21st ECCMID / 27th ICC: Milan, Italy · 7 – 10 May 2011
Vincent Cattoir
Department of Microbiology, Hôpital Côte de Nacre, Caen, France
Project: Systems approach towards understanding post-transcriptional regulation of expression of Pseudomonas aeruginosa genes important for pathogenesis
Host: Stephen Lory, Harvard Medical School, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Boston, USA
Maria Chiara Di Luca
Laboratory of Microbiology, School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy
Project: Clinical and molecular microbiology of group A Streptococcus
Host: James M. Musser, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Houston, USA
Corine Geurts van Kessel
Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Project: A clinical fellowship in tropical infectious diseases in Bangladesh
Host: Hubert Ph. Endtz, Department of Tropical Bacteriology and Director Laboratory Sciences Division, ICDDR'B, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Ioana Sabina Macovei
Laboratory of Anaerobic Bacteria, Cantacuzino Institute, Bucharest, Romania
Project: Clostridium difficile and CDAD – laboratory typing methods and molecular epidemiology
Host: Emilio Bouza, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, University of Madrid, Spain
Joseph Meletiadis
Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece
Project: Experimental model for studying combination therapy against azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus isolates
Host: Paul E. Verweij, Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Ioana Raluca Mihailescu
National Institute of Infectious Diseases ‘Prof. Dr. Matei Bals’, Bucharest, Romania
Project: Antimicrobial activity against vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) biofilms in experimental implant-associated infections
Host: Andrej Trampuz, Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Lausanne, Department of Infectious Diseases – Septic Surgical Unit, Lausanne, Switzerland
Neven Papic
Department of Viral Hepatitis, University Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Zagreb, Croatia
Project: Discovery of host antiviral genes regulating hepatitis C replication
Host: Curt Hagedorn, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Utah School of Medicine and Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, USA