Milos Stojanov

Research theme: Ecology and Evolution of Staphylococci

The main subject of my research is the Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec (SCCmec), a genomic island that confers resistance to b-lactam antibiotics to staphylococci.

I am mainly interested in the fitness cost associated with the presence of SCCmec in MRSA (methicillin resistant S. aureus) and in the molecular mechanisms involved in the horizontal transfer of this genomic island, focusing on the excision and the integration in the host's chromosome.

Since November 2007
PhD student at the Department of Fundamental Microbiology - Lausanne University

October 2005 - February 2007
Master of science (MSc) in Genomics and Experimental Biology - Lausanne University
Master Thesis: "Horizontal gene transfer and genomic islands: the clc element"

October 2002 - July 2005
Bachelor of science (BSc) in Biology - Lausanne University

March 2007 - May 2007
Training course at the Institute of Occupational Health Sciences - Lausanne
Development of a qPCR assay for the quantification of Aspergillus fumigatus spores