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