Research Groups
The central aim of the CMMI is to carry out research into infectious diseases and immunity using state of the art technology. Currently there are twelve research groups whose areas of interest are as follows:
Division of Cell and Molecular Biology
Section of Microbial Pathogenesis
Dr Rey Carabeo
Chlamydia pathogenesis
Professor Neil Fairweather
Clostridial pathogens
Professor Alain Filloux
Pseudomonas pathogenesis
Professor Gad Frankel
E. coli, Legionella and Campylobacter pathogenesis
Division of Molecular Biosciences
Centre for Structural Biology
Professor Steve Matthews
Structural studies of bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation
Division of Infectious Diseases
Section of Microbiology
Dr Elaine Bignell
Regulatory control of integron-mediated antibiotic resistance
Dr Andrew Edwards
Staphylococcal persistence in host tissues
Dr Angelika Gründling
Cell wall envelope assembly in Gram-positive bacterial pathogens
Professor David Holden
Salmonella pathogenesis
Dr Vladimir Pelicic
Meningococcal genomics/Type IV pilus biology
Dr Brian Robertson
Systems microbiology and the biology of tuberculosis
Dr Sivaramesh Wigneshweraraj
Gene Regulation in Bacterial Pathogens
Professor Douglas Young
Tuberculosis research
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