With an ISID/ESCMID Fellowship, I concluded a study on the genotype analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates at the Emerging Bacterial Pathogens Laboratory of the San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita – salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy under Professor Daniela Maria Cirillo, the Head of the laboratory. The laboratory focuses its activities on the study of major problems related to the issue of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains: the biology and resistance mechanisms of multi drug resistance (MDR). The laboratory is recognized by WHO, jointly with the ISS in Rome, as a Supranational Reference Laboratory for tuberculosis control for the international activities performed in this field. Professor Cirillo is the coordinator of two EU funded projects (2008- 2013): “TB PAN – Net – Pan-European network for the study and clinical management of drug resistant tuberculosis”, and “TM – Rest – A new platform for fast molecular detection of multi drug resistant (MDR) and extensive drug resistant (XDR) strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.” The ISID and the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) are co-sponsoring the ISID/ESCMID Fellowship to enable young researchers from developing countries to come to Europe for training. More info can be found at www.isid.org/grants/grants.shtml http://www.isid.org/wpcontent/uploads/2018/03/2010_ESCMIDFellow_ANOCHIE.pdf ISID NEWS • May 2011