JLU coordinates GUARDIAN project with 3.5 million euros in funding
The Institute of Medical Informatics at Justus Liebig University Giessen coordinates the GUARDIAN project for the early detection and prevention of outbreaks of antibiotic-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. The Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space is funding the project with a total of 3.5 million euros until 2028.
Around two million euros will be allocated to the Giessen sub-project headed by Prof. Dr. Keywan Sohrabi. There, data from human medicine, veterinary medicine, the food sector and the environment are integrated and evaluated with artificial intelligence to predict the spread of resistant pathogens such as Citrobacter, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella and Enterobacter. Particular focus is on plasmids, which transfer resistance genes between bacteria.
The interdisciplinary consortium includes experts from medical informatics, microbiology, bioinformatics, epidemiology and environmental sciences. Institutes from JLU Giessen and Philipps University Marburg, the Hessian State Laboratory, the Hessian State Office for Health and Care, the University Medical Center Greifswald and the Technical University of Central Hesse are involved.
GUARDIAN pursues a One Health approach and aims to develop more effective measures to control antibiotic-resistant germs. The project strengthens research in Central Hesse and contributes to combating a global health threat.
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