Funding
Laboratory of Molecular Genetics
Funded Projects
Principal Investigator: Hermínia de Lencastre
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
1. “Regulatory networks on Staphylococcus aureus cell wall physiology”. Ref: PTDC/BIA-MIC/71168/2006. Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia. Principal Contractor: ITQB. Principal Investigator Herminia de Lencastre. January 2008/December 2011.
2. “Molecular typing of the staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec (SCCmec) carried by coagulase-negative staphylococci other than Staphylococcus epidermidis from allograft patients. Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia. Ref. GRICES - 4.1.5 Tunísia. Principal contractor: ITQB. Principal Investigator: Herminia de Lencastre and Assia Ben Hassen. 2008/2009.
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
3. “Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) in Portugal: a pilot study focusing on an emerging public health concern”. Ref. P-99911. Funding: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. Principal Contractor: ITQB. Principal Investigator Herminia de Lencastre May 2009/December 2012.
European Union
4. “Genomics to Combact Resistance against Antibiotics in Community-acquired Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Europe [GRACE]”. Network of Excellence, Contract nº LSHM-CT-2005-518226. Funding: European Commission. Principal Contractor: University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium. Participating Institutions: ITQB and 23 others. March 2006/April 2010.
5. “CONtrol of COmmunity-acquired MRSA: Rationale and Development of counteractions [CONCORD]”. Project FP7-Health-F3-2008-222718. Funding: European Commission. Principal contractor: University Medical Centre Utrecht, The Netherlands. Participating institutions: ITQB and 8 others. January 2009/Junho 2012.
6. “Translational Research on Combating Antimicrobial Resistance [TROCAR]”. Project FP7-Health-F3-2008-223031. Funding: European Commission. Principal contractor: Institut D’investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain. Participating institutions: ITQB and 15 others. January 2009/Junho 2012.
7. "A comprehensive dissection of pneumococcal-host interactions – PNEUMOPATH”. Project FP7-Health-F3-2008-222983. Funding: European Commission. Principal contractor: University of Leicester, UK. Participating institutions: ITQB and 15 others. March 2010/Agosto 2012.
Principal Investigator: Maria Miragaia
1. “Tracking the evolution of methicilin resistance in staphylococci: stages in the evolution of the mecA determinant and the SCCmec structure”. Ref: PTDC/BIA-EVF/117507/2010. Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia. Principal contractor: ITQB. Principal Investigator: Maria Miragaia. January 2012/December 2014.
2. "In the search of the missing links in the evolution of staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec (SCCmec)". ITQB ref: ICV10351. Funding European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID). Principal Contractor: ITQB. Principal Investigator: Maria Miragaia. February 2010/2014.
Principal Investigator: Marta Aires de Sousa
1. “Prevalence and characterization of Staphylococcus aureus in Portuguese-speaking African countries and in East Timor”. Ref: PTDC/SAU-SAP/118813/2010. Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia. Principal Contractor: Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa (CVP). Principal investigator: Marta Aires-de-Sousa. January 2011/December 2013.
Principal Investigator: Rita Sobral
1. “Metabolic circuits in inflicted bacterial cell death”. Ref. PTDC/BIA-MIC/101375/2008 Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia. Principal contractor: ITQB. Participating Institutions: FC/UL. Principal Investigator: Rita Sobral. January 2010/June 2013.
2. “The association of extracellular DNA to the Staphylococcus aureus surface: roles and mechanisms”. Ref. ICV10371 Funding: European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID). Principal Contractor: ITQB. Principal Investigator: Rita Sobral. February 2011/2015.
Principal Investigator: Raquel Sá-Leão
1. “Unravelling Pneumococcal Interactions in the Nasopharyngeal Niche”. Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, FCT. Ref. PTDC/BIA-BEC/098289/2008. Principal contractor: ITQB. Principal Investigator: Raquel Sá-Leão. January 2010/June 2013.
2. “Pneumococcal Colonization Patterns in the Elderly Living in Urban and Rural Areas of Portugal - PneumoEL”. Protocol 0887X1-4629. Funding: Pfizer. Principal contractor: ITQB. Principal investigator: Raquel Sá-Leão. April 2010/November 2013.
3. “Pneumo Y – Pneumococcal Colonization Patterns in Young Children Living in Urban and Rural Areas of Portugal”. Protocol WS857151. Funding: Pfizer, Portugal. Principal contractor: ITQB. Principal investigator: Raquel Sá-Leão.January 2011/May 2014.
Principal Investigator: Duarte C. Oliveira
1. “Transcriptional control of the mecA gene, the central element of methicillin-resistance in Staphylococci”. Ref. POCTI/BIA-MIC/60320/2004. Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia. Principal contractor: ITQB. Principal investigator: Duarte C. Oliveira. January 2005/September 2008.
2. “Role of beta-lactamase operon in the stabilization and expression of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus”. Ref. PTDC/BIA-MIC/64071/2006. Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia. FCT/UNL. 2008/2012.
