Bacteriology
The MMG Program provides a multidisciplinary environment for studies in bacteriology with a central focus on molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis and antibiotic resistance. Specific areas of research include;
- role of efflux pumps in resistance and virulence in Neisseria gonnorhoeae
- mechanisms of virulence and intracellular survival of Francisella tularensis
- regulation of virulence gene expression and mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii
- structural analysis of aminoglycoside resistance mechanisms
- mechanisms of intracellular survival in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- role of surface polysaccharides in Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence
- antimicrobial peptide resistance and regulation of virulence in Clostridium difficile
- Neisseria meningitidis pathogenesis
- bioinformatic approaches to bacterial virulence
- the regulation of gene expression in Bacillus subtilis, Proteus mirabilis and Escherichia coli