Transcript Cluster Overview

IDC
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”.
• Pathogenesis
&
• Epidemiology
• Food
&
• Clinical
Basic
• Diagnostics
&
• Control
Research
Translation
al Research
Translational
Research
Basic
Research
• Environment
&
• Climate Change
IDC
“Advancing Basic Research into a candidate Health Application”.
Pathogenicity & Epidemiology
Basic Research
Translational Application
Pathogenesis of food-borne pathogens:
disease
(Vibrio, Listeria, Campylobacter, E. coli).
Innovative treatments to control Infectious
Host-pathogen interactions,
Glycobiology & Immune response
Innovative medicines targeting infectious disease
Vaccines development
Bacterial cell-signalling
modulatory molecules
Novel biomedical research tools
Novel therapeutic agents for human disease
Food treatment strategies
IDC
“Advancing Basic Research into a candidate Health Application”.
Food & Clinical
Basic Research
Translational Application
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
IDC
“Advancing Basic Research into a candidate Health application”.
Environment and Climate Change
Basic Research
Translational Application
(Re)-emerging pathogens
in aquatic environments:
Diagnostics and controlling disease emergence
Sanitation & Public Health
Novel microbial tools for sewage pollution indicator
Bioaerosol & Bioburdening
on Human & Animal Health
Establish acceptable exposure limits.
Deep Ocean Microbiology
Biporospecting for novel antimicrobial agents
immunoassays to detect algal toxins in shellfish
Biodiscovery of natural antimicrobials
IDC
“Advancing Basic Research into a candidate Health application”.
Diagnostics and Control
Basic Research
Translational Application
Nucleic acid Diagnostics
Industry 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. coli using
polypeptide factor from thermophilic bacteria.
IDC
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 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 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