Code
01N00119
Duration
01 January 2019 → 31 December 2022
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Virology
- Microbiomics
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Medical and health sciences
- Immunogenetics
- Clinical genetics and molecular diagnostics
Keywords
quorum sensing interference. selective pressure. Fitness
Project description
Antivirulence therapy is a promising novel method to control (antibiotic resistant) infections. In this respect, interfering with quorum sensing, bacterial cell-to-cell communication, is the most intensively investigated strategy. There still is debate with respect to the risk of resistance
development against such a strategy. In this project, we will evaluate this risk in a host-pathogen model system.