Citizen Science to Raise Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness in the Community: The MicroMundo Project in Spain and Portugal
ABSTRACT Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a global threat to human, animal and environmental health. Among the multidisciplinary tasks aimed at collectively tackling the AMR crisis, surveillance, research and education stand as major priorities. Based on a crowdsourcing research strategy, the Mi...
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| author | Jessica Gil‐Serna Patricia Antunes Susana Campoy Ángeles Cid Antonio Cobo‐Molinos Paulo Durão Carmen Fajardo Belén Fouz Ana R. Freitas Filipa Grosso Piet W. J. deGroot Trinidad deMiguel Bruno González Zorn Belén Hinojosa Maria João Leão Montserrat Llagostera Rosa deLlanos Ainhoa Lucía Sergi Maicas Irma Marín Magdalena Martínez‐Cañamero Carla Miranda José Manuel Molina‐Guijarro Diego A. Moreno María de losLlanos Palop María José Pérez‐Álvarez Pedro M. Pereira María Teresa Pérez‐Gracia Sandra Quinteira Carmen Rioboo Beatriz Robredo José María Rodríguez‐Calleja Rafael R. de laHaba Sandra Sánchez Manuel Sánchez Angulo Cristina Sánchez‐Porro Félix J. Sangari Beatriz Santos Eduarda Silveira Begonya Vicedo Víctor J. Cid all members of MicroMundo Teams in Spain and Portugal |
| author_facet | Jessica Gil‐Serna Patricia Antunes Susana Campoy Ángeles Cid Antonio Cobo‐Molinos Paulo Durão Carmen Fajardo Belén Fouz Ana R. Freitas Filipa Grosso Piet W. J. deGroot Trinidad deMiguel Bruno González Zorn Belén Hinojosa Maria João Leão Montserrat Llagostera Rosa deLlanos Ainhoa Lucía Sergi Maicas Irma Marín Magdalena Martínez‐Cañamero Carla Miranda José Manuel Molina‐Guijarro Diego A. Moreno María de losLlanos Palop María José Pérez‐Álvarez Pedro M. Pereira María Teresa Pérez‐Gracia Sandra Quinteira Carmen Rioboo Beatriz Robredo José María Rodríguez‐Calleja Rafael R. de laHaba Sandra Sánchez Manuel Sánchez Angulo Cristina Sánchez‐Porro Félix J. Sangari Beatriz Santos Eduarda Silveira Begonya Vicedo Víctor J. Cid all members of MicroMundo Teams in Spain and Portugal |
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| description | ABSTRACT Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a global threat to human, animal and environmental health. Among the multidisciplinary tasks aimed at collectively tackling the AMR crisis, surveillance, research and education stand as major priorities. Based on a crowdsourcing research strategy, the MicroMundo project, a partner of the Tiny Earth initiative in Spain and Portugal, has been developed and consolidated with success in the academic environment. The objectives are focused on promoting research and, especially, on bringing knowledge of One Health and microbiology concepts, as well as AMR awareness to the community. Following a service‐learning approach, MicroMundo integrates university and secondary/high school students in a citizen science‐based research project to collectively isolate microorganisms with the potential to produce new antibiotics from soil environments. Over the last 7 years, 32 MicroMundo hubs operating across 31 different Portuguese and Spanish universities have recruited thousands of teenagers in this quest. Here we review the outcome of this unprecedented effort from a scientific and an educational perspective. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b2ea947ab1484b218a0b37ab804aaef72025-08-20T02:11:14ZengWileyMicrobial Biotechnology1751-79152025-03-01183n/an/a10.1111/1751-7915.70123Citizen Science to Raise Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness in the Community: The MicroMundo Project in Spain and PortugalJessica Gil‐Serna0Patricia Antunes1Susana Campoy2Ángeles Cid3Antonio Cobo‐Molinos4Paulo Durão5Carmen Fajardo6Belén Fouz7Ana R. Freitas8Filipa Grosso9Piet W. J. deGroot10Trinidad deMiguel11Bruno González Zorn12Belén Hinojosa13Maria João Leão14Montserrat Llagostera15Rosa deLlanos16Ainhoa Lucía17Sergi Maicas18Irma Marín19Magdalena Martínez‐Cañamero20Carla Miranda21José Manuel Molina‐Guijarro22Diego A. Moreno23María de losLlanos Palop24María José Pérez‐Álvarez25Pedro M. Pereira26María Teresa Pérez‐Gracia27Sandra Quinteira28Carmen Rioboo29Beatriz Robredo30José María Rodríguez‐Calleja31Rafael R. de laHaba32Sandra Sánchez33Manuel Sánchez Angulo34Cristina Sánchez‐Porro35Félix J. Sangari36Beatriz Santos37Eduarda Silveira38Begonya Vicedo39Víctor J. Cid40all members of MicroMundo Teams in Spain and PortugalDepartment of Genetics, Physiology and Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences Universidad Complutense de Madrid Madrid SpainSchool of Nutrition and Food Sciences Universidade do Porto Porto PortugalDepartment de Genetics and Microbiology Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Bellaterra SpainMicrobiology Laboratory, School of Sciences Universidade da Coruña A Coruña SpainDepartment of Microbiology, School of Pharmacy Universidad de Granada Granada SpainInstituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL) Oeiras PortugalDepartment of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, School of Sciences Universidad de Alcalá de Henares Alcalá de Henares SpainDepartment of Microbiology and Ecology, School of Biology Universitat de València Burjassot SpainLaboratory of Microbiology, School of Pharmacy, Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit (UCIBIO) Universidade Do Porto Porto PortugalLaboratory of Microbiology, School of Pharmacy, Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit (UCIBIO) Universidade Do Porto Porto PortugalUniversidad de Castilla‐La Mancha, Higher Technical School of Agronomic and Forestry Engineering and Biotechnology (ETSIAMB‐UCLM) Albacete SpainDepartament of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Pharmacy Universidad de Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela SpainAntimicrobial Resistance Unit (ARU), Animal Health Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre Universidad Complutense de Madrid Madrid SpainSchool of Environmental Sciences and Biochemistry Universidad de Castilla‐La Mancha Toledo SpainInstituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL) Oeiras PortugalDepartment de Genetics and Microbiology Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Bellaterra SpainSchool of Health Sciences Universitat Jaume I Castellón SpainDepartment of Microbiology, Pediatrics, Radiology and Public Health Universidad de Zaragoza Zaragoza SpainDepartment of Microbiology and Ecology, School of Biology Universitat de València Burjassot SpainDepartment of Molecular Biology, School of Sciences Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Madrid SpainDepartment of Health Sciences Universidad de Jaén, Microbiology Area Jaén SpainInstituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde‐Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário, IUCS‐CESPU Gandra PortugalDepartment of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, School of Sciences Universidad de Alcalá de Henares Alcalá de Henares SpainUniversidad de Castilla‐La Mancha, Higher Technical School of Agronomic and Forestry Engineering and Biotechnology (ETSIAMB‐UCLM) Albacete SpainSchool of Environmental Sciences and Biochemistry Universidad de Castilla‐La Mancha Toledo SpainDepartment of Functional Biology and Health Sciences, School of Sciences Universidade de Vigo, Microbiology Area Ourense SpainInstituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB NOVA), Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL) Oeiras PortugalUniversidad Cardenal Herrera‐CEU Valencia SpainInstituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde‐Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário, IUCS‐CESPU Gandra PortugalMicrobiology Laboratory, School of Sciences Universidade da Coruña A Coruña SpainMicrobiology Area, Department of Pharmacy, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health Sciences Universidad de la Rioja, Area of Didactic of Experimental Sciences, School of Science and Technology Logroño SpainDepartment of Food Hygiene and Food Technology, School of Veterinary Universidad de León León SpainDepartment of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Pharmacy Universidad de Sevilla Sevilla SpainDepartament of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Pharmacy Universidad de Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela SpainDepartment of Vegetal Production and Microbiology Universidad Miguel Hernández Elche SpainDepartment of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Pharmacy Universidad de Sevilla Sevilla SpainInstituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria (IBBTEC), Universidad de Cantabria‐CSIC Santander SpainInstituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica, CSIC‐Universidad de Salamanca Salamanca SpainDepartamento de Ciências Veterinárias Escola Universitária Vasco da Gama, Centro de Investigação Vasco da Gama Coimbra PortugalDepartment of Biology, Biochemistry and Natural Sciences, School of Technology and Experimental Sciences Universitat Jaume I Castellón SpainDepartment of Microbiology y Parasitology, School of Pharmacy Universidad Complutense de Madrid Madrid SpainABSTRACT Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a global threat to human, animal and environmental health. Among the multidisciplinary tasks aimed at collectively tackling the AMR crisis, surveillance, research and education stand as major priorities. Based on a crowdsourcing research strategy, the MicroMundo project, a partner of the Tiny Earth initiative in Spain and Portugal, has been developed and consolidated with success in the academic environment. The objectives are focused on promoting research and, especially, on bringing knowledge of One Health and microbiology concepts, as well as AMR awareness to the community. Following a service‐learning approach, MicroMundo integrates university and secondary/high school students in a citizen science‐based research project to collectively isolate microorganisms with the potential to produce new antibiotics from soil environments. Over the last 7 years, 32 MicroMundo hubs operating across 31 different Portuguese and Spanish universities have recruited thousands of teenagers in this quest. Here we review the outcome of this unprecedented effort from a scientific and an educational perspective.https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.70123antibiotic resistancecitizen sciencedrug discoveryeducationone healthservice‐learning |
| spellingShingle | Jessica Gil‐Serna Patricia Antunes Susana Campoy Ángeles Cid Antonio Cobo‐Molinos Paulo Durão Carmen Fajardo Belén Fouz Ana R. Freitas Filipa Grosso Piet W. J. deGroot Trinidad deMiguel Bruno González Zorn Belén Hinojosa Maria João Leão Montserrat Llagostera Rosa deLlanos Ainhoa Lucía Sergi Maicas Irma Marín Magdalena Martínez‐Cañamero Carla Miranda José Manuel Molina‐Guijarro Diego A. Moreno María de losLlanos Palop María José Pérez‐Álvarez Pedro M. Pereira María Teresa Pérez‐Gracia Sandra Quinteira Carmen Rioboo Beatriz Robredo José María Rodríguez‐Calleja Rafael R. de laHaba Sandra Sánchez Manuel Sánchez Angulo Cristina Sánchez‐Porro Félix J. Sangari Beatriz Santos Eduarda Silveira Begonya Vicedo Víctor J. Cid all members of MicroMundo Teams in Spain and Portugal Citizen Science to Raise Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness in the Community: The MicroMundo Project in Spain and Portugal Microbial Biotechnology antibiotic resistance citizen science drug discovery education one health service‐learning |
| title | Citizen Science to Raise Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness in the Community: The MicroMundo Project in Spain and Portugal |
| title_full | Citizen Science to Raise Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness in the Community: The MicroMundo Project in Spain and Portugal |
| title_fullStr | Citizen Science to Raise Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness in the Community: The MicroMundo Project in Spain and Portugal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Citizen Science to Raise Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness in the Community: The MicroMundo Project in Spain and Portugal |
| title_short | Citizen Science to Raise Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness in the Community: The MicroMundo Project in Spain and Portugal |
| title_sort | citizen science to raise antimicrobial resistance awareness in the community the micromundo project in spain and portugal |
| topic | antibiotic resistance citizen science drug discovery education one health service‐learning |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.70123 |
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