Food and waterborne infections are where human health, animal health, and the environment intersect. In 2023, to make the world safer, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) joined forces to prioritise One Health plans. To align with these efforts, the ESCMID Food- and Water-borne Infections Study Group (EFWISG) is committed to:
The ESCMID Study Group for Food- and Water-borne Infections (EFWISG) is pleased to offer two Travel Grants (500 EUR each) to attend the ESCMID Global 2025.
Eligibility conditions are:
- Onsite participation
- The applicant must be an ESCMID member with up-to-date membership feesand considered a young scientist at the date of application.
- The applicant must be an EFWISG member (only members registered until the 31th December 2024 will be considered)
- The applicant must be the presenting author of an accepted abstract falling in the scope of EFWISG mission
- This grant cannot accumulate with other ESCMID travel grants
Applications will be ranked according to: 1) the score of the accepted abstract; 2) a short motivation letter explaining how the work fits EFWISG mission; and 3) member provenience with applications from LMICs being prioritized. In case of a tie, priority will be given to the member with the earliest EFWISG registration date.
Please apply through the following form until the 21th February 16h00 CET. Only one application per participant is accepted. Applicants will be informed by email on the 28th February and this information will be disclosed through email and EFWISG channels.
The ICU environment contributes to the endemicity of the "Serratia marcescens complex" in the hospital setting.
Aracil-Gisbert S, Fernández-De-Bobadilla MD, Guerra-Pinto N, Serrano-Calleja S, Pérez-Cobas AE, Soriano C, de Pablo R, Lanza VF, Pérez-Viso B, Reuters S, Hasman H, Cantón R, Baquero F, Coque TM. mBio. 2024 May 8;15(5):e0305423
Bacteriocin distribution patterns in Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus lactis: bioinformatic analysis using a tailored genomics framework.
Tedim AP, Almeida-Santos AC, Lanza VF, Novais C, Coque TM, Freitas AR, Peixe L; from the ESCMID Study Group on Food- and Water-borne Infections (EFWISG). Appl Environ Microbiol. 2024 Oct 23;90(10):e0137624
Unravelling Enterococcus susceptibility to quaternary ammonium compounds: genes, phenotypes, and the impact of environmental conditions
Pereira AP, Antunes P, Bierge P, Willems RJL, Corander J, Coque TM, Pich OQ, Peixe L, Freitas AR, Novais C. Microbiology Spectrum. 2023;22;11(5):e0232423.
Plasmid-mediated resistance: Exploring the effect of antibiotics and transfer dynamics in water environments
26 February 2025 at 12:00 CET
Food chain resistomes and the factors influencing thereof
23 January 2025, 12:00-13:00 CET
Dispersal limitations and the geographical reach of antimicrobial resistance based on sewage metagenomics
29 May 2024
The ICU environment contributes to the endemicity of the "Serratia marcescens complex" in the hospital setting
28 May 2024
EFWISG: Food Safety and One Health: transmission of AMR and potentially uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) from animal sources
16 January 2024
Genomic surveillance of listeriosis in Germany – Clusters, outbreaks, and vehicles
22 February 2023
The use of genomic approaches for population studies and outbreak surveillance of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli
15 September 2023
Hepatitis E diagnosing and surveillance – Experience of the "One Health" approach twelve years after the confirmation of human HEV-3 in Croatia
29 November 2023
An introduction to healthcare associated waterborne infections: Ecology, prevention, mitigation and control
Post-graduate course
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