One Health EJP Short Term Missions Awarded in 2020
Study of the interactions between STEC and human gut microbiota in the ARCOL model
Details:
| STM Researchers: | Paola Chiani |
| Home Institute: | Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Italy |
| Mission Hosting Institute: | Universite Clermont Auvergne, France |
| Duration of Mission: | 5 weeks |
| One Health Thematic Area: | Skills Development Missions |
Aim of the mission
The aim of this mission was to investigate the interactions between STEC and human intestinal microbiota, during experimental infection using the ARtificial COLon (ARCOL) model, which simulates the human large intestine functionality.
Cross-domain and cross-country collaboration to develop multivariate syndromic surveillance
Details:
| STM Researchers: | Wiktor Gustafsson |
| Home Institute: | National Veterinary Institute (SVA), Sweden |
| Mission Hosting Institute: | Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH), Norway |
| Duration of Mission: | 2 weeks |
| One Health Thematic Area: | Skills Development Missions |
Aim of the mission
The aim of the STM was a collaborative and knowledge exchange between Norway and Sweden in the development of One Health systems for multivariate syndromic surveillance (SyS) of veterinary and public health data combined.
Skills development mission in bioinformatics
Details:
| STM Researchers: | Dinah Deborah Seligsohn |
| Home Institute: | National Veterinary Institute (SVA), Sweden |
| Mission Hosting Institute: | University of Glasgow, UK |
| Duration of Mission: | 3 weeks |
| One Health Thematic Area: | Skills Development Missions |
Aim of the mission
The aim of the STM was a collaborative and knowledge exchange between the National Veterinary Institute in Sweden and the University of Glasgow in the UK, to better understand transmission dynamics in potential zoonotic reservoir species, with a specific focus on Group B Streptococci.
