Collaborative Projects

  1. Proteomic Analysis of Host pathogen interactions (Professor Sean Doyle  NUI Maynooth)
  2. Evaluation of anti-biofilm agents against Bcc biofilms (John Stephens, John McGinley, Frances Heaney, NUI Maynooth) 
  3. Evaluation of novel agents that may inhibit binding of Bcc to lung epithelial cells (Trindad Velasco Torrijos, NUI Maynooth). 
  4. Examination of virulence of  environmental and clinical Irish Bcc isolates (Jonathan Collins and Philip Murphy, Dept Clinical Microbiology, AMNCH) 
  5. Evaluation of the pathogenesis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)  following gastrointestinal infection (Dr Maria O Sullivan, AMNCH).  
  6. Establishing continuous flow cell systems for studying biofilm formation and development (Prof. Leo Eberl, University of Zurich, Switzerland)