JPIAMR 13th Call Partner Search Tool

General Information

• Type: Partner looking for project
• Organisation: Faculdade de Farmácia do Porto
• 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 Environment

• Keywords:

  ESKAPE; foodborne pathogens; genomics; antibiotics; biocides

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

  Our team develops research on the ecology, evolution, and dynamics of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, and on the identification of drivers (e.g. antibiotics, disinfectants, heavy metals) involved or promoting antimicrobial resistance selection and dissemination under a One Health approach. We are highly competent in the modern Microbiology area with experience in different phenotypic, molecular, spectroscopic (FTIR-ATR), and cutting-edge methodologies (whole-genome sequencing) applied to Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria from different ecological niches (human, animal, environment, food). Basic knowledge in the analysis of genomic, molecular, and spectral bacterial data using different bioinformatics tools is available. We also have a vast and diverse collection of bacterial strains (Enterococcus, Enterobacterales, Salmonella, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumannii) obtained from varied human and non-human sources since the 1990s that may complement field contemporary studies.

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

  We would like to join a project addressing the transmission of antibiotic resistance between different hosts and environments or aiming at the production of quick and inexpensive tools to control the development and transmission of AMR.

Luísa Peixe

• Organisation: Faculdade de Farmácia do Porto
• Position: Full Professor
• E-mail: lpeixe@ff.up.pt
• Phone: +351220428580
• Web: www.requimte.pt/ucibio/research-groups/lab/bactdrugs