You are here

Home News

News

Plasmid-Based CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing in Multiple Candida Species

13 Mar 2019
Lombardi, L., Oliveira-Pacheco, J., & Butler, G. (2019). Plasmid-based CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing in multiple Candida species. mSphere, 4(2), e00125-19.
Publications

Our OPATHY e-newsletter 3/2019 is out!

12 Mar 2019
Our latest newsletter 3/ 2019 is out! Have a look at the latest developments in the OPATHY network.
news
Outreach

Candida auris Identification and Rapid Antifungal Susceptibility Testing Against Echinocandins by MALDI-TOF MS

18 Feb 2019
Vatanshenassan, M., Boekhout, T., Meis, J. F., Berman, J., Chowdhary, A., Ben-Ami, R., ... & Kostrzewa, M. (2019). Candida auris identification and rapid antifungal susceptibility testing against echinocandins by MALDI-TOF MS. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 9, 20.
Publications

Comparison of 21-Plex PCR and API 20C AUX, MALDI-TOF MS, and rDNA Sequencing for a Wide Range of Clinically Isolated Yeast Species: Improved Identification by Combining 21-Plex PCR and API 20C AUX as an Alternative Strategy for Developing Countries

15 Feb 2019
Arastehfar, A., Daneshnia, F., Kord, M., Roudbary, M., Zarrinfar, H., Fang, W., ... & Liao, W. (2019). Comparison of 21-Plex PCR and API 20C AUX, MALDI-TOF MS, and rDNA sequencing for a wide range of clinically isolated yeast species: Improved identification by combining 21-Plex PCR and API 20C AUX as an alternative strategy for developing countries. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 9, 21.
Publications

YEAST PANEL multiplex PCR for identification of clinically important yeast species: stepwise diagnostic strategy, useful for developing countries

2 Feb 2019
Arastehfar, A., Fang, W., Pan, W., Lackner, M., Liao, W., Badiee, P., ... & Boekhout, T. (2019). YEAST PANEL multiplex PCR for identification of clinically important yeast species: stepwise diagnostic strategy, useful for developing countries. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 93(2), 112-119.
Publications

Video interview of ESRs during OPATHY winter school on youtube

1 Feb 2019
During the OPATHY winter school selected ESRs were interviewed by Westerdijk Communication officer Karin Schagen and asked about the potential applications of their results in the business sector.
Winter Schools
Network Wide Training
Interviews

OPATHY winter school on entrepreneurial skills, 16-18 January 2019, Utrecht, Netherlands

17 Jan 2019
The third OPATHY winter school took place from 16th till 18th of January at QVQ and Westerdijk premises in Utrecht, Netherlands. Beside presentations comprising amongst others the topics Working at a company after your studies From science to value: identification and evaluation of new results, projects and ideas How can a company be taken over (IPA deal)? How can a company taken over a small company? Budapest treaty and Nagoya protocol. ESRs also received practical training in identifying valorisation potentials of their research projects.
Winter Schools
Network Wide Training
event

Participation in Dance your PhD 2018/9 - Candida infections

15 Jan 2019
OPATHY ESR Marina Pekmezovic at the Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms at Hans-Knöll Institute Jena, Germany, coordinated the production of the video "Candida infections: a disbalance in the interaction with the human host and ist microbiota", which was submitted in the Dance Your PhD Competition, organized and sponsored by AAAS and Science journal. The video can be seen on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mdz_E4_MJjw
Outreach

Novel multiplex real-time quantitative PCR detecting system approach for direct detection of Candida auris and its relatives in spiked serum samples

12 Dec 2018
Arastehfar, A., Fang, W., Daneshnia, F., Al-Hatmi, A. M., Liao, W., Pan, W., ... & Lass-Flörl, C. (2018). Novel multiplex real-time quantitative PCR detecting system approach for direct detection of Candida auris and its relatives in spiked serum samples. Future microbiology, 14(1), 33-45.
Publications

Identification of nine cryptic species of Candida albicans, C. glabrata, and C. parapsilosis complexes using one-step multiplex PCR

25 Sep 2018
Arastehfar, A., Fang, W., Pan, W., Liao, W., Yan, L., & Boekhout, T. (2018). Identification of nine cryptic species of Candida albicans, C. glabrata, and C. parapsilosis complexes using one-step multiplex PCR. BMC infectious diseases, 18(1), 480.
Publications

Pages