Research

The Institute has lines of basic research in medical microbiology encompassing bacteriology, mycology and virology, as well as applied research mainly in microbial diagnostics.

• Research in bacteriology is focused on intracellular bacteria, mainly chlamydiae, and their relationship with human diseases
• Research in mycology is aimed at deciphering the mechanism of antifungal resistance and virulence in fungal pathogens, including Candida albicans, as well as genomics of Pneumocystis jirovecii
• Research in virology addresses several aspects of basic research in human pathogenic arenaviruses and human immunodeficiency virus, as well as clinical management of transplant patients
• Research in microbial diagnostics (R&D) aims at setting up state of the art modern methods for the laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases.

Research groups R&D