Studies on biofilms and rapidly-growing mycobacteria

• Grant number: 09/11250-2
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International
• Start date: November 05, 2009
• End date: November 11, 2009
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Microbiology - Biology and Physiology of Microorganisms
• Principal Investigator: Sylvia Luisa Pincherle Cardoso Leão
• Grantee: Sylvia Luisa Pincherle Cardoso Leão
• Visiting researcher: Maria Mercedes Zambrano
• Visiting researcher institution: Corporación CorpoGen , Colombia
• Host Institution: Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia. Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• City of the host institution: São Paulo
• Associated research grant: 06/01533-9 - Mycobacteria of medical significance in Brazil: molecular characterization, interaction with the environment and with macrophages, AP.TEM

Abstract

Dra. Zambrano will participate for two days in meetings at UNIFESP for discussions of preliminary results of our projects on biofilms and rapidly-growing mycobacteria, which began to be informally discussed during a meeting held in Bogotá in September 2008. We want to take advantage of her experience in metagenomics to discuss future collaborative projects in this area. She will also present a conference (09/11/2009) at the 30th Brazilian Congress of Microbiology, to be held at Porto de Galinhas, PE. (AU)