New Methods of Detection of Microorganisms

TOPICAL COLLECTIONS

Guest Editors

Paula Mendonça

Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa

Paula Mendonça is a senior lecturer at Lisbon School of Health Technology (ESTeSL) - Lisbon Polytechnic Institute, Portugal from the following programs: BSc in Biomedical Laboratory Sciences and Masters in Clinical-Laboratory Technologies. Her courses include Cytopathology I and II, Laboratory Methods Applied to Oncological Diseases. She is currently a researcher areas are in cytology, human papilloma virus and education.

Edna Ribeiro

Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa

Edna Ribeiro is a senior lecturer at Lisbon School of Health Technology (ESTeSL) - Lisbon Polytechnic Institute, Portugal from the following programs: BSc in Biomedical Laboratory Sciences, Masters in Clinical-Laboratory Technologies and Masters in Molecular Technologies in Health and MOOC Introduction to Epigenetics. Her courses include Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hematology, Infertility and Endocrine Disruptors and Epigenetics. She is currently a researcher at the Health and Technology Research Center (H&TRC) – Lisbon in which she develops research in the following areas: Human Biomonitoring to Endocrine Disruptors, Occupational exposure to bioburden, Natural compounds epigenetic potential for reactivation of γ-globin gene expression and Fetal Hemoglobin induction, Adjuvant therapies for resistant microorganisms and optimization and improvement of Microbiology Methods.

Ana Ramos Coelho

Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa

Ana Ramos Coelho is a senior lecturer at Lisbon School of Health Technology (ESTeSL) - Lisbon Polytechnic Institute, Portugal from the following programs: BSc in Biomedical Laboratory Sciences, Masters in Clinical-Laboratory Technologies and Masters in Molecular Technologies in Health. Her courses include Histochemistry, Molecular Pathology, Cell Signaling and Personalized Medicine. She is currently a researcher at the Health and Technology Research Center (H&TRC) – Lisbon in which she develops research in the following areas: regulation of mTOR expression and mTOR signaling inhibition, deep intronic mutations in human disease and optimization and improvement of Histochemical Methods.

Collection Overview

The detection of microorganisms is of key relevance for a proper diagnostic of infectious diseases and in research settings in order to understand how microorganisms function and their role in pathogenesis. Accordingly, this collection aims to integrate methods that allow detection of microorganisms in microbiological or formalin-fixed and paraffin embedded (FFPE) samples. The goal is to introduce new methods or present alternative methods that are safer, cheaper and/or faster than the current used techniques. In our understanding the dissemination of a new technical procedure is much easier throughout an explanatory video, in which the authors are able to give a comprehensive description of the technique and to point out minor details of the method that can profoundly impact the success of the technique. This collection will encompass, among others, a safe, easy and cheap technique to detect mycobacteria that can be used in clinical laboratories worldwide to aid in the diagnosis of tuberculosis.