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Members Dr. Tom Barry; Dr. Aoife Boyd; Dr. Cyril Carroll; Dr Ger Fleming; Dr. Conor O’Byrne; Dr. Ger Wall. “Advancing Basic Research into a candidate Health Application”. IDC. Infectious Disease Cluster Microbiology.
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Members Dr. Tom Barry; Dr. Aoife Boyd; Dr. Cyril Carroll; Dr Ger Fleming; Dr. Conor O’Byrne; Dr. Ger Wall “Advancing Basic Research into a candidate Health Application”. IDC Infectious Disease Cluster Microbiology
“Advancing Basic Research into a candidate Health Application”. Pathogenicity & Epidemiology Pathogenesis of food-borne pathogens: Innovative treatments to control Infectious disease (Vibrio, Listeria, Campylobacter, E. coli).Food treatment strategies Host-pathogen interactions, Innovative medicines targeting infectious disease Glycobiology & Immune response Vaccines development Bacterial cell-signalling Novel biomedical research tools modulatory molecules Novel therapeutic agents for human disease Basic Research Translational Application IDC Infectious Disease Cluster
“Advancing Basic Research into a candidate Health Application”. Food & Clinical Prevalence & Epidemiology of pathogens: Food /food processing decontamination strategy. (Vibrio, Listeria, Campylobacter, E. coli). HACCP and risk assessment for food industry Rapid diagnostics for food and clinical sectors. Develop intervention strategies Bacterial stress response Developing critical controls in food industry Controlling bacterial pathogenisis/ virulence Antibiotic resistance Mechanisms The role of antibiotic therapeutics in emergence of resistance in Pathogens Basic Research Translational Application IDC Infectious Disease Cluster
“Advancing Basic Research into a candidate Health application”. Environment and Climate Change (Re)-emerging pathogens Diagnostics and controlling disease emergence in aquatic environments: Sanitation & Public Health Novel microbial tools for sewage pollution indicator Bioaerosol & Bioburdening Establish acceptable exposure limits. on Human & Animal Health Deep Ocean MicrobiologyBiporospecting for novel antimicrobial agents immunoassays to detect algal toxins in shellfish Biodiscovery of natural antimicrobials Basic Research Translational Application IDC Infectious Disease Cluster
“Advancing Basic Research into a candidate Health application”. Diagnostics and Control Nucleic acid DiagnosticsIndustry lead translation of Nucleic Acid Diagnostics Rapid Diagnostics for Clinical, Food &Environment Resistance to Antimicrobials Develop antimicrobials with enhanced efficacies. Functional Foods Reduce pathogen colonization of food animals Pharmaceutical/bioprocessing Develop platform technology to increase yields of recombinant proteins produced in E. coli Improve biopharm production in E. coliusing polypeptide factor from thermophilic bacteria. Basic Research Translational Application IDC Infectious Disease Cluster
Infectious Disease and the Environment “Advancing Basic Research”. Pathogenicity, Epidemiology, Food & Clinical Host pathogens Interactions, Glycobiology and Immune response Pathogenesis of food-borne bacterial pathogen: (Vibrio, Listeria, Campylobacter, E. coli). Prevalence of pathogenic Bacteria in the environment: Vibrio spp. in Irish coastal region. E.coli in natural environments. Antibiotic resistance in the environment IDC Infectious Disease Cluster
Infectious Disease and the Environment “Advancing Basic Research”. Environment & Climate Change (Re)-emerging pathogens in aquatic environments; Marine, Coastal and Potable waters. Virulence of marine pathogen spreading globally due to Climate change. Biodiscovery of natural antimicrobials. Role of Bioaerosols on Human & Animal Health. Eutrophication and disease emergence. IDC Infectious Disease Cluster
Infectious Disease and the Environment “Advancing Basic Research”. Diagnostics & Control Industry lead translation of Nucleic Acid Diagnostics Epidemiology & Risk assessment of pathogens in environment, Food Chain and Clinical infections The role of Antibiotic therapeutics in emergence of resistance in Pathogens IDC Infectious Disease Cluster