A propos de l' International Research Network MIRA

International Research Network (IRN)

supported by the CNRS-Biology 2023-2027

Maladie Infectieuses émergentes et Résistance aux Antibiotiques (MIRA)

Emerging Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial resistance

KEY WORDS: Infectious diseases, antibiotic, resistance, microbiology, infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, surveillance/epidemiology, antimicrobial target, alternative therapies, host directed therapies, pathogenic bacteria, tuberculosis, ESKAPE

1) DESCRIPTION (project summary, main goals and expected results)

Recent decades have seen unprecedented changes in human-environment interactions and increasing disruption of ecosystems and climate, creating a particularly favourable context for the emergence of infectious diseases. In addition to this threat, the worldwide spread of (multi-)antibiotic resistant bacteria represents a major short-term threat to global health. It is therefore essential and urgent to strengthen our efforts to put in place all the necessary means for prevention, surveillance and response to emerging infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance.

 By combining their strengths and complementary resources, the 7 partners (4 French and 3 Indian) making up the MIRA network share the common objective of strengthening their research and innovation capacities, from the most fundamental research to applied research for the discovery of new therapeutic and preventive approaches against pathogenic bacteria, through an international collaborative approach.

 The partners will endeavour to structure and develop the various areas of cooperation identified and to implement the various levers to perpetuate their joint efforts in favour of global health.

2) LIST OF PARTICIPANTS in the project

a) in France

Dr Olivier Neyrolles  Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology (IPBS Toulouse)     CNRS- Université Toulouse III

Dr Patrice Polard  Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires (LMGM-CBI) CNRS- Université Toulouse III

Dr Nathalie Campo  LMGM-CBI

Prof Eric Oswald  Digestive Health Research Institute (IRSD) Inserm- CNRS- Université Toulouse III

Prof Pierre Delobel  Toulouse Institute for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases (Infinity) Inserm- CNRS- Université Toulouse

Prof Guillaume  Martin-Blondel Infinity Inserm- CNRS- Université Toulouse

b) in India

Prof Amit Singh Center for infectious disease Research   Indian Institute of Science of Bangalore (IISc)

Prof Anjana Badrinarayanan  National Center for Biological Sciences of Bangalore (NCBS)

Prof Rajesh S. Gokhale   National Institute of Immunology (NII)

Prof Vinay Kumar Nandicoori  CCMB, Hyderabad

Dr Dhiraj Kumar  International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)