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PhD introduction of the week: Maria Karolina Börger, Forestry Scientist and Ecologist in IPT4.
The project "Arthropods as vectors for AMR microbes", studies the role of the common house fly as a vector for antimicrobial resistant bacteria.
If flies ingest antimicrobial resistant bacteria, these can be passed on to humans, sometimes causing severe nosocomial infections. Through a better understanding of the flight radii and habitat binding of the house fly, strategies will be identified to hinder the spread of antimicrobial resistant bacteria.
PhD introduction of the week: Lena Merkel, Development Economist and Historian in IPT3.
The research project "Curbing antimicrobial resistance in humans through interventions, incentives and transparency" has the overall goal of supporting optimal use of antibiotics worldwide. To this end, Lena will assess different interventions to improve infection diagnostics and the role of information and transparency in curbing AMR at micro and macro levels.
Recently we have started to introduce the PhD students of the LRA INFECTIONS. This week Claire Taylor, PhD of IPT2, has answered a few short questions for us.
Claire is located within the Interdisciplinary Project Team 2 (IPT2) "Fate of AMR microbes in mixed bacterial-fungal consortia" and will investigate the mutual interactions of bacterial and fungal microbes in mixed biofilm-forming consortia, focusing on pulmonary opportunists known to develop AMR.
From now on, we will introduce one of the six new PhDs of the LRA INFECTIONS every week. For this purpose, the PhD students have answered a few short questions. Today we start with Baban Kolte, Bioinformatician from India.
Baban Kolte is located within the LRA INFECTIONS in the Interdisciplinary Project Team 1 (IPT1) "Central metagenomic, microbiological and spectroscopic analyses". The aim of this project is to quantitatively detect antimicrobial resistant (AMR) bacteria collected within the other IPTs and also to characterize them phenotypically and genomically.
His research serves as a central hub for bioinformatic analysis of sequencing data and spectroscopic identification of AMR bacteria.
Unser langjähriger Verbundpartner, das Leibniz-Institut für Agrartechnik und Bioökonomie e.V. (ATB) aus Potsdam, startet in diesem und im nächsten Jahr zwei neue Projekte, die thematisch stark mit dem LFV INFECTIONS verknüpft sind. Bei den internationalen Forschungsprojekten stehen die Verbesserung des Tierwohls und die Reduzierung des Medikamenteneinsatzes in der Milchviehhaltung und in Hühnerfarmen im Fokus.