Strategic areas

Microbiology plays a fundamental role in understanding disease and the new era of antimicrobial treatment

The strategic areas are devised from the interdisciplinary expertise of the LeMID network: microbiology, genetics, structural and chemical biology, mathematical and computational biology, physics, health and social sciences, respiratory medicine, clinical microbiology and infectious diseases.

Strategic areas

• Host pathogens
• Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and stress responses
• Bacteriophages (Phage)
• Air pollution
• Foodborne disease
• Mathematical modelling
• Structural biology

Our aims

• Innovative understanding of bacterial pathogenesis and transmission of human and animal pathogens to develop novel interventions and diagnostics.
• Understanding of host immunity to define therapeutic intervention for infection prevention and optimisation of vaccine responses
• Exploration of host and microbe interaction at the genomic level to define markers for prediction of host susceptibility, severity of infection, or success of treatment or prevention systems
• Mathematical modelling of infectious disease dynamics and host-pathogen interactions
• Determination of the effects of the environment on infectious diseases
• Evaluation of genomic traits in microorganisms, including yeasts, for safe, effective and innovative use of microorganism in the food industry 
• Accelerated development of new therapies and diagnostics through the use of innovative ex vivo models
• Development of novel diagnostic and therapeutic strategies using alternative devices
• Development of new alternative therapies particularly building on our world renowned expertise in bacteriophages