ISSUE No.5

May. 2014

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Project for “Determine the Outbreak Mechanisms and

Development of a Surveillance Model for Multi-Drug Resistant

Bacteria”

Excellent Poster Presentation Award

Plan> Do> See: Planning for FY2014 Activities

March 28th, 2014, Ms. Hoang Hoai Phuong was awarded by Japanese Society for Bacteriology for her

excellent presentation at the 87th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society for Bacteriology held at Tokyo.

The title of her presentation is “The effect of cefoperazone on intestinal colonization by ESBL-producing

Escherichia coli in mice”, which shows a mouse model examining the effect of antibiotics on intestinal

colonization of an ESBL-producing E. coli. Ms. Phuong, who is from Institute of Public Health HCMC

(IPH), has been taking a PhD course under Prof. Yamasaki’s supervision at Osaka Prefectural University

(OPU) since April 2013. She is one of core Vietnamese microbiologists of the Project and expected to

contribute her knowledge and skills to multi-drug resistant bacteria research in Vietnam.

The Project has been planning for activities in FY 2014 since April. That planning process consists of three

types of meeting between Vietnamese and Japanese researchers: Project Management Unit (PMU) meeting,

with the main concern is about management issues, being regularly organized by National Institute of

Nutrition (NIN) and Project Chief Advisor; Research meetings (for achieving Output 1) organized at the five

project’s sites is to make detailed plans of study, protocol, schedule and to exchange scientific ideas; Meeting

on Food Monitoring Task Force is to develop a food monitoring system (Output 2) in Hanoi, Nha Trang and

HCMC, focus on planning for monitoring activities in 2014. Based on such meetings, the Project members in

each site are taking necessary actions.

Project Management Unit at NIN, Hanoi

Ms. Phuong awarded by Japanese Society of Bacteriology, Tokyo

From 17th

to 20th

May 2014, Dr. Nguyen Do Phuc, IPH, attended the 114th

General Meeting of American

Society for Microbiology 2014 held at Boston, USA. His presentation title is “Prevalence of extended-

spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in the food distribution system in Ho Chi Minh city,

Vietnam”, which is a collaboration research with Dr. Kumeda’s team of Osaka Prefecture Institute of

Public Health and Osaka University.

Research Discussions at NIN, TMU, PINT, IPH

and CTU for Output 1 activities

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Poster Presentation at American Society for Microbiology

Dr. Phuc, IPH ｗｉｔｈ Dr. Hinenoya, OPU at Boston Food Monitoring Task Force at IPH for Output

2 activities

Web Meeting System Training in Japan

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Digest of Activities in Vietnam, Mar. – May.

NIN: (1) Exchanging ideas between Dr.

Huong and Prof. Hirai of microbiology

WG, (2) Dr. Dung and Dr. Harada of

pharmacology WG. (3) PCR experiments

by Ms. Ngan and Mr. Ueda. (4) HPLC

validation by Mr. Sy.

Communication among researchers should be more improved, so a web meeting system has been installed

by PMU. If members have computers with internet and web camera, the meeting system allows us to make

visual communication between Vietnam and Japan via web browsers and share presentation with each

other. The system will be used for PMU, regular working group meetings among Project members.

PINT: Activity discussion with Dr. Hue,

Mr. Phong and Mr. Ueda.

IPH: (1) Clinical sampling planning with

Prof. Hirai, Dr. Chinh, Dr. Phuc. (2)

Checking LC/MS/MS results, Ms. Mai and Dr.

Uchida.

CTU: Research planning with

Dr. Nakayama, Dr. Ngu, Dr. Duy.

Osaka Prefecture University PINT

Osaka University NIN

Mr. Nguyen Van Sy, a pharmacologist of department of food science and food safety of NIN, has started a PhD

course in Osaka University since 27th April, 2014. At applied environmental biology laboratory, his main

research topic is to develop a simple and rapid analytical method to monitor antibiotic residues in food and

environment under the supervision of Prof. Hirata.

Mr. Le Quoc Phong, who is a technical manager of food microbiology laboratory at Pasteur Institute of Nha

Trang (PINT), has started a short term training course at Osaka Prefecture University (OPU) since May 2014.

His course is “Molecular Biological Course on Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria” supervised by Prof. Yamasaki.

Mr. Phong’s goal is to attain molecular biological methods of ESBL-producing E.coli research and apply them

in the food microbiology laboratory of PINT.

Left: Mr. Phong working at laboratory of OPU

Right: Coffee break with Prof. Yamasaki and OPU students.

Pharmacology WG: Dr.

Harada and Mr. Sy of Osaka

University connecting with

Dr. Dung NIN, Hanoi to

exchange research protocol

idea on 13th

May, 2014.

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(2) (3)

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(2)

PINT: Scientific discussion between Mr.

Phong, Dr. Hue and Mr. Ueda.

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Left: Mr. Sy working at laboratory of OU

Right: Validating HPLC analysis protocol.

TMU: (1) Wrap up meeting between Prof.

Khai’s team and Dr. Jinnai. (2) Microbiology

activity planning with Mr. Ueda. (3) Ms. Ha

treating water samples for pharmacology

analysis.