Experimental and Medical Micology (MME)
Academic Unit: School of Microbiology
Colombian Ministry of Science
OECD
Discipline
Medical and health sciences
Subdiscipline
Health sciences
Strategic Focus
The MME group founded in 1978 is an inter-institutional group that since its establishment has focused on basic and applied research in different aspects of mycology such as diagnosis, treatment, pathophysiology, and animal models. Currently, based on the experience gathered, the group has expanded its lines of research to the study of animal models applied in biomedical and biotechnological research in other infectious diseases and cancer. Likewise, the members of the group participate in the training of undergraduate and graduate students from different areas and the research results are presented both in specialized journals and media and to the community in general through programs of social appropriation of knowledge. Finally, our group maintains an open policy of leveraging infrastructure and human talent in the construction of interdisciplinary and inter-institutional proposals that contribute to improving the health of the region and the country.
Research Areas and Topics
- Antifungals: Levels, susceptibility and resistance mechanisms.
- Molecular and genomic aspects of mushrooms of medical importance.
- Development, standardization and validation of new methods, including molecular tests, for the diagnosis of mycoses.
- Clinical Trials.
- Epidemiology and ecology of mycoses.
- Host-Parasite Interaction.
- Animal models applied in biomedical and biotechnological research.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)