Research groups
The Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection comprises research groups headed by the following principal investigators who work on different but complementary aspects of bacterial infection biology. Click on any of the research leads below to find out more about their work and research group:
Academic Staff
Dr Darius Armstrong-James

Dr Darius Armstrong-James
Clinical Reader in Infectious Diseases and Medical Mycology
Dr Thomas Clarke

Dr Thomas Clarke
Research Fellow (Royal Society and Wellcome Trust)
Dr Abigail Clements

Dr Abigail Clements
Lecturer
Dr Tiago R D Costa

Dr Tiago R D Costa
Lecturer in Bacterial Pathogenesis
Dr Marc Dionne

Dr Marc Dionne
Senior Lecturer
Dr Andrew Edwards

Dr Andrew Edwards
Senior Lecturer in Molecular Microbiology
Professor Alain Filloux

Professor Alain Filloux
Chair in Molecular Microbiology
Professor Gad Frankel

Professor Gad Frankel
Professor of Molecular Pathogenesis
Professor Angelika Gründling

Professor Angelika Gründling
Professor of Molecular Microbiology
Professor David Holden

Professor David Holden
Professor of Microbiology
Dr Gerald Larrouy-Maumus

Dr Gerald Larrouy-Maumus
Senior Lecturer in Molecular Microbiology
Professor Steve Matthews

Professor Steve Matthews
Professor of Chemical and Structural Biology
Dr Alex McCarthy

Dr Alex McCarthy
Lecturer in Innate Immunity
Dr Julie McDonald

Dr Julie McDonald
Lecturer in Microbiomics and Metabonomics
Dr Brian Robertson

Dr Brian Robertson
Reader in Systems Microbiology
Dr Avinash Shenoy

Dr Avinash Shenoy
Senior Lecturer in Molecular Microbiology
Dr Aran Singanayagam

Dr Aran Singanayagam
MRC Clinician Scientist Fellow
Professor Shiranee Sriskandan

Professor Shiranee Sriskandan
Professor of Infectious Diseases
Dr Teresa Thurston

Dr Teresa Thurston
Research Fellow
Dr Julien Vaubourgeix

Dr Julien Vaubourgeix
Lecturer in Molecular Microbiology
Professor Sivaramesh Wigneshweraraj

Professor Sivaramesh Wigneshweraraj
Professor of Molecular Microbiology