Current Projects
Use of new and innovative diagnostic tools (MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry) for the identification of helminths of medical and veterinary importance as well as the detection of malaria
Improvement of laboratory diagnostics for strongyloidiasis and other neglected tropical diseases (e.g., soil-transmitted helminths) in reference laboratories in different islands of Indonesia
Epidemiology, clinical and preventive chemotherapy using ivermectin for strongyloidiasis in rural areas in Indonesia (Hospital partnership initiative)
Impact of high-grade liver damage and Schistosoma infections on the incidence and clinical severity of malaria in West Africa
Assessment of the thermal imaging camera technology as a screening tool for extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Uganda and Bangladesh
Antiparasitic stewardship: a call to action
Sören L. Becker, Sophie Schneitler (2024)
Future Microbiol. 19:5-8.
Combination of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and machine learning for rapid antimicrobial resistance screening: the case of Campylobacter spp
Maureen Feucherolles, Morgane Nennig, Sören L. Becker, Delphine Martiny, Serge Losch, Christian Penny, Henry-Michel Cauchie, Catherine Ragimbeau (2022)
Front Microbiol 12:804484
Awareness and perceptions of medical students and doctors regarding Tropical Medicine education and training in Europe: An international, online-based survey
Sophie Schneitler, Jonas Seebacher, Francisca Bartilotti Matos, Irem Aktar, Philippa Lantwin, Alexandra Archodoulakis, Charlotte Adamczick, Sören L. Becker, Rosemary James (2022)
Travel Med Infect Dis. 48:102323
Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry for differential identification of adult Schistosoma worms
Jurena Christiane Ebersbach, Marcello Otake Sato, Matheus Pereira de Araújo, Megumi Sato, Sören L. Becker, Issa Sy (2023)
Parasit Vectors. 19;16(1):20
Recent Advances and Potential Future Applications of MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry for Identification of Helminths
Issa Sy, Lucie Conrad, Sören L. Becker (2022)
Diagnostics (Basel). 12(12):3035
Identification of adult Fasciola spp. using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry
Issa Sy, Lena Margardt, Emmanuel O Ngbede, Mohammed I. Adah, Saheed T. Yusuf , Jennifer Keiser, Jacqueline Rehner, Jürg Utzinger, Sven Poppert, Sören L Becker (2020)
Microorganisms 9:82
