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German Research Platform for Zoonoses
Contract period
:
- 2015
Total budget
: 6600000 Euro
The German Research Platform for Zoonoses is an information and service network, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), for all working groups operating in Germany in the field of zoonoses research.
The objective of the platform, which now has over 500 members, is to increase the exchange of experiences at national and international levels and thus intensify research activities in the field of zoonoses research, promoting broad horizontal cross-linking of human and veterinary medicine.
Coordinating institution
FLI - Institute for Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases (FLI-INNT)
Work package leader
Subprojects
isolation and characterization of zoonotic agents
- Generation and characterization of 3D-organoids from bovine colon material to investigate the interactions of zoonotic bacteria with the host mucosa. Subproject: Development of 'hangig drops' organoid cores from intestinal fibroblasts and edited primary epithelial cells
- Generation and characterization of 3D-organoids from bovine colon material to investigate the interactions of zoonotic bacteria with the host mucosa. Subproject: Obtaining and characterizing bovine intestinal three-dimensional cell culture systems
development and validation of infection models
epidemiological studies of zoonotic agents
mechanisms of pathogenesis