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 GroupStudying protozoan phylum Apicomplexa |
Artavanis-Tsakonas GroupResearching the Malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum and the nematode Trichinella spiralis. |
Blagborough GroupInvestigating the control or elimination of malaria. |
Chung GroupResearching the interplay of host and pathogen gene regulation. |
Fraser GroupUncovering molecular mechanisms underpinning flagellum assembly. |
Hayward GroupStudying the intracellular biology of the obligate intracellular bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. |
Koronakis GroupBacterial multidrug efflux/protein traffic and Salmonella mammalian entry |
Merrick GroupStudying the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. |
Protasio GroupInvestigating the mechanisms by which the ‘host genome’ controls the activity of TEs. |
Wilson GroupEpidemiology and immunology of human schistosomiasis and other helminth infections |
Salje GroupThe cell biology of obligate intracellular bacteria |
