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Pathogenic and Commensal Organisms

TriCEM supports innovative research on microorganisms, including opportunists that cause disease and commensal organisms, such as the microbiome.  We are interested in the ecology and evolution of symbiotic relationships, the evolution of pathogen virulence, and the ways that modern lifestyles disrupt host-microorganism relationships.

We support evolutionary research on Pathogenic and Commensal Organisms through Seed Grants, Symposia, and Working Groups.

 

Seed Grants:

Does soil health affect human health? (2020)

Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae evolution within a health care network (2020)

Drivers of the gut microbiome in children and animals in urban Ethiopia (2019)

Emergence of pyrethroid resistance in response to permethrin-treated uniforms (2019)

Environmental predictors of disease prevalence in a lizard-malaria system (2019)

Phylodynamics for environmentally-transmitted pathogens (2019)

The genetic determinants of Staphylococcus aureus osteoarticular metastasis (2018)

Resistance in the Wild: Understanding Where, When and Why Organisms Persist in the Wild (2017)

Genetic, Demographic, and Disease Vector Interactions with Apocrine Microbiota (2017)

Population Genomics and Geospatial Analytics to Track the Origins, Evolution, and Emergence of Phytophthora infestans (2016)

Stability of Colitis-Associated Adaptations in Resident Intestinal Bacteria (2016)

The Role of Pleiotropy in De Novo Evolution of Silver Resistance (2016)

Prevalence and Zoonotic Potential of Emerging Tick-borne Pathogens in Madagascar (2016)

Finding the Next Antibiotics: Putting Evolutionary Theory Into Practice (2016)

Emerging Human-Mediated Pathogens in North Carolina Amphibians and Reptiles (2016)

A “One Health” Approach to Antibiotic-Resistant Enterobateriaceae in South Asia (2016)

 

Working Groups:

Biodiversity, Conservation, and Human Health Catalysis Meeting (2015)

Ecological Immunology Applied to Vector Biology and Vector-Borne Disease Catalysis Meeting (2015)

Forgotten Memories: Immune Memory Beyond the Adaptive Immune System Catalysis Meeting (2015)

The Use of Pathogen Genetic Data for Informing the Spread of Infectious Diseases Within and Between Individuals (2015)

 

Symposia:

Scary Viruses, Killer Tapeworms, and Nostril Ticks: Unanticipated Adventures in One Health (2015)

Ecology and Evolution of the Human Microbiome in Health and Disease (2015)