Through the first Infect-ERA joint transnational call, eight projects involving 41 partners from 11 countries will be funded.

 

Project AspMetNet

Title: Systematic identification of antifungal drug targets by a metabolic network approach

Related to: fungi

Partners:

Prof. Sven Krappmann - University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (DE)

Prof. Thomas Dandekar - Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg (DE)

Prof. Hubertus Haas - Innsbruck Medical University (AT)

Prof. Nir Osherov – Tel Aviv University (IL)

Duration: 36 months

Start date: early 2014

Video presentation of the project: click here [1]

 

Project PROANTILIS

Title: Subversive pro- and anti-inflammation trade-offs promote infection by Listeria monocytogenes

Related to: Bacteria

Partners:

Prof. Trinad Chakraborty - Justus-Liebig University (DE)

Prof. Pascale Cossart – Institut Pasteur (FR)

Prof. Marc Lecuit – Institut Pasteur (FR)

Dr. Didier Cabanes - Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMC) (PT)

Dr. Anat Herskovits - University of Tel Aviv (IL)

Duration: 36 months

Start date: early 2014

Video presentation of the project: click here [2]

 

Project Haplo-Infect

Title: Dissecting the bacterial recognition machinery in human cells using haploid genetics and CRISPR-mediated genome engineering

Related to: Bacteria

Partners:

Prof. Sylvia Knapp - Medical University Vienna and Ce-M-M (DE)

Prof. Pavel Kovarik - Max F Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna (AT)

Dr. Leif Erik Sander - Charité University Hospital (DE)

Dr. Ivo Gomperts Boneca - Institut Pasteur (FR)

Prof. Birgitta Henriques-Normark - Karolinska Institutet (SE)

Prof. Emmanuelle Charpentière - Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (DE)

Duration: 36 months

Start date: early 2014

Video presentation of the project: click here [3]

 

Project HCV-ASSEMBLY

Title: Identification of host factors involved in Hepatitis C Virus assembly and characterization of their potential role in vivo

Related to: Virus

Partners:

Dr. Jean Dubuisson – INSERM Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille (FR)

Dr. Costin – Ioan Popescu - Institute of Biochemistry of the Romanian Academy (RO)

Prof. Jens Bukh - University of Copenhagen (DK)

Prof. Tarik Asselah - Université Paris Diderot (FR)

Duration: 36 months

Start date: early 2014

Video presentation of the project: click here [4]

 

Project Abir

Title: Anti-Bacterial Immune Regulation

Related to: Bacteria

Partners:

Dr. Simon Fillatreau - Deutsche Rheuma-ForschungsZentrum, a Leibniz Institute (DE)

Prof. Steffen Jung - Weizmann Institute of Science (IL)

Dr. Bernard Malissen – INSERM Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, CIML (FR)

Prof. Stefan H.E Kaufmann - Max Planck Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaften e..V. (DE)

Duration: 36 months

Start date: early 2014

Video presentation of the project: click here [5]

 

Project hepBccc

Title: Host factors in hepatitis B virus cccDNA formation as novel antiviral targets and biomarkers - identification, preclinical evaluation and impact for liver disease

Related to: virus

Partners:

Prof. Nassal Michael - University Hospital Freiburg (DE)

Prof. Thomas Baumert - University of Strasbourg (FR)

Prof. Krzysztof Bielawski - University of Gdansk (PL)

Prof. Johan Neyts - University of Leuven (BE)

Ms. Melissa Terret – Vironexx (FR)

Dr. Laurent Brino - Institute of genetic and molecular cellular biology (FR)

Duration: 36 months

Start date: early 2014

Video presentation of the project: click here [6]

 

Project CINOCA

Title: Co-infection as a cause of ovarian cancer

Related to: Bacteria, virus

Partners:

Prof. Thomas Meyer - Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology (DE)

Prof. Maria G. Masucci - Karolinska Institutet (SE)

Prof. Thomas Rudel - University of Würzburg (DE)

Prof. Christoph Bock - CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine (AT)

Dr. Fernando Garcia-Alcalde - Steinbeis Innovation gGmbH (DE)

Prof. Christina Fotopoulou - Imperial College (UK)

Duration: 36 months

Start date: early 2014

Video presentation of the project: click here [7]

 

Project EUGENPATH

Title: Eukaryotic genes in vacuolar pathogens and symbionts - Implications for virulence, metabolism and ecology

Related to: Bacteria

Partners:

Prof. Hubert Hilbi - Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich (DE)

Prof. Carmen Buchrieser – Institut Pasteur (FR)

Prof. Matthias Horn - University of Vienna (AT)

Prof. Dörte Becher - Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald (DE)

Prof. Gil Segal - Tel-Aviv University (IL)

Dr. Matteo Bonazzi – CNRS Universités Montpellier 1 et 2 (FR)

Duration: 36 months

Start date: early 2014

Video presentation of the project: click here [8]