Simona Purrello

Dear Colleagues, Microbial biofilms are complex structures formed by cells embedded in an extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) matrix, a mixture of macromolecules such as exopolysaccharides; proteins; extracellular DNA; and, in some cases, outer membrane vesicles. EPS composition may differ with bacterial strains, culture conditions, and biofilm age. Biofilm formation ensures antibiotic tolerance and protection from the host immune system, making microbial biofilms difficult to eradicate. Biofilms are responsible for chronic infections, and biofilms developed by a wide range of microorganisms are considered a “virulence factor”. The variability in the composition of the biofilm matrix and in biofilm development as well as [...]

Dear colleagues and friends, I am reaching you with this email, hoping that you all are fine, to let you know about the possibility to submit a paper to the special issue of "Pathogens", which I am leading as guest editor, together with the clinician Dr Luca Arnoldo of the University of Udine. The special issue will be about the topic "Healthcare-Associated Infections”. As you can read in the description (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/pathogens/special_issues/Healthcare_Associated_Infections) papers aimed to describe the onset, management, treatment and all the other aspects concerning HAI research and management will be welcome. Review, meta-analysis, original research, and short notes will be taken into [...]

L'Università di Pisa ha attivato anche quest'anno il Master di II livello in "Teledidattica Applicata alle Scienze della Salute e ICT in Medicina (Tecnologie Innovative in Sanità)" di durata annuale. Il Master, completamente rinnovato nei suoi contenuti, si prospetta come unico nell'offerta didattica nazionale, in quanto frutto della collaborazione di illustri docenti e di numerosi centri di eccellenza dell'area pisana. Il Master vuole fornire una preparazione altamente specialistica sulle più innovative tecnologie che si stanno affermando in ambito sanitario. Il discente apprenderà come vengono applicate le tecniche avanzate nelle varie discipline biomediche e chirurgiche e i principi pedagogici, etici, legislativi, manageriali, di [...]

Guest Editor Dr. Raffaela Pero Website E-Mail Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, 80131 Napoli, Italy Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a Gram-negative microaerophilic spiral bacterium previously known as Campylobacter pylori. Since the discovery of H. pylori as a pathogenic infectious agent in humans, it has been linked to different gastric diseases in humans (gastritis, peptic ulcers, gastric adenocarcinoma, and MALT lymphoma). It colonizes the gastrointestinal mucosa of its host, and in spite of a strong persistent humoral and cellular immune response to H. pylori at the local and systemic level, the organism persists for the lifetime of its host. The [...]

Guest editors Carla Pruzzo, University of Genova, Italy James D. Oliver, University of North Carolina Charlotte, USA Delphine Destoumieux-Garzon, CNRS, France Craig Baker-Austin, Cefas, UK Vibrio is a genus of ubiquitous bacteria found globally in a wide variety of aquatic environments. They can establish mutualistic, commensal, and pathogenic interactions with their hosts. Of the >100 described Vibrio species around a dozen can cause infections in humans. Other species cause disease in wild and farmed marine animals. Although this genus is becoming increasingly well understood, fundamental aspects related to genomic, microbiological, ecological and risk assessment features of this globally important group of [...]

Per facilitare la formazione e la collaborazione a livello internazionale, la SIM incoraggia i giovani soci e membri ESCMID a visitare i Centri di collaborazione ESCMID (il più delle volte dipartimenti di malattie infettive e / o microbiologia clinica) per cinque giorni o un mese sotto l'egida di ESCMID. Per maggiori informazioni https://www.escmid.org/profession_career/observerships_collaborative_centres/observerships/escmid_funded_observerships/

La Società Italiana di Microbiologia ha firmato il Consensus statement pubblicato su Nature Reviews – Microbiology che invita la comunità microbiologica internazionale ad adoperarsi perché i microrganismi, i loro processi e le loro interazioni vengano riconosciuti come elementi chiave per il benessere della biosfera e vengano perciò inclusi in tutti gli studi e modelli sui cambiamenti climatici. La SIM, dunque, invita tutti i Soci a firmare il documento in prima persona attraverso questo link https://www.babs.unsw.edu.au/research/microbiologists-warning-humanity. Vi riproponiamo, inoltre, la nostra news sul “Consensus Statement” pubblicata sul nostro portale https://www.societasim.it/2019/07/25/microrganismi-e-cambiamento-climatico-arriva-lavvertimento-della-comunita-scientifica/  

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