CORDIS Project
Funding breakdown and partner intelligence are Premium
Sign in and upgrade to Premium for EU contribution totals, consortium analytics, OpenAlex research context, and AI summaries. · 0 consortium intelligence fields visible of 1
Start free • Cancel anytime • 14-day refund guarantee
This project investigates the biology of microsporidia, focusing on their unique organelles called mitosomes. It aims to understand how these organelles function and contribute to the parasite's survival, enhancing knowledge of their role in host interactions.
Microsporidia are tiny obligate intracellular parasites of other eukaryotes including patients with HIV/AIDS.
Despite their importance, detailed knowledge of the biology of microsporidia is limited.
Microsporidia were thought to lack mitochondria but the proposed host laboratory discovered, and have started to functionally characterise, highly reduced remnant mitochondria in these parasites, called mitosomes, which do not make ATP.
Mitosomes are vital for parasite survival because they contain…
UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Partner organizations (coordinator is shown above), with normalized type and CORDIS activity type. Guests see up to 4 partners.
Similar projects, consortium collaboration history, frequent partners, and OpenAlex research context.
Guests see up to 5 EuroSciVoc fields.
Guests see up to 5 topics.
