Infectious Disease
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When treating infectious agents, it is important to understand their molecular genetics, how they evade the immune response and how they develop resistance. At the School of Life Sciences, we are using multidisciplinary approaches to study viruses and bacteria in humans, animals and plants. This knowledge will help identify possible targets in pathogens for chemicals and drugs. |
| Dr Emma Anderson | Viral translation mechanisms |
| Professor Jim Beynon | Host-pathogen interactions |
| Dr Hans-Gerhard Burgert | Adenovirus immune invasion |
| Dr Katherine Denby | Systems biology of host-pathogen interactions |
| Professor Christopher Dowson | Infectious disease |
| Professor Andrew Easton | Molecular biology of viruses |
| Professor David Evans | The molecular biology of RNA virus replication and evolution |
| Dr Elizabeth Fullam | Pathogenic bacteria |
| Professor David Hodgson | Regulatory mechanisms that allow microorganisms to respond to the environment |
| Professor Eric Holub | Translational genetics of plant innate immunity |
| Dr Keith Leppard | Adenovirus cell and molecular biology |
| Dr Vardis Ntoukakis | Cell signalling and host-pathogen interactions |
| Dr David Roper | Microbial degradation of aromatic chemicals, bacterial cell wall biosynthesis and cell division mechanisms |
| Dr Patrick Schäfer | Mutualistic symbioses |
