Code
01J07111
Duration
01 July 2011 → 30 April 2016
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Microbiology
- Systems biology
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Medical and health sciences
- Laboratory medicine
- Microbiology
- Laboratory medicine
- Laboratory medicine
- Microbiology
Keywords
cell biological and molecular mechanisms
campylobacter jejuni
free-living protozoa
Project description
Campylobacter jejuni associates with free-living protozoa, which promotes the survival under adverse conditions, dispersal in the environment and introduction into novel niches. In this project, cell biological and molecular-genomic tools are used to unravel interaction mechanisms with the protozoan model Acanthamoeba. The impact of protozoan passage on the Campylobacter genetic profile and its virulence will be investigated.