4th Call (2016)
Through the fourth Infect-ERA joint transnational call, nine projects involving 38 partners from 10 countries will be funded.
Project BacVirISG15
Title: The Interferon Stimulated Gene 15 (ISG15) modification system in host pathogen interactions: Mechanisms, technology and translational potential.
Related to: Bacteria, virus
Partners:
Dr. Klaus-Peter Knobeloch - University Clinic Freiburg (DE)
Prof. Antje Beling - Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
Prof. Pascale Cossart - Institut Pasteur (FR)
Prof. Kris Gevaert - Ghent University (BE)
Duration: 36 months
Start date: early 2017
Project CYMAF
Title: Antibody mediated control of cytomegalovirus at the materno-fetal interface
Related to: Virus
Partners:
Dr. Arnaud Marchant - université Libre de Bruxelles (BE)
Dr. Daniele Lilleri - Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo (IT)
Prof. Dana Wolf - The Research Fund of Hadassah Medical Organization (IL)
Dr. Yariv Wine - Tel Aviv University (IL)
Duration: 36 months
Start date: early 2017
Project EpiCross
Title: Epigenetic basis and therapeutic implications of the cross-regulation of arginase 1 and inducible nitric oxide synthase in chronic leishmaniasis and salmonellosis
Related to: Bacteria, Protozoa
Partners:
Prof. Christian Bogdan - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (DE)
Dr. Renato Ostuni - Ospedale San Raffaele (IT)
Prof. Günter Weiss - Medizinische Universität Innsbruck (AT)
Duration: 36 months
Start date: early 2017
Project INLEISH
Title: Immunometabolic Networks in the Regulation of Visceral Leishmaniasis
Related to: Protozoa
Partners:
Dr. Ricardo Silvestre - University of Minho (PT)
Dr. Arup Sarkar - Trident Academy of Creative Technology (IN)
Prof. Tamás Laskay - University of Lübeck (DE)
Dr. Jérôme Estaquier - CNRS (FR)
Dr. Bhaskar Saha - National Centre for Cell Science (IN)
Duration: 36 months
Start date: early 2017
Project InnateFun
Title: Stimulating Antifungal Innate Immunity
Related to: Fungi
Partners:
Prof. Steffen Rupp - Fraunhofer IGB (DE)
Prof. Patrick Van Dijck - KU Leuven (BE)
Prof. Amiram Goldblum - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL)
Prof. Karl Kuchler - Medical University of Vienna (AT)
Prof. Karl-Heinz Wiesmüller - EMC microcollections GmbH (DE)
Prof. Boualem Sendid - University Lille 2 (FR)
Duration: 36 months
Start date: early 2017
Project INTRABACWALL
Title: Deciphering peptidoglycan structural patterns and host responses in intracellular bacterial infections
Related to: Bacteria
Partners:
Prof. Francisco García del Portillo - Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB)-CSIC (ES)
Prof. Ivo Gomperts Boneca - Institut Pasteur (FR)
Prof. Michael Hensel - Universitaet Osnabrueck (DE)
Duration: 36 months
Start date: early 2017
Project MOSQUIVIR
Title: Quantitative and transcriptomic and translatomics to identify key determinants for emerging viruses infection and adaptation to vertebrate and insect hosts
Related to: Virus
Partners:
Prof. Juana Diez - Universitat Pompeu Fabra (ES)
Dr. Sebastian Leidel - Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine (DE)
Dr. Nuria Busquets - IRTA (ES)
Dr. Reut Shalgi - Technion (IL)
Duration: 36 months
Start date: early 2017
Project Target-HDV
Title: Inhibition of HDV replication by inducers of the NF-kB pathway: mechanistic insights and perspectives towards a cure of HDV infection
Related to: Virus
Partners:
Prof. Fabien Zoulim - Cancer Research Centre of Lyon (FR)
Dr. Emmanuel Dejardin - University of Liège - GIGA Research (BE)
Prof. Mathias Heikenwalder - German Cancer Research Center (DE)
Dr. François-Loïc Cosset - International Center for Infectiology Research (FR)
Duration: 36 months
Start date: early 2017
Project ToRRENT
Title: Towards a combined post-exposure prophylaxis and successful treatment of rabies in humans
Related to: Virus
Partners:
Dr. Hervé Bourhy - Institut Pasteur (FR)
Prof. Antonio Rosato - Istituto Oncologico Veneto (IT)
Prof. Johan Neyts - REGA Institut, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, KU Leuven (BE)
Dr. Patrick Chatlin - KU Leuven (BE)
Dr. Paola De Benedictis - Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IT)
Dr. Davide Corti - Humabs (CH)
Duration: 36 months
Start date: early 2017
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