokinetics and drug metabolism to perform analysis of antimicrobial proteins targeting Gram-negative bacteria.

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

  The project will develop engineered lysins as antimicrobials for use in combination with antibiotics against Gram-negative bacteria, mainly Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Tassos Papageorgiou

• Organisation: University of Turku
• Position:
• E-mail: anapap@utu.fi
• Web: bioscience.fi/research/protein-structure-and-function/