PhD on the epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease

The thesis project will focus on the optimization of the Whole Genome Sequencing procedure for Streptococcus pneumoniae strains. We aim to use the genomic data for deep characterization and comparison of pneumococcal strains, isolated during different time periods, different locations (including other countries), and from different body sites. Also, the potential of predicting the antimicrobial susceptibility based on genomic data will be investigated