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PATHOGENOMIC RESEARCH IN HUNGARY
PRESENT STAGE AND PERSPECTIVES
Ideas for cooperation
L. Emődy - B. Nagy
ERE-NET PathoGenoMics Meeting
Bonn, 07.-08. April, 2005
CENTERS OF PATHOGENOMIC RESEARCH IN HUNGARY
IDEAS FOR FUTURE COOPERATION FIELDS WITH HUNGARIAN PARTNERS
Enterobacterial pathogenomics:
Human intestinal and extraintestinal E. coli, Salmonella, Yersinia
Univ. Med. Sch. Pécs, Dept. Med.Microbiol. Immunol.
Contact person: Levente Emődy, [email protected]
Veterinary aspects of E. coli and Salmonella
Vet. Med. Res. Inst., Hungarian Acad. Sci.
Contact person: Béla Nagy, [email protected]
Genome plasticity of Escherichia coli: genome evolution studiesBiol. Res. Ctr. SzegedContact person: György Pósfai, [email protected]
IDEAS FOR FUTURE COOPERATION FIELDS WITH HUNGARIAN PARTNERS (ctnd)
Gram positive pathogens: pathogenomics and resistance mechanisms
Staphylococcus, Streptococcus (including pneumococci), Enterococcus
Contact person: Ferenc Rozgonyi, [email protected]
Anaerobes: pathogenomics and resistance mechanismsBacteroides spp. Clostridium difficileUniv. Med. Sch., Szeged, Dept. Clin. Microbiol.Contact person: Elisabeth Nagy, [email protected]
IDEAS FOR FUTURE COOPERATION FIELDS WITH HUNGARIAN PARTNERS (ctnd)
Helicobacter pylori: interactions governed by genetic makeup of the host and parasite
Univ. Med. Sch. Szeged, Dept. Med. Microbiol. Immunobiol.
Contact person: Yvette Mándi, [email protected]
Mycobacteria: molecular mechanisms of reactivation
Univ. Med. Sch. Szeged, Dept. Med. Microbiol. Immunobiol.
Contact person: András Miczák, [email protected]
Chlamydia pneumoniae: genetic factors involved in the development of atherosclerosis
National Center for Epidemiology
Contact person: Éva Gönczöl, [email protected]
IDEAS FOR FUTURE COOPERATION FIELDS WITH HUNGARIAN PARTNERS (ctnd)
Fungal pathogens: genetic background of virulence, and development of new antifungal agents
Univ. Szeged, Fac. Sci. Dept.Microbiol.
Contact person: Csaba Vágvölgyi, [email protected]
Univ. Debrecen, Fac. Sci. Dept. Microbiol.
Contact person: Pócsi István, [email protected]
Univ. Med. Sch. Debrecen, Dept. Med. Chem
Contact person: Viktor Dombrádi, [email protected]
Univ. Pécs, Fac. Sci. Dept. Gen. Envirol. Mirobiol.
Contact person: Miklós Pesti, [email protected]
Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA) grants involving pathogenomic topics:
Attenuation of Escherichia coli by global regulatory mutations. (Emődy L.)
Investigations on the pathogenicity of enteroinvasive bacteria. (Pál T.)
Investigations with a regulatory mutant vaccine candidate Salmonella enterica strain eliciting cross-immunity in mice. (Nagy G.)
The role of horizontal gene transfer in the evolution of enterotoxic and cytotoxic Escherichia coli bacteria. (Nagy B.)
Occurence in Hungary, and molecular biological characterization of cytolethal distending toxin (CDT), a new cytotoxin.(Tóth I.)
Investigations on genome-evolution and plasticity by genome reduction. (Pósfai G.)
Investigations on the mechanism of human enterobacterial infections. (Győrffy Z.)
Multi-drug resistence types in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. (Szabó D.)
Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA) grants involving pathogenomic topics (ctnd):
In vitro and in vivo pathogenomic studies on methicillin resistant and methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus strains. (Rozgonyi F.)
Molecular biological studies on virulence factors of bacteria causing anaerobic infections. (Nagy E.)
Cytokine gene polymorphism in diseases of microbial and complex origin. (Mándi Y.)
Reactivation of mycobacteria. (Miczák. A.)
Genetic background of the relationship between atherosclerosis and Chlamydia pneumoniae. (Gönczöl É.)
Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA) grants involving pathogenomic topics (ctnd):
Studies on fungal metabolism in order to develop new type antimycotic agents. (Pócsi I.)
Regulation of autolytic processes in Aspergillus nidulans. (Pócsi I.)
Hungarian partners in international grants involving pathogenomic topics:
EU FP6. Network of Excellence. European Virtual Institute for Functional Genomics of Bacterial Pathogens (EuroPathoGenomics). Coordinator: J. Hacker, University of Würzburg,
Hungarian coordinator: B. Nagy. Partner 23: B. Nagy, Veterinary Medical Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, BudapestPartner 24: L. Emődy, University Medical School, Pécs
EU FP6. Salmonella free broiler by live vaccine induced innate resistance to colonization and invasion and novel methods to eliminate vaccine
and field strains (SUPASALVAC) Coordoinátor: P.A.BarrowCR5. partner, (WP1 leader): B. Nagy, Veterinary medical Research
Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
Hungarian partners in international grants involving pathogenomic topics (cntd):
Bilateral German-Hungarian Science and Technology Grant. (J. Hacker-L. Emődy):
Studies on urinary Escherichia coli infections in order to develop new diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive measures.
Bilateral German-Hungarian Science and Technology Grant. (J. Hacker-B. Nagy):
Studies on virulence genes of enterotoxigenic and verotoxigenic Escherichia coli: new opportunities for prevention of disease and for increased food safety.
Bilateral Austrian-Hungarian Science and Technology Grant. (F. Rozgonyi): In vitro and in vivo studies on the pathomechanism and pathogenesis of community acquired and nosocomial S. aureus infections.
Bilateral British-Hungarian Science and Technology Grant. (F. Rozgonyi):Antibiotic sensitivity and molecular typing of Streptococcus
pneumoniae strains isolated in Hungary.