Targeting antimicrobial resistance through bacterial adhesin research

Strains, Diagnostics, and Variants

StraDiVarious is a European doctoral network studying strain variants of ESKAPE pathogens to develop rapid diagnostics and identify therapeutic targets.

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Led by internationally renowned experts from world-class institutions

StraDiVarious: Strains, Diagnostics, and Variants

EU-funded doctoral network training 15 researchers across 10 institutions

Four integrated work packages spanning genomics, cell biology, structural analysis, and device development

Targeting ESKAPE pathogens through bacterial adhesin analysis

Academic-industry collaboration including pharmaceutical partners

Developing rapid point-of-care diagnostics to distinguish virulent from colonising strains

36-month fully-funded positions with cross-sector secondments

Understand our research on bacterial-host interactions

Understand how we are using biochemical, cell-biological and structural approaches to link bacterial adhesin surface molecules to their host receptors.

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Supervisory team

International supervisory expertise across academia and industry

Fifteen internationally renowned experts from world-class institutions provide supervision, with collective experience supervising over 300 PhD students and publishing more than 2,000 papers in top-tier journals.

Adrian Goldman
Adrian Goldman
Professor; Coordinator of StraDiVarious
Dirk Linke
Dirk Linke
Professor; Vice-Coordinator of StraDiVarious; Lead WP2
Volkhard Kempf
Volkhard Kempf
Professor; Lead, WP1
Nadia Izadi-Pruneyre
Nadia Izadi-Pruneyre
Research Director; Lead WP3
Alex van Belkum
Alex van Belkum
Professor; Lead WP4
Nicole Pamme
Nicole Pamme
Professor, Section Dean, Chemistry
Ian Eastwood
Ian Eastwood
CTO Eluceda
Ingo Ebersberger
Ingo Ebersberger
Professor
 Susanna Fagerholm
Susanna Fagerholm
Professor
Lotta Happonen
Lotta Happonen
Associate Professor
Håvard Haugen
Håvard Haugen
Professor
Sally Peyman
Sally Peyman
Associate Professor
Christos Pliotas
Christos Pliotas
Associate Professor
Lígia Rodrigues
Lígia Rodrigues
Associate Professor
 Nathalie Sauvonnet
Nathalie Sauvonnet
Research Director
Chun-wa Chung
Chun-wa Chung
Executive Director of Structural and Biophysical Sciences, GSK
Orquidea de Castro Ribeiro, Ph. D.
Orquidea de Castro Ribeiro, Ph. D.
Administrative Support

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For questions about the StraDiVarious network, collaboration opportunities, or general project information, please get in touch with our team.

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