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Ons Bouchami is a postdoctoral researcher at Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica. She completed her PhD in Biology in 2012 from the Université de Tunis El Manar, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis. As a PhD student, she developed her PhD research "Characterization of the mobile genetic element: SCCmec in coagulase negative staphylococci" at Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, ITQB NOVA, Portugal, under the scope of a collaborative projects "Tunisia- Portugal MESRST/GRICES/2007" and "CONCORD-HEALTH-F3-2008-222718" with Bacteriology of Bone Marrow Transplantation Lab, Tunisia. After attaining the PhD, Ons Bouchami become a postdoctoral researcher at Microbiology of Human Pathogens Unit, Laboratory of Bacterial Evolution and Molecular Epidemiology (ITQB). During 2 years, her research was focused on the molecular epidemiology and diversity of coagulase-negative staphylococci and their role as human pathogens, and as reservoirs and players in the evolution of antibiotic resistance. In 2014, she was granted with a FCT Post-Doctoral fellowship Postdoctoral fellow (SFRH/BPD/98317/2013) at the same group to study the impact of insertion sequences and recombination on the population structure of Staphylococcus haemolyticus. In 2019, Ons got a PhD Holder position (DL 57-034/DL/2018). She was a Contracted Researcher at ITQB NOVA, in the Bacterial Evolution and Molecular Epidemiology Lab under the supervision of Dr. Maria Miragaia. Her research interests were focused on the transmission routes of methicillin-resistance along the food chain production in Portugal: from Farm to Fork. Presently, she is a Contracted Researcher at ITQB NOVA in Laboratory of Human Microbiota - Xenobiotics Interactions under the supervision of Dr. Sarela Garcia Santamarina. Her present research aimed at targeting specific bacterial components of the gut microbiota, towards personalized therapeutic management of type 2 diabetes. On Bouchami is author/co-author of 35 papers in peer-reviewed journals that comprise 604 citations in 552 articles, with an average citations/article of 20.83 and an h-index of 14 (11 as 1st; 1 as senior author; 23 as co-author with international collaborators) (citation report from Web of Science for 29 Articles only, January 2024). She is also an author of 1 book (lambert Academic Publishing). As an important component of dissemination of her research outputs, she participated in several national and international meetings being an author/coauthor of 94 presentations: 32 oral communications (27 as 1st author; 5 as co-author) and 62 poster presentations (20 as 1st author; 42 as co-author). Since 2006, she has been responsible for student training and co-supervision of MSc, PhD and undergraduate students. Ons has been also enrolled in teaching activities at M.Sc. levels (practical classes) at ITQB NOVA. In her curriculum Ciência Vitae, the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, and technological outputs are: Biofilms, Molecular biology, Staphylococcus spp., Methicillin resistance, Coagulase negative staphylococci, Multidrug resistance, Staphylococcal infections, Food chain production, gram negative bacteria, Transmission, Insertion sequences, Antimicrobial resistance, Genetics, Evolution, Molecular epidemiology, clinical and animal strains, Diversity, Whole Genome Sequencing, reservoir, human pathogens, Metagenomics, Bioinformatics; Pathogenicity; Gut Microbiome; metals; host interaction; Human Microbiota; Xenobiotics Interactions.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ons Bouchami

Citation names

  • Bouchami, Ons

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
A31E-C0CE-DC8B
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9425-3513
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=ZpKcyFgAAAAJ
Researcher Id
KCX-7701-2024
Scopus Author Id
Scopus Author ID: 15126880900

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Evolutionary Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Arab (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2012/07/17
Concluded
 Biology (Doutoramento)
Université de Tunis El Manar Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Tunisia
"Characterisation of the mobile genetic element: SCCmec in coagulase negative staphylococci " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Very Honorable, with Committee Praise
2004/02/17
Concluded
 Advanced Studies in Microbiology (Mestrado)
Université de Tunis El Manar Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Tunisia
"Resistance to macrolides lincosamides and streptogramins in Staphylococcus epidermidis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2001/07/09
Concluded
 Ciências naturais (Licenciatura)
Université de Carthage Faculté des Sciences de Bizerte, Tunisia
 13.25
1997/06/22
Concluded
 Experimental Sciences (Bacharelato)
Secondary School Tebourba , Tunisia
 Good
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/03/01 - Current Contracted Researcher (DL57) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2012/10/01 - 2018/02/28 Postdoctoral fellow, Laboratory of Bacterial Evolution and Molecular Epidemiology Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2008/05/01 - 2012/06/30 Visiting PhD student, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2004/09/26 - 2010/09/26 PhD student, Bacteriology of Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit Centre National de Greffe de la Moelle Osseuse, Tunisia
2002/09/01 - 2004/02/17 Research student, Bacteriology of Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit Centre National de Greffe de la Moelle Osseuse, Tunisia
2002/08/01 - 2002/11/30 Research Trainee, Bacteriology Of Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit Centre National de Greffe de la Moelle Osseuse, Tunisia
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2025 - 2028 Establishing the impact of heavy metals on antibiotic resistance in the human gut microbiome
Ons Bouchami
Principal investigator
Submitted
2025 - 2028 Establishing the impact of gut microbiome – drug interactions in type 2 diabetes therapy efficacy
Ons Bouchami
Researcher
Submitted
2022 - 2022 “Evaluation of endogenous free fatty acids as selective antimicrobials against Staphylococcus epidermidis pathogenic strains”
2022.08581.PTDC
Member
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
Not funded
2022 - 2022 The dynamics of staphylococci in the progression of atopic dermatitis
Ref: 2022.05506.PTDC
Member
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
Not funded
2022 - 2022 Staphylococcus epidermidis: a strain-level approach to understand host-microbe interactions during health and disease
2022.03421.PTDC
Member
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
Not funded
2018/10/01 - 2021/12/30 Identification of the missing links in antibiotic resistance dissemination in the food production chain - from farm-to-fork
PTDC/CVT-CVT/29510/2017
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2021 - 2021 Host immune response to distinct Staphylococcus epidermidis strains during colonization and Infection
EXPL 2021 / EXPL/BIA-MIC/1100/2021
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Not funded
2017/01/01 - 2020/12/31 An OMICS Network to Prevent and Control Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance (ONEIDA)
SAICTPAC/0015/2015
Post-doc
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundos Europeus Estruturais e de Investimento" from "Programa Operacional Regional Lisboa 2020" and by national funds from FCT - "Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2014/10/01 - 2017 Impact of insertion sequences elements in the pathogenicity, antibiotic resistance and evolution of Staphylococcus haemolyticus
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/SFRH/SFRH2%FBPD2%F983172%F2013/PT
Post-doc Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Concluded
2012/03/01 - 2014/12 Tracking the evolution of methicillin resistance in staphylococci: stages in the evolution of the mecA determinant and the SCCmec structure
PTDC/BIA-EVF/117507/2010
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2009/01/01 - 2012/06/30 CONtrol of COmmunity-acquired MRSA: Rationale and Development of counteractions
CONCORD–HEALTH-F3-2008-222718
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
2009 - 2010 Translational Research on Combating Antimicrobial Resistance
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/223031/EU
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
Concluded
2008 - 2009 Molecular typing of the staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec (SCCmec) carried by coagulase-negative staphylococci other than Staphylococcus epidermidis from allograft patients
GRICES - 4.1.5 Tunisia
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/03/01 - 2025/03/01 Transmission routes of methicillin-resistance along the food chain production in Portugal: from Farm to Fork
Ref. DL 57-034/DL/2018
Post-doc
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Bouchami, Ons. Corresponding author: Bouchami, Ons. Characterisation of SCCmec Elements in Staphylococci: Characterisation of the mobile genetic elements in coagulase-negative staphylococci. Germany: LAMBERT Academic Publishing. 2014.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Bouchami, Ons; Garcia-Santamarina, Sarela. Corresponding author: Bouchami, Ons. "Impact of Acarbose and Iron on Gut Microbiome and Their Role in Type 2 Diabetes Therapy Efficacy". Paper presented in Evolving Microbes & Global Health, 2024.
  2. Bouchami, Ons; Garcia-Santamarina, Sarela. Corresponding author: Bouchami, Ons. "Characterization of the effect of acarbose and iron on gut microbiota". Paper presented in 2nd Microbiome PT Summit, 2023.
  3. Bouchami, Ons; Garcia-Santamarina, Sarela. Corresponding author: Bouchami, Ons. "Effects of acarbose and iron on gut microbiome". Paper presented in SymbNET Metabolomics Workshop for Biologists, 2023.
  4. Bouchami, Ons; Garcia-Santamarina, Sarela. Corresponding author: Bouchami, Ons. "Towards Personalised Diabetes therapy: Targeting the Microbiome". Paper presented in EMBO Practical course, 2023.
  5. ARAÚJO, MARIANA; Faria, Nuno A.; Camoez, Mariana; Bouchami, Ons; Helena Fernandes; Maria João Fraqueza; Miragaia, Maria. "Genomic analysis of Enterobacter asburiae strains isolated from a healthy human in Portugal carrying the mobile colistin resistance gene mcr-10". Paper presented in 33rd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2023.
  6. Teixeira MP, Vieira A, Fernandes MJ1, Fernandes MH, Bernardo P, Camoez, M., Bouchami, O, Miragaia M, Fraqueza MJ. "Antibiotic-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci in the pork-meat chain". Paper presented in CIISA congress 2022, 2022.
  7. Ana Botelho, Ons Bouchami, Stefan Schwarz, Hermínia de Lencastre, Maria Miragaia. "Papel da espécie Mammaliicoccus lentus na evolução do determinante de resistência a beta-lactâmicos em estafilococos". Paper presented in Microbiologia 2022, 2022.
  8. Bouchami, Ons. "Frequent dissemination and carriage of an SCCmec-mecC hybrid in methicillin-resistant Mammaliicoccus sciuri in farm animals from Tunisia". Paper presented in 13th International Meeting on Microbial Epidemiological Markers (IMMEM XIII), 2022.
  9. Camoez, Mariana. "Following dissemination of microbial populations through the pork production chain using multiomics approaches". Paper presented in 13th International Meeting on Microbial Epidemiological Markers (IMMEM XIII), 2022.
  10. ARAÚJO, MARIANA; Faria, Nuno A.; Camoez, Mariana; Bouchami, Ons; Fernandes, Helena; Fraqueza, M. J.. "Pork production chain in Portugal constitutes a reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes and pathogenic Enterobacterales". Paper presented in 13th International Meeting on Microbial Epidemiological Markers (IMMEM XIII), 2022.
  11. Botelho, Ana; Bouchami, Ons; Schwarz, Stefan; de Lencastre, Hermínia; Miragaia, Maria. "Role of Mammaliicoccus lentus in the evolution of beta-lactam resistance determinant in staphylococci". Paper presented in 13th International Meeting on Microbial Epidemiological Markers (IMMEM XIII), 2022.
  12. Elisabete Morais, Susana Santos1, Ons Bouchami, Ana Gil2; J. Armengaud, Maria Miragaia, Luís G Gonçalves, Ana V Coelho. "Towards the discovery of specific antimicrobials against Staphylococcus epidermidis pathogenic strains". Paper presented in 12th PhD Meeting ITQB NOVA, 2022.
  13. ARAÚJO, MARIANA; Faria, Nuno A.; Camoez, Mariana; Bouchami, Ons; Helena Fernandes; Maria João Fraqueza; Miragaia, Maria. "The pig production chain in Portugal is a key reservoir of antibiotic-resistant and pathogenic Enterobacteriaceae". Paper presented in MicroBiotec 2021, 2021.
  14. Botelho, Ana; Camoez, Mariana; Bouchami, Ons; Fernandes, Helena; Fraqueza, M. J.; Miragaia, Maria. "The microbiome of the pork production chain is a reservoir for carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas (CRP)". Paper presented in IV Conferência Internacional NOVAhealth Chronic Disease and Infection, 2021.
  15. Botelho, Ana; Camoez, Mariana; Bouchami, Ons; Fernandes, Helena; Fraqueza, M. J.; Miragaia, Maria. "High Prevalence of Efflux Pumps and Resistance to Carbapenems in Pseudomonas spp. from the Pork Production Chain: a Risk of Transmission to Humans". Paper presented in World Microbe Forum, 2021.
  16. Bouchami, Ons; Camoez, M., A. Botelho, H. Fernandes, N. A. Faria, O. U. Lawal, M. J. Fraqueza, M. Miragaia. "Manipulation of raw pig meat is a risk for transmission of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas fluorescens to humans in the community". Paper presented in 30th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 2020.
  17. Ons Bouchami, Miguel Machado, João André Carriço, José Melo-Cristino, Herminia de Lencastre, Maria Miragaia. "Phenotypic and genotypic plasticity of the most frequent Staphylococcus haemolyticus clonal lineage". Paper presented in Microbiology and biotechnology 2019 (Microbiotec 19), 2019.
  18. Opeyemi U. Lawal, Marta Barata, Ons Bouchami, Peder Worning, Mette D. Bartels, Maria Luísa Goncalves,; Paulo Paixao, Elsa F. Goncalves, Cristina Toscano, Henrik Westh, Maria João Fraqueza, Hermínia de Lencastre; Maria Miragaia. "High variability in the composition of the biofilm formed by Staphylococcus saprophyticus from different origins". Paper presented in Microbiology and Biotechnology 2019 (Microbiotec 19), 2019.
  19. Opeyemi U. Lawal; Barata, Marta; Bouchami, Ons; Worning, P; Bartels MD; Gonçalves, Luisa; Paixão, Paulo; et al. "High variability in the composition of the biofilm formed by Staphylococcus saprophyticus". Paper presented in Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology (MICROBIOTEC), 2019.
  20. Opeyemi U. Lawal; Bouchami, Ons; Worning, P.; Bartels, MD; Gonçalves, Luisa; Paixão, Paulo; Goncalves, Elisa; et al. "Pangenome analysis revealed the existence of different origin of Staphylococcus saprophyticus causing urinary tract infection (UTI) in human.". Paper presented in European Congress for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) held at Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2019.
  21. Botelho, Ana; Bouchami, Ons; Schwarz, Stefan; de Lencastre, Hermínia; Miragaia, Maria. "Role of Staphylococcus lentus in the evolution of the methicillin resistance determinant in staphylococci". Paper presented in NOVAhealth IV Genetics Workshop, 2019.
  22. Opeyemi U. Lawal; Bouchami, Ons; Worning, P.; Bartels, MD; Goncalves, Luisa; Paixão, Paulo; Goncalves, Elisa; et al. "Comparative genomic analysis revealed the existence of different origin of Staphylococcus saprophyticus causing urinary tract infection (UTI) in human.". Paper presented in 4th Molecular Genetics Workshop held at Rectoria da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2019.
  23. Opeyemi U. Lawal; Bouchami, Ons; Worning, P; Bartels, MD; Goncalves, Luisa; Paixão, Paulo; Goncalves, Elisa; et al. "Evidence for the origin of Staphylococcus saprophyticus causing urinary tract infection (UTI) in human.". Paper presented in International Symposium of Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections (ISSSI) held at Copenhagen, Denmark, 2018.
  24. Opeyemi Lawal, Ons Bouchami, Peder Worning, Mette D. Bartels, Maria L. Goncalves, Paulo Paixão, Elsa Goncalves,; Cristina Toscano, Joanna Empel, Dorota Zabicka, Mª Ángeles D. Luzon, Henrik Westh, Herminia De Lencastre,. "First insight into the population structure of Staphylococcus saprophyticus from urinary tract infection (UTI) in Europe". Paper presented in 28th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 2018.
  25. Ons Bouchami, Maria J. Fraqueza, Herminia de Lencastre, Maria Miragaia. "Evidence for the transmission of ST398 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from pigs to humans along the food production chain. In Emerging Risks in the Food Chain session". Paper presented in Microbiology and Biotechnology 2017 (Microbiotec 17), 2017.
  26. Lawal, Opeyemi U.; Bouchami, Ons; Fraqueza, M. J.; Goncalves, M. L; Paixão, Paulo; Goncalves, Elsa; Toscano, Cristina; De Lencastre, H.; Miragaia, M.. "Epidemiological links of Staphylococcus saprophyticus along the meat production chain". Paper presented in Microbiology and Biotechnology 2017 (Microbiotec 17), 2017.
  27. Opeyemi U. Lawal; Bouchami, Ons; Fraqueza, M. J.; Gonçalves, Luisa; Paixão, Paulo; Gonçalves, Elisa; Toscano, Cristina; Herminia de Lencastre; Miragaia, Maria. "Epidemiological link of Staphylococcus saprophyticus along the meat production chain.". Paper presented in Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology held at Universidad Catolica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal, 2017.
  28. Opeyemi U. Lawal; Bouchami, Ons; Fraqueza, M. J.; Gonçalves, Luisa; Paixão, Paulo; Gonçalves, Elisa; Toscano, Cristina; Herminia de Lencastre; Miragaia, Maria. "Sources and dissemination of Staphylococcus saprophyticus along food chain.". Paper presented in 8th PhD students Meeting, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (ITQB-NOVA). Oeiras, Portugal., 2017.
  29. Ons Bouchami, Marta M. Alves, Ana Tavares, Laura Córdoba, Catarina F. Santos, Maria Miragaia, Maria F. Montemor. "ZnO coating is active against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus biofilms". Paper presented in 3rd Genetics Workshop, 2017.
  30. Opeyemi Lawal, Ons Bouchami, Maria J. Fraqueza, Maria L. Goncalves, Paulo Paixao, Elsa Goncalves, Cristina Toscano,; Herminia de Lencastre, M. Miragaia. "Transmission of Staphylococcus saprophyticus between clinical, slaughterhouse and food settings". Paper presented in 3rd Genetics Workshop, 2017.
  31. Opeyemi Lawal, Ons Bouchami, Maria J. Fraqueza, Maria L. Goncalves, Paulo Paixao, Elsa Goncalves, Cristina Toscano,; Joanna Empel, Dorota Zabicka, Mª Ángeles D. Luzon, Henrik Westh, Herminia de Lencastre, Maria Miragaia. "First insight into molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus saprophyticus". Paper presented in National Science Meeting. Ciência2017, 2017.
  32. Opeyemi U. Lawal; Bouchami, Ons; Herminia de Lencastre; Miragaia, Maria. "Exploring the molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus saprophyticus". Paper presented in National Science Meeting in Portugal held at Congress Centre, Lisbon, Portugal., 2017.
  33. Ons Bouchami, Herminia de Lencastre, Maria Miragaia. "The most frequent Staphylococcus haemolyticus clonal type generates sub-populations of IS-transposition variants with different genotypes and phenotypes". Paper presented in 2nd Genetics Workshop, 2016.
  34. Joana Rolo, Jesper B. Nielsen, Peder Worning, Rory Bowden, Ons Bouchami, Peter Damborg, Luca Guardabassi,; Vincent Perreten, Henrik Westh, Herminia de Lencastre, Maria Miragaia. "Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) is made up of components originating in several bacterial species". Paper presented in Staphylococcal Diseases, Gordon Research Conference, 2015.
  35. Ons Bouchami, Herminia de Lencastre, Maria Miragaia. "Identification of a major worldwide disseminated epidemic genetic lineage among nosocomial Staphylococcus haemolyticus". Paper presented in 24th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 2014.
  36. Achour Wafa, Ons Bouchami, Dorsaf Majouri, Rekaya Baaboura, Maria Miragaia, Assia Ben Hassen. "High prevalence of the community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) European clone in healthcare-associated Onco-heamatology unit in Tunisia". Paper presented in II International Conference on Antimicrobial Research (ICAR), 2012.
  37. Wafa Achour, Ons Bouchami, Mohamed A. Mekni, Rekaya Baaboura, Habib Ksouri, Assia Ben Hassen. "Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of coagulase negative staphylococci isolated in blood cultures from patients with heamatological malignancies". Paper presented in 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), 2012.
  38. Cândida Delgado, Helen A. Arcuri, Jonas S Almeida, Maria Miragaia, Herminia de Lencastre, Helena F. Deus,; the Study Group on Molecular Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus;; Ons Bouchami, Nuno A. Faria, Teresa Conceição, Catarina Milheiriço, Aana Tavares, Joana Rolo. "A new user-friendly Web infrastructure for the study of the molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus". Paper presented in 4th Portuguese Society for Microbiology and the Portuguese Society for Biotechnology (MicroBiotec11), 2011.
  39. Maria Miragaia, Joana Rolo, Nuno A. Faria, Ons Bouchami, Henrik Westh, Herminia de Lencastre. "Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) species are donors of specific cassette chromosome recombinases (ccr) allotypes for staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec (SCCmec)". Paper presented in 51nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), 2011.
  40. Maria Miragaia, Joana Rolo, Ons Bouchami, Herminia de Lencastre. "Dissimilar distribution of cassette chromosome recombinase (ccr) allotypes among methicillin-susceptible coagulase-negative staphylococci (MS-CoNS)". Paper presented in 21st European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)-27th International Congress of Chemotherapy (ICC), 2011.
  41. Arij Mechergui, Arabella Touati, Ons Bouchami, Wafa Achour, Assia Ben Hassen. "Typage moléculaire Par RFLP et électrophorèse en champ pulsé des Neisseria Spp isolées au Centre National de Greffe de Moelle Osseuse". Paper presented in 1er Congrès de la Fédération Internationale Francophone de Biologie Clinique et de la Médecine de Laboratoire (FIFBCML)-Journées Nationales de Biologie Clinique (JNBC). XXIVèmes Journées Nationales de Biologie Clinique, 2010.
  42. Nadia Khadraoui, Kalthoum Kallel, Ons Bouchami, Myriam Bouchakoua, Amira Kaouech, Slah Belhadj, Slah Ben lakhal,; Assia Ben Hassen, Emna Chaker. "Application de la technique d'électrophorèse en champ pulsé (ECP) à quatre souches de Candida parasilosis: résultats préliminaires". Paper presented in 20th National Congress of Infectiology, 2010.
  43. Myriam Bouchakoua, Nadia Khadraoui, Kalthoum Kallel, Amira Kaouech, Slah Belhadj, S. Ben Lakhal, O. Bouchami,; Assia Ben Hassen, Emna Chaker. "Profils électrophorétiques en champ pulsé de souches de Candida albicans isolées dans un service de Réanimation Médicale". Paper presented in 20th National Congress of Infectiology, 2010.
  44. Ons Bouchami, Maria Miragaia, Duarte C. Oliveira, Assia Ben Hassen, Herminia de Lencastre. "High prevalence of SCCmec types V and VI among non-S. epidermidis coagulase-negative staphylococci species". Paper presented in The Portuguese Society of Microbiology and The Portuguese Society of Biotechnology (Microbiotec09), 2009.
  45. Nadia Khadraoui, Kalthoum Kallel, Ons Bouchami, Amira Kaouech, Sonia Anane, Slah Belhadj, Assia Ben Hassen, Emna Chaker. "Etude du polymorphisme génétique de souches de Candida tropicalis isolées en réanimation par la technique d’électrophorèse en champ pulsé (ECP)". Paper presented in 7th Arab Symposium for Antimicrobial Agents/19th National Congress of Infectiology, 2009.
  46. Ons Bouchami, Maria Miragaia, Duarte C. Oliveira, Wafa Achour, Herminia de Lencastre, Assia Ben Hassen. "Molecular identification of clinical coagulase-negative staphylococci other than S. epidermidis isolated from neutropenic patients". Paper presented in 28e Réunion Interdisciplinaire de Chimiothérapie Anti-infectieuse (RICAI), 2008.
  47. Ons Bouchami, Rekaya Baaboura, Wafa Achour, Mohamed A. Mekni, Assia Ben Hassen.. "Distribution des gènes de résistance aux antibiotiques chez les staphylocoques à coagulase négatives résistants à la méthicilline isolés de bactériémie au centre nationale de greffe de moelle osseuse de Tunis". Paper presented in 4th scientific days of the Tunisian society of microbiology, Société Tunisienne de Microbiologie (STM), 2008.
  48. Habib Ksouri, Ons Bouchami, Lamia Torjman, Amel Lakhal, Abderrahman Abdelkefi, Saloua Ladeb, Amine Slim, Bechir Zouari,; Tarek Ben Othmen, Assia Ben Hassen. "Interactions entre infection active à cytomégalovirus et complications post greffe de moelle osseuse". Paper presented in 4th scientific days of the Tunisian society of microbiology, Société Tunisienne de Microbiologie (STM), 2008.
  49. Mohamed A. Mekni, Ons Bouchami, Wafa Achour, Arabella Touati, Assia Ben Hassen. "Detection of ica genes and biofilm production in Staphylococcus epidermidis strains in neutropenic patients in Tunisia". Paper presented in 3rd international days of biofilms, Biofilm III, 2008.
  50. Arabella Touati, Wafa Achour, Mohamed S. Abbassi, Ons Bouchami, Ahmed Cherif, Sami Jabnoun, Naima Khrouf,; Assia Ben Hassen. "Etude Moléculaire d’une Epidémie à Acinetobacter baumannii par Électrophorèse en Champ Pulsé: Comparaison du Génotypage par 2 Enzymes de Restriction". Paper presented in 27e Réunion Interdisciplinaire de Chimiothérapie anti-Infectieuse (RICAI), 2007.
  51. Ons Bouchami, Wafa Achour, Leila Messai, Assia Ben Hassen. "Typage des cassettes SCCmec des staphylocoques à coagulase négative autres S. epidermidis isolées au centre nationale de greffe de moelle osseuse". Paper presented in 27e Réunion Interdisciplinaire de Chimiothérapie anti-Infectieuse (RICAI), 2007.
  52. Leila Messai, Ons Bouchami, Wafa Achour, Asia Ben Hassen. "Epidémie nosocomiale des souches de Pseudomonas Aeruginosa productrices de carbapénémase de type VIM isolées au centre nationale de greffe de moelle osseuse". Paper presented in 27e Réunion Interdisciplinaire de Chimiothérapie anti-Infectieuse (RICAI), 2007.
  53. Ons Bouchami, Wafa Achour, Assia Ben Hassen. "Typage moléculaire des SCCmec des souches de Staphylococcus aureus isolées au Centre National de Greffe de Moelle Osseuse de Tunis". Paper presented in 3th scientific days of the Tunisian society of microbiology, Société Tunisienne de Microbiologie (STM), 2007.
  54. Bouchami, Ons. "Epidémie nosocomiale des souches de Pseudomonas Aeruginosa productrices de carbapénémase de type VIM isolées au centre nationale de greffe de moelle osseuse". Paper presented in 21th national days of clinical biology with the participation of AFCB/IFCC/SFBC, Société Tunisienne de Biologie Clinique (STBC), 2007.
  55. Ons Bouchami, Wafa Achour, Assia Ben Hassen. "Epidémiologie des souches de staphylocoques à coagulase négatives autres que S. epidermidis isolées au Centre National de Greffe de Moelle Osseuse". Paper presented in 5th Arab Symposium for Antimicrobial Agents/17th National Congress of Infectiology, 2007.
  56. Mohamed S. Abbassi, Ons Bouchami, Arabella Touati, Wafa Achour, Assia Ben Hassen. "Déterminisme génétique de la résistance aux aminosides chez Enterococcus faecium isolées au Centre National de Greffe de Moelle Osseuse". Paper presented in 5th Arab Symposium for Antimicrobial Agents/17th National Congress of Infectiology, 2007.
  57. Imen Dabbabi, Arabella Touati, Ons Bouchami, Wafa Achour, Assia Ben Hassen. "Support Génétique et Fréquence de la résistance aux ß-lactamines chez Haemophilus parainfluenzae isolées au Centre National de Greffe de Moelle Osseuse". Paper presented in 2nd scientific scientific days of the Tunisian society of microbiology, Society of microbiology, Société Tunisienne de Microbiologie (STM), 2006.
  58. Imen Haddad, Ons Bouchami, Wafa Achour, Assia Ben Hassen. "Epidémiologie des souches staphylococcus epidermidis isolées en CNGMO (2003 – 2004)". Paper presented in 2nd scientific days of the Tunisian society of microbiology, Société Tunisienne de Microbiologie (STM), 2006.
  59. Mohamed S. Abbassi, Ons Bouchami, Wafa Achour, Ahmed Cherif, Sami Jabnoun, Naima Khrouf, Assia Ben Hassen. "Epidemiology of Escherchia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae Extended-Spectrum-b-Lactamase (ESBL) producers in neonatal intensive-care unit". Paper presented in 4th Arab Symposium for Antimicrobial Agents/16th National Congress of Infectiology, 2006.
  60. Ons Bouchami, Mohamed S. Abbassi, Wafa Achour, Assia Ben Hassen. "Antimicrobial resistance in nosocomial isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis". Paper presented in 4th Arab Symposium for Antimicrobial Agents/16th National Congress of Infectiology, 2006.
  61. Ons Bouchami, Wafa Achour, Arabella Touati, Mohamed S. Abbassi, Assia Ben Hassen. "Epidémiologie moléculaire de la résistance à l’érythromycine chez Staphylococcus epidermidis". Paper presented in 1st scientific days of the Tunisian society of microbiology, Société Tunisienne de Microbiologie (STM), 2005.
  62. Ons Bouchami, Achour Wafa, Assia Ben Hassen. "Détection des gènes de résistance à l’érythromycine chez Staphylococcus epidermidis". Paper presented in 14th National Congress of Infectious Disease, 2004.
  63. Wafa Achour, Ons Bouchami, Sébastien Galopin, Roland Leclercq, Assia Ben Hassen. "Analysis of pristinamycin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis in the Tunisian Bone-Marrow Transplant Center". Paper presented in 5th European Congress of Chemotherapy and Infection, 2003.
Journal article
  1. Bouchami, Ons; Machado, Miguel; Carriço, João André; Melo-Cristino, José; de Lencastre, Hermínia; Miragaia, Maria. "Spontaneous Genomic Variation as a Survival Strategy of Nosocomial Staphylococcus haemolyticus". Microbiology Spectrum (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.02552-22.
    10.1128/spectrum.02552-22
  2. Achour, Wafa; Bouchami, Ons; Arabella Touati . Corresponding author: Achour, Wafa. "Molecular diagnosis and epidemiology of human pathogens". Frontiers in Microbiology 14 (2023):
    Published
  3. Raddaoui, Anis; Chebbi, Yosra; Bouchami, Ons; Frigui, Siwar; Messadi, Amen Allah; Achour, Wafa; Thabet, Lamia. "Dissemination of epidemic ST239/ST241-t037-agrI-SCCmecIII methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Tunisian trauma burn intensive care unit". Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/030.2022.01884.
    Published • 10.1556/030.2022.01884
  4. Dhaouadi, Sana; Bouchami, Ons; Soufi, Leila; Dhaouadi, Fadoua; Chaari, Soufiene; Bouglita, Wafa; Cherif, Ameur; et al. "Frequent dissemination and carriage of an SCCmec-mecC hybrid in methicillin-resistant Mammaliicoccus sciuri in farm animals from Tunisia". Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance S2213-7165 22 (2022): 00222-00223. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jgar.2022.09.007.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jgar.2022.09.007
  5. Lawal, Opeyemi U.; Fraqueza, Maria J.; Worning, Peder; Bouchami, Ons; Bartels, Mette D.; Goncalves, Luisa; Paixão, Paulo; et al. "Staphylococcus saprophyticus Causing Infections in Humans Is Associated with High Resistance to Heavy Metals". Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 65 7 (2021): 1-17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aac.02685-20.
    Published • 10.1128/aac.02685-20
  6. Opeyemi U. Lawal; Maria J. Fraqueza; Ons Bouchami; Peder Worning; Mette D. Bartels; Maria L. Gonçalves; Paulo Paixão, Elsa Gonçalves, Cristina Toscano, Joanna Empel, Malgorzata Urbas; M. Angeles Domínguez, Henrik Westh, Hermínia de Lencastre, Maria Miragaia. "Foodborne origin and local and global spread of Staphylococcus saprophyticus causing human urinary tract infections". Emerging Infectious Diseases 27 3 (2021): https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2703.200852.
    Published
  7. Ons Bouchami; Maria João Fraqueza; Nuno Alexandre Faria; Valquíria Alves; Opeyemi Uwangbaoje Lawal; Herminia de Lencastre; Maria Miragaia. "Evidence for the Dissemination to Humans of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 through the Pork Production Chain: A Study in a Portuguese Slaughterhouse". Microorganisms 8 12 (2020): 1892-1908. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8121892.
    Published • 10.3390/microorganisms8121892
  8. Alves, M.M.; Bouchami, O.; Tavares, A.; Córdoba, L.; Santos, C.F.; Miragaia, M.; De Fátima Montemor, M.. "New Insights into Antibiofilm Effect of a Nanosized ZnO Coating against the Pathogenic Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus". ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 9 34 (2017): 28157-28167. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b02320.
    Published • 10.1021/acsami.7b02320
  9. Rolo, J.; Worning, P.; Boye Nielsen, J.; Sobral, R.; Bowden, R.; Bouchami, O.; Damborg, P.; et al. "Evidence for the evolutionary steps leading to mecA-mediated ß-lactam resistance in staphylococci". PLoS Genetics 13 4 (2017): https://doi.org/ 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006674.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006674
  10. Rolo, J.; Worning, P.; Nielsen, J.B.; Bowden, R.; Bouchami, O.; Damborg, P.; Guardabassi, L.; et al. "Evolutionary origin of the staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec)". Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 61 6 (2017): https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.02302-16.
    Published • 10.1128/AAC.02302-16
  11. Bouchami, O.; De Lencastre, H.; Miragaia, M.. "Impact of insertion sequences and recombination on the population structure of Staphylococcus haemolyticus". PLoS ONE 11 6 (2016): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156653.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0156653
  12. Zhang, L.; Thomas, J.C.; Miragaia, M.; Bouchami, O.; Chaves, F.; d'Azevedo, P.A.; Aanensen, D.M.; et al. "Multilocus Sequence Typing and Further Genetic Characterization of the Enigmatic Pathogen, Staphylococcus hominis". PLoS ONE 8 6 (2013): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0066496.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0066496
  13. Gouveia, Catarina; Gavino, Alexandra; Bouchami, Ons; Miragaia, Maria; Varandas, Luis; de Lencastre, Herminia; Brito, Maria Joao. "Community-Associated Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureusLacking PVL, as a Cause of Severe Invasive Infection Treated with Linezolid". Case Reports in Pediatrics 2013 (2013): 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/727824.
    Open access • Published • 10.1155/2013/727824
  14. Rolo, J.; Miragaia, M.; Turlej-Rogacka, A.; Empel, J.; Bouchami, O.; Faria, N.A.; Tavares, A.; et al. "High genetic diversity among community-associated staphylococcus aureus in Europe: Results from a multicenter study". PLoS ONE 7 4 (2012): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0034768.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0034768
  15. Rolo, Joana; Miragaia, Maria; Turlej-Rogacka, Agata; Empel, Joanna; Bouchami, Ons; Faria, Nuno Alexandre; Tavares , Ana; et al. "High genetic diversity among community-associated Staphylococcus aureus in Europe". Plos ONE (2012): http://hdl.handle.net/10362/117124.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0034768
  16. Mekni, M.A.; Bouchami, O.; Achour, W.; Ben Hassen, A.. "Strong biofilm production but not adhesion virulence factors can discriminate between invasive and commensal Staphylococcus epidermidis strains". APMIS 120 8 (2012): 605-611. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0463.2012.02877.x.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2012.02877.x
  17. Soufi, L.; Sáenz, Y.; De Toro, M.; Salah Abbassi, M.; Rojo-Bezares, B.; Vinué, L.; Bouchami, O.; et al. "Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of salmonella enterica recovered from poultry meat in tunisia and identification of new genetic traits". Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 12 1 (2012): 10-16. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84855419698&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1089/vbz.2011.0667
  18. Bouchami, O.; Ben Hassen, A.; De Lencastre, H.; Miragaia, M.. "High prevalence of mec complex C and ccrC is independent of SCCmec type V in Staphylococcus haemolyticus". European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 31 4 (2011): 605-614. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-011-1354-3.
    Published • 10.1007/s10096-011-1354-3
  19. Bouchami, O.; Achour, W.; Ben Hassen, A.. "Prevalence of resistance phenotypes and genotypes to macrolide, lincosamide and streptogramin antibiotics in gram-positive cocci isolated in tunisian bone marrow transplant center". Pathologie Biologie 59 4 (2011): 199-206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patbio.2009.03.010.
    Published • 10.1016/j.patbio.2009.03.010
  20. Bouchami, O.; Hassen, A.B.; de Lencastre, H.; Miragaia, M.. "Molecular epidemiology of Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus hominis (MRSHo): Low clonality and reservoirs of SCCmec structural elements". PLoS ONE 6 7 (2011): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021940.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0021940
  21. Bouchami, O.; Achou, W.; Ben Hassen, A.. "Species distribution and antibiotic sensitivity pattern of coagulase-negative Staphylococci other than Staphylococcus epidermidis isolated from various clinical specimens". African Journal of Microbiology Research 5 11 (2011): 1298-1305. https://doi.org/10.5897/AJMR11.112.
    Published
  22. Khadraoui, N.; Kallel, K.; Bouchami, O.; Bouchakoua, M.; Kaouech, A.; Belhadj, S.; Ben Lakhal, S.; Ben Hassen, A.; Chaker, E.. "Pulsed field gel electrophoresis types of Candida albicans isolates from an intensive care unit in a Tunisian hospital". Annales de Biologie Clinique 69 3 (2011): 289-294. DOI: 10.1684/abc.2011.0532.
    Published • 10.1684/abc.2011.0532
  23. Sghaier, H.; Bouchami, O.; Desler, C.; Lazim, H.; Saidi, M.; Rasmussen, L.J.; Ben Hassen, A.. "Analysis of the antimicrobial susceptibility of the ionizing radiation-resistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans: Implications for bioremediation of radioactive waste". Annals of Microbiology 62 2 (2011): 493-500.
    Published • 10.1007/s13213-011-0281-y
  24. Bouchami, O.; Achour, W.; Mekni, M.A.; Rolo, J.; Hassen, A.B.. "Antibiotic resistance and molecular characterization of clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from bacteremic patients in oncohematology". Folia Microbiologica 56 2 (2011): 122-130. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12223-011-0017-1.
    Published • 10.1007/s12223-011-0017-1
  25. Khadraoui, N.; Kallel, K.; Bouchami, O.; Bouchakoua, M.; Kaouech, A.; Anane, S.; Belhadj, S.; et al. "PFGE types of Candida tropicalis isolates from an intensive care unit in a Tunisian hospital | Pulsotypes d'isolats de Candida tropicalis provenant d'une unité de réanimation d'un hôpital tunisien". Journal de Mycologie Medicale 20 3 (2010): 169-173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mycmed.2010.05.003.
    Published • 10.1016/j.mycmed.2010.05.003
  26. Bouchami, O.; Achour, W.; Ben Hassen, A.. "Typing of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec encoding methicillin resistance in staphylococcus aureus strains isolated at the bone marrow transplant centre of Tunisia". Current Microbiology 59 4 (2009): 380-385. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-009-9448-1.
    Published • 10.1007/s00284-009-9448-1
  27. Abbassi, M.S.; Bouchami, O.; Touati, A.; Achour, W.; Ben Hassen, A.. "Clonality and occurrence of genes encoding antibiotic resistance and biofilm in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis strains isolated from catheters and bacteremia in neutropenic patients". Current Microbiology 57 5 (2008): 442-448. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-008-9227-4.
    Published • 10.1007/s00284-008-9227-4
  28. Belhaj, M.; Boutiba-Ben Boubaker, I.; Ben Redjeb, S.; Bouchami, O.. "Molecular characterisation of high-level ampicillin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates from hospitalised patients in Tunis". International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 32 3 (2008): 284-286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2008.04.017.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2008.04.017
  29. Abbassi, M.S.; Torres, C.; Achour, W.; Vinué, L.; Sáenz, Y.; Costa, D.; Bouchami, O.; Ben Hassen, A.. "Genetic characterisation of CTX-M-15-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli strains isolated from stem cell transplant patients in Tunisia". International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 32 4 (2008): 308-314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2008.04.009.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2008.04.009
  30. Achour, W.; Bouchami, O.; Galopin, S.; Leclercq, R.; Ben Hassen, A.. "Analysis of pristinamycin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates in the Tunisian Bone Marrow Transplant Center". Letters in Applied Microbiology 46 3 (2008): 358-363. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-765X.2007.02318.x.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2007.02318.x
  31. Majouri, D.; Touati, A.; Achour, W.; Bouchami, O.; Ben Hassen, A.. "Comparison of phenotypic methods with PCR to screening methicillin resistance in coagulase negative staphylococci | Comparaison des méthodes phénotypiques par rapport à la PCR pour le dépistage de la résistance à la méticilline chez les staphylocoques à coagulase négative". Pathologie Biologie 55 8-9 (2007): 361-365. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patbio.2007.06.010.
    Published • 10.1016/j.patbio.2007.06.010
  32. Chaieb, Kamel; Zmantar, Tarek; Chehab, Olfa; Bouchami, Ons; Hasen, Assia Ben; Mahdouani, Kacem; Bakhrouf, Amina. "Antibiotic Resistance Genes Detected by Multiplex PCR Assays in <i>Staphylococcus epidermidis</i> Strains Isolated from Dialysis Fluid and Needles in a Dialysis Service". Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases 60 4 (2007): 183-187. https://doi.org/10.7883/yoken.JJID.2007.183.
    Open access • 10.7883/yoken.jjid.2007.183
  33. Bouchami, O.; Achour, W.; Ben Hassen, A.. "Prevalence and mechanisms of macrolide resistance among Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates from neutropenic patients in Tunisia". Clinical Microbiology and Infection 13 1 (2007): 103-106. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01567.x.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01567.x
Magazine article
  1. Myriam Bouchakoua, Kalthoum Kallel, Nadia Khadraoui, Ons Bouchami, Amira Kaouech, Slah Belhadj, Assia Ben Hassen,; Sami Abdellatif, Slah Belakhal, Emna Chaker. "Les infections candidosiques en milieu de réanimation: Intérêt de l'index de Pittet dans la surveillance des malades et apport de l'analyse en champ pulsé d'isolats de Candida", Revue Tunisienne d'infectiologie, 2011
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Bouchami, Ons. "Characterisation of the mobile genetic element: SCCmec in coagulase negative staphylococci". PhD, Université de Tunis El Manar Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, 2012.
  2. Bouchami, Ons. "Resistance to macrolides lincosamides and streptogramins in Staphylococcus epidermidis". Master, Université de Tunis El Manar Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, 2004.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/11/29 Towards Personalized Diabetes Therapy: Targeting the Microbiome Lab seminar
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) (Portugal)
2023/10/13 Acarbose and iron deficiency-gut microbiome interaction mechanisms on acarbose efficacy Lab seminar
Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier
2023/02/10 Overview: Whole Genome Sequencing Data Analysis Lab seminar
Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (Portugal)
2022/10/24 Characterization of coagulase-negative Staphylococci as potential starter cultures to substitute the addition of nitrate in the production of meat products XVI Encontro de química dos alimentos
Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco (IPCB) (Castelo Branco , Portugal)
2022/10/17 Papel da espécie Mammaliicoccus lentus na evolução do determinante de resistência a beta-lactâmicos em estafilococos Microbiologia 2022
Sociedade Portuguesa de Microbiologia
2022/10/04 Antibiotic resistance assessment of coagulase-negative staphylococci as potential starter cultures VIII Congreso internacional de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos Córdoba (CICyTAC2022)
Ciudad de Córdoba (Córdoba, Spain)
2022/03/14 Frequent dissemination and carriage of an SCCmec-mecC hybrid in methicillin-resistant Mammaliicoccus sciuri in farm animals from Tunisia Lab seminar
Universidade Nova de lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (Oeiras, Portugal)
2022/02/13 Research studies conducted in the Laboratory of Bacterial Evolution and Molecular Epidemiology Lab seminar
Laboratory of Bacterial Evolution and Molecular Epidemiology (Oeiras, Portugal)
2021/05/24 New insights on the molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus sciuri in production animals: a study in farms in Tunisia Lab seminar
Laboratory of Bacterial Evolution and Molecular Epidemiology (Oeiras, Portugal)
2020/02/27 Transmission of Staphylococcus Sciuri between farm animal species in Tunisia Lab seminar
Laboratory of Bacterial Evolution and Molecular Epidemiology (Oeiras, Portugal)
2019/10/08 Phenotypic and Genotypic Plasticity of the Most Frequent Staphylococcus haemolyticus Clonal Lineage Lab seminar
Universidade Nova de lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (Oeiras, Portugal)
2019/09/21 Transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ST398 through the food chain in Portugal 12th International Meeting on Microbial Epidemiological Markers (IMMEM XII)
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) ( Dubrovnik, Croatia)
2019/09/18 Genome-wide association studies reveals the genetic factors that contribute to the success of Staphylococcus saprophyticus as a uropathogen 12th International Meeting on Microbial Epidemiological Markers (IMMEM XII)
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) (Dubrovnik, Croatia)
2019/03/12 Update: Transmission of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Through The Food Chain in a Slaughterhouse In Portugal Lab seminar
Universidade Nova de lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (Oeiras, Portugal)
2018/04/24 First insight into the population structure of Staphylococcus saprophyticus from urinary tract infection (UTI) in Europe 28th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) (Madrid, Spain)
2017/12/08 Evidence for the transmission of ST398 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from pigs to humans along the food production chain Microbiology and Biotechnology 2017
Portuguese Society of Microbiology and the Portuguese Society of Biotechnology (Porto, Portugal)
2017/10/02 How an harmless gene developed into a widespread antibiotic resistant determinant 3rd Genetics Workshop
NOVAhealth (Lisbon, Portugal)
2017/06/20 New insights into antibiofilm effect of a nano-sized ZnO coating against the pathogenic methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus Lab seminar
Universidade Nova de lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (Oeiras, Portugal)
2017/04/19 Insertion sequences as key players in phenotypic and genotypic plasticity of Staphylococcus haemolyticus SCAN - Science Conference at Noon
Universidade Nova de lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (Oeiras, Portugal)
2017/04/10 Antibiofilm properties of ZnO-based coatings in resorbable metallic biomaterials MATERIAIS 2017, XVIII Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais and VIII International Symposium on Materials
Portuguese Materials Society (SPM) (Aveiro, Portugal)
2017/02/21 Transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) through the food chain in a slaughterhouse in Portugal Lab seminar
Universidade Nova de lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (Oeiras, Portugal)
2016/04/06 Impact of insertion sequences in Staphylococcus haemolyticus phenotypic and genotypic plasticity Lab seminar
Universidade Nova de lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (Oeiras, Portugal)
2016/03/11 Impact of insertion sequences in Staphylococcus haemolyticus phenotypic and genotypic plasticity 11th International Meeting on Microbial Epidemiological Markers (IMMEM XI)
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) and ESCMID Study Group for Epidemiological Markers (ESGEM) (Estoril, Portugal)
2015/06/26 Impact of insertion sequences in S. haemolyticus phenotypic and genotypic plasticity Lab seminar
Universidade Nova de lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (Oeiras, Portugal)
2015/01/14 High prevalence of the community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) European clone in health care-associated infections in hematology-oncology patients in Tunisia Lab seminar
Universidade Nova de lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (Oeiras, Portugal)
2014/04/11 Identification of a major worldwide disseminated epidemic genetic lineage among nosocomial Staphylococcus haemolyticus Lab seminar
Universidade Nova de lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (Oeiras, Portugal)
2013/03/20 Multilocus sequence typing and further genetic characterization of the enigmatic pathogen, Staphylococcus hominis. Lab seminar
Universidade Nova de lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (Oeiras, Portugal)
2011/12/01 High genetic diversity of community-associated (CA) Staphylococcus aureus in Europe Microbiology and Biotechnology: Microbiotec11
Portuguese Society for Microbiology and the Portuguese Society for Biotechnology (Braga, Portugal)
2011/05/07 High genetic diversity of community-associated Staphylococcus aureus in Europe and the CONCORD Working group 21st European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) and 27th International Congress of Chemotherapy (ICC)
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) (Milan, Italy)
2008/11/08 Diversité de la cassette de résistance à la méticilline SCCmec chez les staphylocoques à coagulase négatives autres que S. epidermidis 4th scientific days of the Tunisian society of microbiology
Société Tunisienne de Microbiologie (STM) (Hamammet, Tunisia)
2007/12/06 Etude Moléculaire d’une Epidémie à Acinetobacter baumannii par Électrophorèse en Champ Pulsé : Comparaison du Génotypage par 2 Enzymes de Restriction 27e Réunion Interdisciplinaire de Chimiothérapie anti-Infectieuse (RICAI)
RICAI (Paris, France)
2007/11/10 Typage moléculaire des SCCmec des souches de Staphylococcus aureus isolées au Centre National de Greffe de Moelle Osseuse de Tunis 3th scientific days of the Tunisian society of microbiology
Société Tunisienne de Microbiologie (STM) (Monastir, Tunisia)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/02/19 - 2024/02/23 Impact of heavy metals on gut bacteria in vitro
Co-supervisor
2023/09/11 - 2023/09/15 Acarbose and iron deficiency-gut microbiome interaction mechanisms on acarbose efficacy
Co-supervisor
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2021/05/19 - 2022/05/31 Investigating the determinants of Staphylococcus epidermidis pathogenicity with multi-omics-based modelling
Co-supervisor
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2021/09/09 - 2022/05/05 Exploring the food production chain as a reservoir for resistance to last resort antibiotics
Co-supervisor
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2019/09 - 2019/11 Dissemination of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus sciuri subsp. carnaticus co-carrying the mecA/mecC genes in farm animals from Tunisia
Co-supervisor
 Veterinary Microbiology (PhD)
Université de la Manouba Institut Supérieure de Biotechnologie de Sidi Thabet, Tunisia
2018/01 - 2018/04 Role of the Species Staphylococcus lentus in the Evolution of the Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome and the mecA Gene
Co-supervisor
 Cell and Molecular Biology (Degree)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2015 - 2018 Evolutionary genomics Staphylococcus saprophyticus: origin and disease signatures of pathogenic clones
Co-supervisor
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Contribution of Staphylococcus lentus to the evolution of beta-lactam resistance
Co-supervisor
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Molecular characterization of Staphylococcus haemolyticus, whole genome sequencing and analysis of sequences by CLC Genomics workbench
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2014 - 2014 Assessment of staphylococci collected from wild non-human primates as reservoirs of antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes
Co-supervisor
Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Brazil
2011 - 2011 PFGE typing of Salmonella enterica Recovered from Poultry Meat in Tunisia
Co-supervisor
 Biology (PhD)
Institut de la Recherche Vétérinaire de Tunisie, Tunisia
2010 - 2010 Strong biofilm production but not adhesion virulence factors can discriminate between invasive and commensal Staphylococcus epidermidis strains
Co-supervisor
 Biology (PhD)
Centre National de Greffe de la Moelle Osseuse, Tunisia
2009 - 2009 PFGE Typing of Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis isolated from an intensive care unit in a Tunisian hospital
Co-supervisor
 Mycology (Master)
Hôpital La Rabta, Tunisia
2009 - 2009 Optimization of PFGE typing of Neisseria spp. isolated in the Bone Marrow Transplant Centre of Tunisia
Co-supervisor
 Biology (PhD)
Centre National de Greffe de la Moelle Osseuse, Tunisia
2008 - 2008 Antibiotic resistance in coagulase negative staphylococci isolated from bacteremia
Co-supervisor
 Medical Biotechnology (Degree)
Université de Tunis El Manar Institut Supérieur des Technologies Médicales de Tunis, Tunisia
2008 - 2008 Molecular characterisation of high-level ampicillin- resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates from hospitalised patients in Tunis
Co-supervisor
 Biology (PhD)
Université de Tunis El Manar Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, Tunisia
2008 - 2008 PFGE typing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Streptococcus pyogenes and S. aureus isolates at Charles Nicolle Hospital of Tunis
Co-supervisor
 Biology (PhD)
Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Tunisia
2007 - 2007 Bacteriological study of Gemella spp. isolated at the Bone Marrow Transplant Center of Tunisia
Co-supervisor
 Biology (Degree)
Université de Tunis El Manar Ecole Supérieure des Sciences et Techniques de la Santé de Tunis, Tunisia
2007 - 2007 Antibiotic Resistance Genes Detected by Multiplex PCR Assays in Staphylococcus epidermidis Strains Isolated from Dialysis Fluid and Needles in a Dialysis Service
Co-supervisor
 Biology (PhD)
Université de Monastir Faculté de Pharmacie de Monastir, Tunisia
2007 - 2007 PFGE typing of carbapenemase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated in the Bone Marrow Transplant Centre of Tunisia
Co-supervisor
 Biology (PhD)
Centre National de Greffe de la Moelle Osseuse, Tunisia
2006 - 2006 Staphylococcus epidermidis isolated at the Bone Marrow Transplant Center of Tunisia, MLS and other antibiotics phenotypes
Co-supervisor
 Human Biology (Degree)
Université de Tunis École Supérieure des Sciences et Techniques de Tunis, Tunisia
2006 - 2006 Comparison of phenotypic methods with PCR to screening methicillin resistance in coagulase negative staphylococci
Co-supervisor
 Microbiology (Master)
Centre National de Greffe de la Moelle Osseuse, Tunisia
2006 - 2006 Molecular characterization of Haemophilus parainfluenzae isolated in the Bone Marrow Transplant Centre of Tunisia
Co-supervisor
 Microbiology (Master)
Centre National de Greffe de la Moelle Osseuse, Tunisia
2005 - 2005 SCCmec typing in Staphylococcus epidermidis isolated in the bone marrow transplant center of Tunisia
Co-supervisor
 Biology (PhD)
Centre National de Greffe de la Moelle Osseuse, Tunisia

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024/04/17 - 2025/04/19 The Global Annual Meet on Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (GAMMID25) to be held in Prague, Czech Republic from April 17-19, 2025 (2024/04/17 - 2025/04/19)
2023/11/20 - 2023/11/24 Protein glycosylation analysis: from basics, through methodologies to applications (2023/11/20 - 2023/11/24)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2019/12/11 - 2019/12/13 Retreat Laboratory of Bacterial Evolution and Molecular Epidemiology (2019/12/11 - 2019/12/13)
2016/03/09 - 2016/03/12 11th International Meeting on Microbial Epidemiological Markers, Navigating Microbial Genomes, ESCMID-ESGEM Conference (2016/03/09 - 2016/03/12)
Congress (Other)
 Estoril Convention Center, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/05/19 - Current CONGENTO LAS Theory Course for Functions A, C & D
Other
 CONGENTO LAS Theory Course for Functions A, C & D
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2022/09/19 - Current COLife community meeting
Conference
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2022/02/07 - Current Imaging in the Biosciences
Workshop
 TIMB3 workshop
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2021/10/14 - Current "Coaching and Mentoring in Academia"
Workshop
 Coaching and Mentoring in Academia
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2021/06/08 - Current TIMB3 Innovation Management and Intellectual Property course
Workshop
 TIMB3 workshop
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2021/02/09 - Current For an effective teaching
Workshop
 For an effective teaching
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2023/11/20 - 2023/11/24 Short course on "Protein Glycosylation Analysis – from basics, through methodologies to applications"
Workshop
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2023/10/20 - 2023/10/20 Molecular Gastronomy
Workshop
 13th ITQB NOVA PhD Students Meeting
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2023/09/20 - 2023/09/23 EMBO | EMBL Symposium: The human microbiome (VP)
Symposium
2023/09/18 - 2023/09/22 Postdoc Appreciation Week 2023 (PAWpt2023)
Meeting
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2023/09/21 - 2023/09/21 How to create narrative CVs?
Workshop
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2023/09/21 - 2023/09/21 The actor’s toolbox: a dramatic workshop
Workshop
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2023/09/18 - 2023/09/18 Building your presence on social media
Workshop
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2023/06/06 - 2023/06/08 SymbNET Metabolomics Workshop for Biologists
Workshop
 SymbNET Metabolomics Workshop for Biologists
Université de Lausanne, Switzerland
2023/05/15 - 2023/05/19 IGC’s Practical Course on Laboratory Animal Science in Mouse Functions A + D
Other
 IGC’s Practical Course on Laboratory Animal Science in Mouse and Zebrafish
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2023/04/27 - 2023/04/27 SymbNET Mini Symposium
Symposium
 Mammalian Gut Microbiota-Pathogen interactions and the impact of antibiotics
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2023/04/17 - 2023/04/24 EMBO practical course
Workshop
 Microbial metagenomics: a 360º approach 2023
EMBL Advanced Training Centre (ATC), Germany
2022/11/14 - 2022/11/15 SymbNET symposium on Microbiome Metabolomics
Symposium
 SymbNET symposium on Microbiome Metabolomics
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Fachbibliothek Germanistik, Germany
2022/06/15 - 2022/06/30 The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Antibiotics—Drugs for Superbugs: Antibiotic Discovery, Modes of Action And Mechanisms of Resistance.
Conference
 ECA 2022 online
2021/11/02 - 2021/11/05 Applied Metagenomics
Workshop
 GTPB - The Gulbenkian Training Programme in Bioinformatics
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2021/09/12 - 2021/09/17 International Science Festival (FIC.A)
Festival
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2021/05/10 - 2021/05/11 "Thinking your way into research writing"
Workshop
 IMpaCT Career Development short-course
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2021/02/04 - 2021/02/04 1st Microbiome PT Summit
Conference
 1st Microbiome PT Summit
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

BioData.pt, Portugal
2021/02/02 - 2021/02/04 Optical microscopy at COLife & Friends: learning the basics
Workshop
 Optical microscopy at COLife & Friends: learning the basics
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
2020/01/31 - 2020/01/31 BioData.pt Crash Course: Microbiome Visualization with Biome-Shiny
Workshop
 Microbiome Visualization with Biome-Shiny
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2019/10/14 - 2019/10/18 2nd Biostatistics using R workshop
Workshop
 2nd Biostatistics using R
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2019/05/27 - 2019/05/31 Metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, and multi'omics for microbial community studies
Workshop
 Metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, and multi'omics for microbial community studies
Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
2019/05/13 - 2019/05/13 Evacuation Team
Workshop
 Evacuation Team: Specific guidelines and procedure informations
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2019/03/21 - 2019/03/21 IV Genetics Workshop NOVAsaúde
Workshop
 IV Genetics Workshop NOVAsaúde
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2017/10/02 - 2017/10/02 3rd NOVAsaúde Genetics Workshop
Workshop
 3rd NOVAsaúde Genetics Workshop
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2017/06/01 - 2017/06/01 1st ONEIDA Meeting
Meeting
 An OMICS Network to Prevent and Control Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2017/01/09 - 2017/01/10 MOSTMICRO Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) meeting
Meeting
 MOSTMICRO SAB meeting
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2016/09/05 - 2016/09/05 2nd MOSTMICRO Unit Meeting
Meeting
 2nd MostMicro Unit Meeting
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2016/05/30 - 2016/05/30 2nd Genetics Workshop NOVAsaúde
Workshop
 2nd Genetics Workshop NOVAsaúde
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2016/01/28 - 2016/01/28 S3e Cell Sorter
Workshop
 S3e Cell Sorter
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2015/10/15 - 2015/10/16 MOSTMICRO Research Unit kick-off Meeting
Meeting
 Anti-Infective Strategies against Bacterial Pathogens
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2014/03/26 - 2014/03/26 CLC Genomics Workshop
Workshop
 CLC Genomics Workshop
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2011 - 2011 RT-PCR workshop
Workshop
 Real time PCR workshop
Centre National de Greffe de la Moelle Osseuse, Tunisia
2008 - 2008 Basic Techniques of Molecular Biology
Workshop
 Basic Techniques of Molecular Biology
Université de Sousse Faculté de Médecine de Sousse, Tunisia
2006 - 2006 RT-PCR workshop
Workshop
 Real time PCR workshop
Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunisia

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/04/24 - Current Scientific Reports
2022 - Current Foods
2022 - Current Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
2023/06/22 - 2023/06/22 International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2022 - 2022 Microorganisms
2022 - 2022 Plos One
2022 - 2022 Journal of Scientific Research and Reports
2021 - 2022 Antibiotics
2021 - 2021 Animals
2021 - 2021 Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research
2021 - 2021 The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
2021 - 2021 Microbiology Research Journal International
2021 - 2021 Veterinary Sciences
2017 - 2020 Microbial Drug Resistance
2017 - 2017 Acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica
2016 - 2016 Microbial Pathogenesis

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2019/04 - 2020/12 Evacuation team ITQB/IGC Member
2017 - 2019 Sociedade Portuguesa de Microbiologia (SPM) Member
1996 - 1997 National Scouting organization of Tunisia (Scouts) Leader

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2024/10/28 - Current Guest Editor of Antibiotics - Drivers of virulence and antimicrobial resistance in emerging and re-emerging pathogens.
2024/05/06 - Current Editor of Annals of Environmental Science and Toxicology
2024/02/15 - Current Guest Editor of Antibiotics - Genomic Insights: Exploring Antimicrobial Resistance, Virulence, and Epidemiology in Microbial Worlds
Member
2023/09/22 - Current Reviewer for ESCMID Research Grants 2023 and Study Group Research Funding 2023
Member
2022/11/22 - Current Topic editor of Frontiers in Microbiology - Molecular Diagnosis and Epidemiology of Human Pathogens
Member
2022/01/29 - Current Member of Topical Advisory Panel of Antibiotics journal.
Member
2022/01/29 - Current Member of editorial board of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology journal. Science Publishing Group, USA.
Member
2024/10/15 - 2024/10/17 Member of the Scientific Committee of the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Diversity
Member
2023/12/04 - 2023/12/18 Reviewer for ECCMID Abstracts 2024 (34th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases)
Member

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2009 - 2022 Hospitals: molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated in hospitals; since 2012 frequently contacted by hospitals, I am involved to do the identification of genetic background, detailed analysis of the susceptibility profile for specific antibiotics, namely beta-lactams and glycopeptides, detection of virulence factors with implication on therapeutic choice, like the Panton-Valentine Leukocidine (PVL)

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/11/17 - Current Host-Microbe Interactions PhD program in Integrative Biology and Biomedicine SymbNET course (Doutoramento) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2023/11/20 - 2023/11/24 Protein glycosylation analysis: from basics, through methodologies to applications Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2022/09/20 - 2022/09/26 XII Master Degree Course in Medical Microbiology-1º módulo - Introdução à Microbiologia, Genética Microbiana e Tecnologia de DNA recombinante (Mestrado)
2022/04/12 - 2022/04/19 XI Master Degree Course in Medical Microbiology-Módulo opcional- Biología Molecular e Epidemiología de Bacterias Patogénicas Gram-Positivas Microbiologia Médica (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2021/09/26 - 2021/09/28 X Master Degree Course in Medical Microbiology-Módulo opcional- Biologia Molecular e Epidemiologia de Bactérias Patogénicas Gram-Positivas Microbiologia Médica (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2020/09/22 - 2020/09/28 X Master Degree Course in Medical Microbiology-1º módulo - Introdução à Microbiologia, Genética Microbiana e Tecnologia de DNA recombinante Microbiologia Médica (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2020/04/30 - 2020/05/05 IX Master Degree Course in Medical Microbiology-Módulo opcional – Biologia Molecular e Epidemiologia de Bactérias Patogénicas Gram-Positivas Microbiologia Médica (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2019/09/24 - 2019/09/30 VIII Master Degree Course in Medical Microbiology- 1º módulo - Introdução à Microbiologia, Genética Microbiana e Tecnologia de DNA recombinante Microbiologia Médica (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2019/09/23 - 2019/09/30 IX Master Degree Course in Medical Microbiology-1º módulo - Introdução à Microbiologia, Genética Microbiana e Tecnologia de DNA recombinante Microbiologia Médica (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2018/04/17 - 2018/04/18 VIII Master Degree Course in Medical Microbiology-Módulo opcional – Biologia Molecular e Epidemiologia de Bactérias Patogénicas Gram-Positivas Microbiologia Médica (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2016/04/27 - 2016/04/28 VII Master Degree Course in Medical Microbiology-Módulo opcional - Biologia Molecular e Epidemiologia de Bactérias Patogénicas Gram-Positivas Microbiologia Médica (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2015/10/06 - 2015/10/12 VII Master Degree Course in Medical Microbiology- 1º Módulo - Introdução à Microbiologia, Genética Microbiana e Tecnologia de DNA recombinante Microbiologia Médica (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2015/10/06 - 2015/10/12 VI Master Degree Course in Medical Microbiology- 1º Módulo - Introdução à Microbiologia, Genética Microbiana e Tecnologia de DNA recombinante Microbiologia Médica (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2014/05/13 - 2014/05/14 VI Master course in Medical Microbiology-Módulo optional - Biologia Molecular e Epidemiologia de Bactérias Patogénicas Gram-Positivas Microbiologia Médica (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2004 - 2006 National Adult Education Programme (NAEP) Ecole primaire Tunis, Tunisia
2003 - 2004 Ensino secondário-Natural Sciences Ecole secondaire Tunis, Tunisia

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023/10/18 - 2023/10/19 Poster evaluation of the 13th ITQB NOVA PhD Students' Meeting Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2020/07/15 - 2020/07/15 Member of the Jury panel for the selection of candidates for 9th Edition of Master in Medical microbiology Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2019/07/24 - 2019/07/24 Member of the Jury panel for the selection of candidate for postdoctoral fellowship Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2014/07/02 - 2014/07/02 Member of the Jury panel for the selection of candidate for fellowship of research Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
Distinctions

Other distinction

2023 “Impulso Adulto” fellowship under the European funds under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) terms of the Portuguese Republic, through the "CIVIC and GLOBAL" project of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (RE - C06.i03.03 - Impulso Adultos)