Structural biology is used as a wide term to describe the large amount of microbial biochemistry, microbial surface, and protein structure work performed at IMI to greater understand bacterial processes. Research ranges from understanding outer membrane biogenesis and peptidoglycan metabolism, studying the bacterial cell surface to uncover a rich source of molecules which can be utilized and adapted to treat or prevent infections, to utilising structural biology (and related techniques) to investigate protein function, to the transport of proteins across the cytoplasmic membrane by the Sec machinery in bacteria, protein folding, and the connection between folding and transport.
Key Staff
- Tim Dafforn, Professor of Biotechnology, School of Biosciences
- Klaus Futterer, Reader in Structural Biology, School of Biosciences
- Damon Huber, Birmingham Fellow, School of Biosciences
- Tim Knowles, Lecturer in Biophysics, School of Biosciences
- Andy Lovering, Senior Lecturer, School of Biosciences
- Patrick Moynihan, BBSRC Future Leader Fellow, School of Biosciences
- Tim Overton, Senior Lecturer, Chemical Engineering
- Scott White, Reader in Structural Biology, School of Biosciences