Strategic Infection Biology (SIB)

Mission

The program is designed to discover principles of infection and associated pathobiology at the cellular, organ, host, and population level with the goal to develop novel infection intervention and prevention strategies.

Research focus

Principles of infection and intervention and prevention are investigated using infectious agents that have zoonotic potential and/or are of major (future) veterinary, public health or economic relevance.                                     ..read more

Program organization

The program combines research efforts of the Departments of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Pathobiology, and Farm Animal Health, with links to the Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (see research matrix). The program is embedded in the university research focus area 'Infection and Immunity', with links to the research focus area 'Epidemiology'.

Scientific output

For a list of publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals since 2006 click here 

SIB contact

Prof.dr. J.P.M. van Putten (program coordinator)