Professor Gary Black
- Enzyme discovery, characterisation, development and microbial production for biocatalysis
- Microbial proteomics and metabolomics
Dr Simon Bridge
- Viral infections and lipid metabolism
- Host responses to viral pathogens
- Viral triggers of autoimmunity
- Microbial community profiles in the gut in health and disease
Dr William Cheung
Dr Lynn Dover
- Microbial responses to metal ion as nutrients and antimicrobials
- Cell envelope biology of Rhodococcus (Prescottella) equi and other mycolic acid containing Actinobacteria
Dr Edward Fox
- Ecology and selection of foodborne bacterial pathogens through food chains and the study of their behaviour in food
- Genomics of foodborne pathogens to understand virulence mechanisms, stress tolerance and antimicrobial resistance phenotypes
- Development of novel biocontrol strategies targeting key foodborne pathogens by exploiting food chain microbiomes
Dr Amanda Jones
- Prokaryotic systematics, particularly of the Actionobacteria
- Medical diagnostics, notably for non-tuberculous mycobacteria
Dr Clare Lanyon
- Microbial Ecology of the Human Microbiome in Health and disease
- Neonatal gut microbial community analysis related to sepsis.
Professor Alison McDermott
- Host response to bacterial and fungal pathogens
- Ocular surface infections and inflammation
Dr Jose Munoz
- Structure and function of carbohydrate modifying enzymes including glycoside hydrolases, polysaccharide lyases and carbohydrate esterases
- Human gut microbiotal metabolism of dietary carbohydrates; Contribution of microbiome to the human health; Modification of gut microbiota composition; Microbial and enzymatic metabolism of plant biomass
Dr Andrew Nelson
- Understanding the role of the Microbiome in health and disease
- Functional analysis of microbial communities
Professor David Pearce
- Microbial ecology (functional diversity and adaptation)
- Environmental microbiology
- Life in extreme environments
Dr Darren Smith
- Biology and Ecology of temperate and lytic bacteriophages in complex microbial communities
- Using multiple -omics approaches to characterise the symbiotic relationship between bacteriophages, microbial community construction and role in pathogenicity and disease
- Using bacteriophages to alter microbial communities through re-programming or selective eradication of bacterial subsets
Dr Vartul Sangal
- Evolutionary dynamics and genetics of virulence characteristics in pathogenic bacteria
- Applications of next-generation sequencing in prokaryotic systematics
Professor Iain Sutcliffe
Dr St John Usher
- Fermentation and flavour production in beers and lagers by Saccharomyces yeast strains
- Enzymic reactions in the production of volatile flavour compounds during fermentation
- Proteomic and metabolomic analysis of wort samples produced using various roasted malts
Dr Meng Zhang
- Activation of urease in Bacillus subtilis
- Optimization of microbial induced calcite processes in the built environment
