COVID-19: NOR-KLEB-NET workshop and KLEB-GAP meeting June 2020 postponed/held virtually

Because of the covid-19 pandemic, it will unfortunately not be possible to organise the KLEB-GAP/NOR-KLEB-NET meetings as planned in June. The KLEB-GAP meeting will therefore be held virtually 11-12th June, and the NOR-KLEB-NET meeting will be postponed until 2021. More info to come.

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Jan 20, 2020

Members of the network may apply for travel grants or funding to cover meeting costs.

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The Norwegian Research Council grants further funding for NOR-KLEB-NET

August 2019

We are very happy to announce that we have been granted further funding to run the NOR-KLEB-NET network for another two years by the Norwegian Research Council! We are very excited about this, especially as several of the partners of NOR-KLEB-NET met last week at Sommarøy, where we ...

Workshop August 2019

In August, NOR-KLEB-NET hosts its 2nd Workshop, this time at the Sommerøy Arctic Hotel in Tromsø.

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Bergen Research Foundation grants 20MNOK to new Klebsiella project

December 2018

The Klebsiella pneumoniae project KLEB-GAP is lead by PI Arnfinn Sundsfjord and Co-PI Iren Høyland Löhr. KLEB-GAP is a large, new project involving several Norwegian and international institutions who aim to provide new insights into the ecology, antmicrobial resistance and pathogenicity of Klebsiella pneumoniae. Klebsiella is a key driver in the global spread of antimicrobial resistance and a target for new approaches in diagnostics, surveillance and alternative therapeutics.

ABOUT US

May 29, 2018
NOR-KLEB-NET: The Norwegian Klebsiella pneumoniae network - K. pneumoniae population structure, virulence, and antimicrobial resistance in a One Health perspective

Funded by the Norwegian Research Council

Klebsiella pneumoniae has emerged as a high-risk human pathogen due to its virulence and increasing levels of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and has by WHO been defined as one of the multidrug resistant (MDR) bacteria posing the greatest threat ...

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December 2018

The AMR group at Stavanger University Hospital and Holtlab have a new article on the convergence of virulence and MDR in a single plasmid in Klebsiella pneumoniae clone ST15. Click to read the abstract and access the full article.

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December 2018

Members of the AMR group at Stavanger University Hospital and Holtlab have a new article of their work on a new carbapenemase producing Klebsiella pneumoniae clone, ST307. Click to read the abstract and access the full article.

Workshop May 2018

May 29, 2018

At the beginning of this month, NOR-KLEB-NET held its very first Workshop at Utstein Kloster Hotell. 35 participants enjoyed several talks and discussions about Klebsiella and planned future projects and collaborations...

GROUP MEMBERS

April 2, 2018

The NOR-KLEB-NET group consists of people from several universities, hospitals and other organisations. Please click the link below to read more about who we are.

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