Infection and Pathogenesis research comprises the following areas:
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Cell wall biosynthesis and assembly in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Dr Luke Alderwick)
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The cell wall of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: A focus for new drug targets and vaccines (Professor Gurdyal Besra)
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Lipid Metabolites of mycobacteria : pathways to biosynthesis and role in virulence (Dr Apoorva Bhatt)
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Bacterial physiology and biochemistry (Professor Jeff Cole)
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Control of toxin production by pathogenic enteric bacteria (Dr David Grainger)
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The evolution and molecular basis of host-pathogen interactions (Dr Robin May)
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Bacterial pathogenomics; high-throughput sequencing; bioinformatics; type III secretion (Professor Mark Pallen)
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Molecular biology and functional genomics of bacterial foodborne pathogens (Professor Charles Penn)
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Bacterial plasmid replication, stability & transfer; polyketide synthesis (Professor Chris Thomas)