Molecular decision points that determine colonisation and infection risk in neonatal skin (A03)

• Subject Area: Medical Microbiology and Mycology, Hygiene, Molecular Infection Biology
• Term: since 2023
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 492620490

A03 will investigate chemical, niche, immunological and metabolic factors that determine the barrier function of the skin. In addition, A03 will decipher whether these factors be modulated by postnatal colonisation. Restricting the reservoir of pathogens in the neonatal skin, without disturbing the developing physiological microbiota could be an ideal strategy to reduce neonatal sepsis and expansion of multidrug resistant microbes.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1583: Decisions in Infectious Diseases (DECIDE)
• Applicant Institution: Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
• Project Head: Dr. Mercedes Gomez de Agüero