Research areas

• Antimicrobials and antimicrobial resistance

  

  World-leading work incorporating a broad range of approaches to the antimicrobial resistance crisis.

• Host-pathogen interactions

  

  Understanding the host-pathogen interface and harnessing new discoveries to help tackle major human infections.

• Microbial cell surface

  

  Determining the interactions that microbes make with their environment, how they attach to surfaces and each other.

• The human microbiome

  

  Aiming to understand how complex microbial communities within the body influence host health and the spread of antibiotic resistance.

• Microbial genomics

  

  From genomic epidemiology of infectious agents, to evolutionary genomics of pathogens, we are host to world-renowned microbial genomics.

• Molecular microbiology

  

  Designing highly targeted approaches to tackle infections whilst minimising the risk of disturbing the wider microbial ecology of humans and their environment.