Microbiology and Parasitology Division

Our Research

The research in the Division of Microbiology & Parasitology comprises a wide range of topics including: bacterial motility and flagellar biogenesis, mechanisms of entry of bacteria into mammalian cells, bacterial toxin export and multi-drug efflux, regulation of gene expression during host-pathogen interaction, transmission, cell-cycle dynamics and virulence mechanisms in malaria parasites, host modulation by parasitic organisms and dynamics of parasitic worm infection in human populations.

Division Head: Katerina Artavanis-Tsakonas

Our Research Groups

Artavanis-Tsakonas Group Researching the Malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum and the nematode Trichinella spiralis.
Blagborough Group Investigating the control or elimination of malaria.	Chung Group Researching the interplay of host and pathogen gene regulation.
Fraser Group Uncovering molecular mechanisms underpinning flagellum assembly.	Hayward Group Studying the intracellular biology of the obligate intracellular bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.
Koronakis Group Bacterial multidrug efflux/protein traffic and Salmonella mammalian entry	Merrick Group Studying the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.
Salje Group The cell biology of obligate intracellular bacteria	Godlee Group Investigating the interactions of pathogenic bacteria with eukaryotic membranes