JPIAMR 13th Call Partner Search Tool

General Information

• Type: Partner looking for project
• Organisation: ITQB-NOVA
• Country: Portugal (PT)

Research area

• Scientific area(s):
  1. Understand the impact of interventions on development and transmission of AMR
  2. Design, implement, evaluate, and compare innovative interventions to control the development and transmission of AMR
• One Health Setting:

  Human Health Animal Health

• Keywords:

  Staphylococcus Enterobactereacea molecular epidemiology genomics microbiome&resistome

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

  I am an expert on molecular epidemiology of antibiotic resistant bacteria, namely on staphylococci and enterobacteracea. I have also expertise on the origin of antibiotic resistance determinants. We use genomic tools to determine relatedness of bacterial strains, their resistome and content in pathogenic traits. We also use GWAS to associate genotype and phenotype and identify new resistant and virulence determinants. Genetic studies might be done to clarify mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance. We have some putative new probiotic strains under study. We have a good network of hospitals, medical doctors and veterinarians with whom we have strong collaborations and can get bacterial isolates easily. We have an ongoing project on antimicrobial resistance in pig meat food chain in Portugal.

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

  Any study addressing the transmission of antibiotic resistance between environment, animals and humans or addressing mechanisms for avoiding this transmission.

Maria Miragaia

• Organisation: ITQB-NOVA
• Position: Principal Investigator
• E-mail: miragaia@itqb.unl.pt
• Web: www.itqb.unl.pt/research/biology/laboratory-of-bacterial-evolution-and-molecular-epidemiology/bacterial-evolution-and-molecular-epidemiology