Exploring the impact of hexagonal boron nitride (nanomedicines) on bacterial quorum sensing communication and its consequences on bacterial lung invasionand pathogenesis

Projekt

Exploring the impact of hexagonal boron nitride (nanomedicines) on bacterial quorum sensing communication and its consequences on bacterial lung invasionand pathogenesis

Automatisch geschlossen · 2023 bis 2024

Albrich Werner, Bürki-Turnherr Tina, Kahlert Christian, Nigg Susanne

Art

Grundlagenforschung

Bereiche

Infektiologie | Infektionsprävention | Reisemedizin

Status

Automatisch geschlossen

Start

2023

Ende

2024

Finanzierungsart

Fördermittel KSSG

Projektpartner

Empa: Dr. Tina Bürki, Group leader Particles@Barriers, Empa and Dr. Govind Gupta, scientist Particles@Barriers, Empa

Kurzbeschreibung/Zielsetzung

In this interdisciplinary collaboration between Empa's Laboratory for Particles-Biology Interactions (Particles@Barriers subgroup) and the KSSG (Infektiologie/Spitalhygiene), we aim to study whether hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) could modulate host-invasion, virulence, and pathogenesis of Streptococcus pneumoniae by affecting luxP/luxS mediated quorum sensing signaling.