Network
Beneficiaries
Our 11 Beneficiaries from 8 different countries employed the 15 Early Stage Researchers (PhDs) for 3 years each. They closely collaborated on different research themes, offer joint training activities for the PhDs and researchers outside the Train2Target network, and co-supervise the progress of the doctoral theses.
Partner Organisations
The Partner Organisations (P) offered specialised training for example in form of internships, courses and workshops in their respective field to give all the ESR’s a competitive advantage.
Early Stage Researcher
The Train2Target network trained 15 Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) in all scientific and non-scientific aspects related to the drug discovery process.
ESR 1: Carlos Karan Gurnani Serrano
Host: Università degli Studi di Milano, Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Italy
Project: Dissecting lipopolysaccharide transport and assembly at the outer membrane.
ESR 2: Tiago Baeta
Host: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Structurale, France
Project: Characterisation the LptF/C/A subcomplex and its binding to LPS at atomic scale.
ESR 3: Mitja Maximilian Zdouc
Host: Naicons SrL, Microbiology, Italy
Project: Bio prospecting, compound screening, identification and structural characterization of bioactive molecules.
ESR 4: Raquel Rodriguez Alonso
Host: Université Catholique de Louvain, de Duve Institute, Belgium
Project: Dissecting the interaction between RcsF and the periplasmic domain of IgaA.
ESR 5: Jessica El-Rayes
Host: Université Catholique de Louvain, de Duve Institute, Belgium
Project: Assembly of complexes between lipoproteins and ß-barrel proteins by the BAM machinery.
ESR 6: Laureen Mertens
Host: University of Amsterdam, Swammerdam Insitute for Life Science, The Netherlands
Project: Assembly and dynamics of the LPS transport Lpt machinery and coordination with peptidoglycan (PG) synthetic machineries.
ESR 7: Elisa Consoli
Host: University of Amsterdam, Swammerdam Insitute for Life Science, The Netherlands
Project: Assembly and dynamics of the outer membrane protein inserting BAM machinery and its coordination with peptidoglycan (PG) synthetic machineries
ESR 8: Matthias Winkle
Host: University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Institute for Cell Molecular Biosciences, United Kingdom
Project: Coordination of peptidoglycan synthesis within outer membrane constriction and LPS synthesis.
ESR 9: Kara Staunton
Host: University of Birmingham, School of Immunity and Infection, United Kingdom
Project: Characterisation of the functional interactions between the subunits of the BAM machinery
ESR 10: Pilar García del Vello Moreno
Host: Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Chemical Sciences, Italy
Project: Characterisation of the LPS and PG and their structural determinants when bound to major proteins involved in its transport across the periplasm.
ESR 11: Elisabete Cardoso Mendes Moura
Host: Università degli Studi di Milano, Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Italy
Project: Targeting the Lipopolysaccharide transport to develop novel antimicrobial drugs.
ESR 12: Valentina Lucchini
Host: BioVersys AG, Switzerland
Project: Identification of novel cell wall biogenesis inhibitors.
ESR 13: Arancha Lopez Perez
Host: AiCuris GmbH, Germany
Project: Identification and characterization of innovative Penicillin-Binding Protein inhibitors against MDR-Gram negative bacteria.
ESR 14: Federico Corona
Host: University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Institute for Cell Molecular Biosciences, United Kingdom
Project: Coordination of outer membrane protein assembly with PG synthesis.
ESR 15: Carina Matias
Host: Danish Technical University, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Denmark
Project: Development of a novel antibiotic treatment.
Supervisors
All of our main and co-supervisors have a wealth of experience in running successful scientific projects resulting in high impact publications, patents and technologies, and in training of numerous PhD and MSc students.
Prof Alessandra Polissi
Università degli Studi di Milano, Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Italy
Supervisor
Project Coordinator, Main Supervisor ESR 1 and ESR 11, Co-Supervisor ESR 2, ESR 6 and ESR 8
Dr Jean-Pierre Simorre
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Structurale, France
Supervisor
Main Supervisor ESR 2, Co-Supervisor ESR 1, ESR 4, ESR 7, ESR 9, ESR 10, ESR 11, ESR 13, and ESR 14
Dr Margherita Sosio
Naicons SrL, Microbiology, Italy
Supervisor
Principal Investigator, Main Supervisor ESR 3
Prof Jean-François Collet
Université Catholique de Louvain, de Duve Institute, Belgium
Supervisor
Main Supervisor ESR 4 and ESR 5, Co-Supervisor ESR 7, ESR 9 and ESR 12
Prof Tanneke den Blaauwen
University of Amsterdam, Swammerdam Insitute for Life Science, The Netherlands
Supervisor
Main Supervisor ESR 6 and ESR 7, Co-Supervisor ESR 3, ESR 4, ESR 8, ESR 10 and ESR 15
Prof Waldemar Vollmer
University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Institute for Cell Molecular Biosciences, United Kingdom
Supervisor
Main Supervisor ESR 8 and ESR 14, Co-Supervisor ESR 1, ESR 3, ESR 5, ESR 6 and ESR 13
Prof Ian Henderson
University of Birmingham, School of Immunity and Infection, United Kingdom
Supervisor
Main Supervisor ESR 9, Co-Supervisor ESR 5 and ESR 15
Prof Antonio Molinaro
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Chemical Sciences, Italy
Supervisor
Principal Investigator, Main Supervisor ESR 10, Co-Supervisor ESR 2, ESR11 and ESR 12
Dr Michel Pieren
BioVersys AG, Switzerland
Supervisor
Group Leader Drug Discovery, Main Supervisor ESR 12
Dr Cuong Vuong
AiCuris GmbH, Germany
Supervisor
Principal Scientist, Main Supervisor ESR 13
Prof Morten Sommer
Danish Technical University, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Denmark
Supervisor
CSO of AntibioTx, Main Supervisor ESR 15
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