Peptide-functionalized POMs as biofilm disruption agents: searching for synergy in bactericidal materials

Project description

Taking away license to congregate

Much like a group of protesters standing arm in arm for greater strength and resistance to dispersal, bacteria form so-called biofilms in which they adhere to each other via a sticky extracellular polymeric matrix that they make themselves. These films help protect them against antibiotics and contribute to increasing antimicrobial resistance. Biofilms form on a variety of substrates including plastics and metals and they are particularly dangerous in hospitals where they can form on things like catheters, sutures or implants. Their days may be numbered thanks to work by the EU-funded PePiPOM project and resulting novel materials that will prevent aggregation of bacteria and kill them as well.

Fields of science

• medical and health sciences › health sciences › public health
• natural sciences › biological sciences › microbiology › bacteriology
• natural sciences › biological sciences › biochemistry › biomolecules
• engineering and technology › materials engineering › coating and films
• medical and health sciences › basic medicine › pharmacology and pharmacy › drug resistance › antibiotic resistance

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Topic(s)

• MSCA-IF-2018 - Individual Fellowships

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-IF-2018

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Funding Scheme

MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EF

Coordinator

AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS

Net EU contribution

€ 172 932,48

Address

Calle Serrano 117
28006 Madrid
Spain

Region

Comunidad de Madrid › Comunidad de Madrid › Madrid

Activity type

Research Organisations

Links

Other funding

€ 0,00