Antimicrobial Resistance Tracking and Fate modeling in the Urban flows – Lake interface (ARTFUL)

Particle tracking results for the sampling campaign on May 1st, 2024 (colored tracks in background), sampling locations (colored markers) and AMR indicator gene abundances (barcharts of log₁₀ concentrations of sul1 and intI1 genes) in surface water at 2 m depth.

The project in a nutshell:

Project ARTFUL (Antimicrobial Resistance Tracking and Fate modeling in the Urban flows – Lake interface) is an SNSF-funded research project aiming to understand the fate of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) determinants entering Lake Geneva with wastewater. We develop and use sensitive sequencing-based methods to track and quantify AMR in the lake. We use model-guided sampling and data interpretation as well as experimental approaches to understand our field observations. We rely  on LéXPLORE as a floating laboratory, base of operations, experimental station, and key data source.

Team members

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