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

ajioka.jpg Ajioka Group Studying protozoan phylum Apicomplexa	kat.jpg Artavanis-Tsakonas Group Researching the Malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum and the nematode Trichinella spiralis.
blagborough.jpg Blagborough Group Investigating the control or elimination of malaria.	chung.jpg Chung Group Researching the interplay of host and pathogen gene regulation.
fraser.jpg Fraser Group Uncovering molecular mechanisms underpinning flagellum assembly.	hayward.jpg Hayward Group Studying the intracellular biology of the obligate intracellular bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.
koronakis_sq.jpg Koronakis Group Bacterial multidrug efflux/protein traffic and Salmonella mammalian entry	merrick.jpg Merrick Group Studying the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.
protasio.jpg Protasio Group Investigating the mechanisms by which the ‘host genome’ controls the activity of TEs.	wilson_sq.jpg Wilson Group Epidemiology and immunology of human schistosomiasis and other helminth infections
Salje Group The cell biology of obligate intracellular bacteria