FEMS-ESCMID Award
Out of the FEMS Research and Training Grantees, the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) annually selects one grantee for an additional award of € 1000, the FEMS-ESCMID Awardee. Reciprocally, FEMS will provide such additional award to at least one grantee, the ESCMID-FEMS Awardee. These joint fellowships will receive appropriate publicity through both organizations.
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2019
FEMS-ESCMID Awardee | Camille Kolenda, University Hospital of Lyon, Bacteriology Laboratory (France)
ESCMID-FEMS Awardee | Eveline Snelders, Wageningen University, Laboratory of Genetics, Wageningen, (Netherlands)
2018
FEMS-ESCMID Awardee | Diana Gutiérre, Villaviciosia (Spain)
ESCMID-FEMS Awardee | Natalia Muñoz-Wolf, Dublin (Ireland)
2017
FEMS-ESCMID Awardee | Francesca Bottacini, Cork (Ireland)
ESCMID-FEMS Awardee | Tiffany Bouchery, Lausanne (Switzerland)
2016
FEMS-ESCMID Awardee | Alexander Borodavka, Leeds (United Kingdom)
ESCMID-FEMS Awardee | Juan Manuel Pericas, Barcelona (Spain)
2015
FEMS-ESCMID Awardee | Sergio Álvarez-Pérez, Madrid (Spain)
ESCMID-FEMS Awardee | Lidija Senerovic, Belgrade (Serbia)
2014
FEMS-ESCMID Awardee | Martina Strittmatter, Roscoff (France)
ESCMID-FEMS Awardee | Cynthia Mira Sharma, Würzburg (Germany) and M. Isabel Veiga, Braga (Portugal)
2013
FEMS-ESCMID Awardee | Balázs Vajna
ESCMID-FEMS Awardee | Ana Raquel Freitas and Susan Howard
2012
FEMS-ESCMID Awardee | Alessandro Bidossi
ESCMID-FEMS Awardee | Jacob Moran Gilad and Leif Erik Sander
2011
FEMS-ESCMID Awardee | Maria Chiara Di Luca
ESCMID-FEMS Awardee | Mariana Pinho
2010
FEMS-ESCMID Awardee | David P. Fewer
ESCMID-FEMS Awardee | Corine Geurts van Kessel
2009
FEMS-ESCMID Awardee | Dimova Mariya
ESCMID-FEMS Awardee | Luis Jaime Mota
2008
FEMS-ESCMID Awardee | Filip Ruzicka
ESCMID-FEMS Awardee | Frank Breinig
2007
FEMS-ESCMID Awardee | Isaac Corbacho
ESCMID-FEMS Awardee | Paul Cotter
2006
FEMS-ESCMID Awardee | Laura Menotti
ESCMID-FEMS Awardee | Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar
2005
FEMS-ESCMID Awardee | Ida Kovacs
ESCMID-FEMS Awardee | Adilia Warris
2004
FEMS-ESCMID Awardee | Vladimir Gorbunov
ESCMID-FEMS Awardee | Roy Sleator
AMR three ways: healthcare crisis, major concepts and the relevance of biofilms
Worldwide, infections are resuming their role as highly effective killing diseases, as current treatments are failing to respond to the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In this minireview, the impact of AMR in healthcare systems and the major bacteria behind it are highlighted. Ecological aspects of AMR evolution and the complexity of its molecular mechanisms are explained. Major concepts, such as intrinsic, acquired and adaptive resistance, as well as tolerance and heteroresistance, are also clarified. More importantly, the problematic of biofilms and their role in AMR, namely their main resistance and tolerance mechanisms, are elucidated. Finally, some of the most promising anti-biofilm strategies being investigated are reviewed.
