Past Fundings

Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)):

• Preclinical development of Corallopyronin A, an an-tibiotic active against filarial nematodes, sexually transmitted infections and Staphylococci (BMBF Corals)
• Epidemiology of Sars-CoV-2 influenced by helminth co-infection Ghana

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation:

• Deep Learning (AI) for Histology of Onchocerciasis. Link : Artificial Intelligence to speed the development of onchocerciasis treatment
• Development of new technology to better combat river blindness using artificial intelligence, Link
• In vitro and in vivo support for Macrofilaricidal Drug Accelerator (2015-2018)
• Rapid and high-throughput diagnosis of Onchocerca volvulus infections (2013-2015)
• Death to Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis (DOLF) (2010-2017)
• Anti-Wolbachia Consortium (A-WOL), “Anti-symbiotic treatment of filariasis" (2007-2016)

European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) :

• MiniMox consortium: the project is funded for the bench-top development work, GMP-grade manufacturing of a selected formulation for the clinical trial and development of an enhanced population pharmacokinetic model of moxidectin in children and adults.
•  HELP Consortium":  HELP,  https://eliminateworms.org/

Others

• 2010-2014 European Commission, “Enhanced Protective Immunity Against Filariasis” (EPIAF)
• 2009-2016 “Genetics of Lymphedema and Hydrocele in Filariasis”; Co-PI,
• 2009-2016 German Research Foundation (DFG), “Post-Genomic Strategies for New Antibiotic Drugs and Targets”
• 2008-2016 German Research Foundation (DFG), “Molecular mechanisms of IgG4 induction by human antigen-specific regulatory T cells”
• 2006-2020 German Quality Control for parasite serology (“Ringversuche in der Parasitenserologie”) - Cooperation project with INSTAND e.V., Düsseldorf, the official partner in laboratory QM for the German Board of Medical Doctors (“Bundesärztekammer); PI
• Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft): Lymphatic filariasis morbidity management in Ghana