Prof Blair’s research is focused on understanding how bacteria become resistant to antibiotics with a particular interest in the role of efflux pumps. She is also looking at how we might be able to inhibit efflux pumps to combat antibiotic resistance

Professor Tim Overton is a microbiologist who is interested in understanding how bacteria respond to their environment; he then uses this knowledge to get rid of bacteria when they are in undesirable locations (for example in infections) and improve processes that use bacteria to make useful products (like insulin). He uses a range of molecular and single-cell techniques including flow cytometry and microscopy. He collaborates widely with engineers and scientists in academia and industry to answer fundamental questions and develop new processes.

Sara Jabbari’s research group use interdisciplinary approaches to understand microbial behaviour, focusing on using mathematical modelling to develop or improve treatments for bacterial infections. Combining models with experimental data, they study bacteria from the intra-cellular level up to host-pathogen interactions.

Andrew’s research focuses on understanding how antibiotics kill bacteria, how this is affected by the host environment, and the development of novel therapeutic approaches to overcome antibiotic resistance and tolerance.

Dong-Hyun is the Director of the Centre for Analytical Bioscience which is a successful mass spectrometry (MS) facility that now houses extensive specialist mass spectrometry instrumentation including high-resolution MS (Two Thermo QExactive Orbitraps), high-resolution MS with ion trap (Thermo Fusoin Lumos) and quadruple linear ion trap MS (QTRAP 4000 and 6500). The facility also houses unique interfaces (AP-MALDI, LESA Plus, nano-LC) for surface and single-cell analysis. This facility provides the high-quality research environment for metabolomics, lipidomics, fluxomics, metabolic pathway profiling, and biomarker identification analysis.

Mark’s research group studies how bacteria adapt to stress with the aim of understanding the molecular mechanisms behind this. We are particularly interested in antimicrobial resistance and biofilm formation.