Virology; Arboviruses; Chikungunya virus, Zika virus, Oropouche virus. Veterinary virology: Schmallenberg virus and ORF disease.  

bourke

Enteric pathogenesis; Campylobacter

Butler

Host pathogen interactions,Candida parasilosis, pathogenic yeast

clyne

Host pathogen interactions,mucosal surfaces, Helicobacter pylori, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, development of biologically relevant model systems of infection

Coleman

Oral Microbiology, Candida population biology and antifungal drug resistance, Hospital-acquired and community-associated MRSA, biofilm management in water networks supplying medical devices.

devine

Global transcriptional regulation, Signal transduction, Two component regulators, Cell wall synthesis, Bacillus subtilis,

dorman

Global regulation of gene expression in bacteria; bacterial nucleoid-associated proteins; DNA topology and transcription.

fanning

Antibiotic resistance; food safety; public health

foster

Molecular pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus infections. Surface proteins of S.aureus and S. lugdunensis; Colonization of nare and skin epithelium, evasion of innate immunity; Biofilm; Restriction systems.

Geoghegan

Molecular mechanisms of bacterial interactions with host surfaces and plasma components


Tuberculosis, Genomics, Gene regulation, Host-pathogen interaction


Virulence gene regulation, antibiotic resistance and RNA biology of Gram-negative bacterial pathogens using Salmonella enterica and Acinetobacter baumannii as model organisms.

keane

The immune response to infection with tuberculosis, Tuberculosis epidemiology, Lung cancer

loftus

Genomics, host-pathogen interactions, bioinformatics

mcloughlin

Host response mechanisms during Staphylococcus aureus infection. T-cells responses upon exposure to S.aureus during infection and colonisation. Evasion of neutrophil killing mechanisms by S. aureus.

meijer

Intracellular pathogens, Rhodococcus equi, Microbial ecology of the equine and bovine reproductive tract in health and disease; Microbial source tracking of fecal contamination

mitchell

Identification of the host and bacterial factors responsible for the colonisation and virulence of oral streptococci.

moran2

Oral Microbiology, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Candida albicans, Host-pathogen interactions


Influenza; virology; viral pathogenesis.

ocroinin

DNA supercoiling, Regulation of gene expression, Salmonella


Host-Microbe Interface & Gut Immunity; Intestinal epithelial barrier; microbiota; bacterial gastroenteritis. 

smith

Extraintestinal E. coli, serum survival, bacteraemia and sepsis, bacterial invasion and adhesion, proteoglycans, high throughput microscopy, the Rns virulence regulator.

Sullivan

Candidiasis, Pathogenesis of candidal infections, Comparative genomics and transcriptomics, host-fungal interactions

windle

Helicobacter pylori, vaccines, host-pathogen interactions, innate immune response