CIM-föreläsning: Novel strategies to prevent implant-related infections

Prof. Dr. Martijn Riool is head of the Laboratory for Experimental Trauma Surgery at the University Hospital in Regensburg, Germany, since 2023. His research focusses on preventing and managing implant-related infections, using for instance antimicrobial peptides and bacteriophages. Infections of biomedical devices, or “biomaterials” (catheters, prosthetic heart valves, bone implants), are a major and increasing problem in modern medicine, especially in view of the increase in antibiotic resistance. Bacteria do not only colonize the medical device by biofilm-formation in vivo, but also persist in surrounding tissue, due to disturbed local immunity. Bacteria, biomaterials, and host-responses involved in the pathogenesis are subject of studies, in order to find novel approaches for treatment and prevention. The team in Regensburg has established novel methods to study mechanisms involved in implant infections, including the Galleria mellonella larvae implant-infection model. The laboratory is embedded within the clinic for trauma surgery, ensuring the direct link to clinic. He is also visiting scientist at the Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, where he is currently supervising 2 PhD students in the EU H2020 STIMULUS project on stimuli responsive wound dressings and involved in the Dutch DARTBAC project on antibiotic-free material strategies. He has published over 45 peer-reviewed articles and has been involved in many young scientist initiatives, including international training schools, workshops and young scientist forums.

For further information regarding the event, please contact:
Furqan A. Shah (furqan.ali.shah@biomaterials.gu.se)
Associate Professor
Department of Biomaterials, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg
Box 412, SE-405 30, Göteborg, Sweden