Cel In the last years, Protists (Protozoa) gained a significant attention from the scientific community because of their role as Trojan horses respect to opportunistic pathogens of humans and animals. Although this role is nowadays well established and accepted for some Protists like Acanthamoeba, little is known for other groups of possible hosts. Recently, members of the coordinating unit of Pisa got evidences that many of the natural occurring bacterial symbionts of ciliates have a strong phylogenetic affiliation to human and animal (especially fish) pathogens like Rickettsia (Vannini et al., 2005; Ferrantini et al., 2009; Ferrantini et al., in prep) and Francisella (Schrallhammer et al., in prep.). These observations raised the question whether ciliates may also represent natural reservoirs for potentially pathogenic bacteria especially in tropical regions where the environmental conditions favor microbial growth and fast evolution. Furthermore tropical countries are predicted as the Hot Spot for emerging infectious diseases and zoonosis due to hygienic standards lower than in Western countries and the living together of humans with their farmed animals. Aim of the present project is to set up an international research network that, starting from the collection of novel isolates especially from tropical regions, performs a complete ecological, functional and evolutionary genomic investigation on symbiotic bacteria retrieved from ciliates that shows phylogenetic affinities to pathogenic ones. Units from the proposed network posses expertise that ranges from the traditional morphological investigation to advanced ultrastructure, ecology, functional biology, molecular phylogeny, comparative genomics and postgenomics. Aim of the research network will be to coordinate the research activities of the involved units into joined projects and to transfer know-how to the younger researcher to allow them to re-establish the acquired competences in their home laboratories. Dziedzina nauki natural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsnatural sciencesbiological sciencesbiological morphologycomparative morphologynatural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologybacteriologynatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologynatural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologyprotozoology Program(-y) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Temat(-y) FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IRSES - Marie Curie Action "International Research Staff Exchange Scheme" Zaproszenie do składania wniosków FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IRSES Zobacz inne projekty w ramach tego zaproszenia System finansowania MC-IRSES - International research staff exchange scheme (IRSES) Koordynator UNIVERSITA DI PISA Wkład UE € 221 400,00 Adres LUNGARNO PACINOTTI 43/44 56126 Pisa Włochy Zobacz na mapie Region Centro (IT) Toscana Pisa Rodzaj działalności Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Kontakt administracyjny Sandra Cecconi (Dr.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych Uczestnicy (4) Sortuj alfabetycznie Sortuj według wkładu UE Rozwiń wszystko Zwiń wszystko UNIVERSITE MONTPELLIER 2 SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES Zakończenie uczestnictwa Francja Wkład UE Brak danych Adres PLACE EUGENE BATAILLON 2 34095 MONTPELLIER Zobacz na mapie Rodzaj działalności Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Kontakt administracyjny Jean-Michel Portefaix (Mr.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART Niemcy Wkład UE € 109 800,00 Adres KEPLERSTRASSE 7 70174 Stuttgart Zobacz na mapie Region Baden-Württemberg Stuttgart Stuttgart, Stadtkreis Rodzaj działalności Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Kontakt administracyjny Hans-Dieter Görtz (Prof.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych UNIVERSITE DE MONTPELLIER Francja Wkład UE € 18 000,00 Adres RUE AUGUSTE BROUSSONNET 163 34090 MONTPELLIER Zobacz na mapie Region Occitanie Languedoc-Roussillon Hérault Rodzaj działalności Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Kontakt administracyjny Jean-Michel Portefaix (Mr.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN Niemcy Wkład UE € 84 600,00 Adres HELMHOLTZSTRASSE 10 01069 Dresden Zobacz na mapie Region Sachsen Dresden Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt Rodzaj działalności Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Kontakt administracyjny Claudia Hawke (Ms.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych