OHAMR Call for proposals 2026

General Information

• Project title: Study of the Immune Responses Induced by Nasal Vaccines Against Pneumococcal Respiratory Infections
• Type: Project looking for partner
• Organisation: Instituto de salud Carlos III
• Country: Spain (ES)
• 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

• Keywords:

  immune response lung infection,

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

  Flow cytometry, In vitro cultures, ELISAs, PCR, Cytokine measurement, Analysis of BCR repertoires

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

  Mucosal vaccines present significant advantages over parenteral vaccines by targeting the mucosal surfaces where respiratory pathogens initially invade. They stimulate stronger local immune responses and enhanced T-cell activity, in contrast to the primarily systemic humoral immunity elicited by injectable vaccines. Our research focuses on characterizing immune responses in the lung following pneumonia infection, using various inactivated polybacterial preparations. This approach allows us to explore both trained immunity, a type of innate immune memory, and antigen-specific adaptive immunity.

Belén de Andrés

• Organisation: Instituto de salud Carlos III
• Position: Scientist
• E-mail: bdandres@isciii.es
• Phone: 697380834