Code
3E008511
Duration
01 October 2011 → 31 December 2012
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Fellow
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
quorum sensing
medical devices
biomaterials
biofilm
bacterial infections
Project description
Biofilm-associated microorganisms are resistant to antibiotics, causing problems for the treatment of biofilm-related infections. Bacterial cell-cell communication (quorum sensing, QS) may contribute to biofilm resistance. The goal is to develop biomaterials loaded with QS inhibitors and to evaluate their effect on microbial adhesion and/or antibiotic susceptibility. Besides this, combination therapy will be evaluated in chronic wound and respiratory tract infections.