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Microbiology, Infection and Tropical Medicine

Oxford's contribution to infectious disease has been enormous. Penicillin and the related cephalosporin antibiotics were discovered and developed here. More recently Oxford has played a key role in the introduction of artemisinin-related drugs for malaria and in the development of new vaccines for bacterial meningitis and Ebola.

Oxford is rated the top University in the UK in the area of Infection and Immunity. It has a strong core of microbiological expertise ranging from fundamental through to translational research and clinical trials. Areas of strength in basic research include microbial structure-function relationships, aspects of viral, bacterial and parasite pathogenesis, and interaction of pathogens with the immune system including immune evasion strategies. Areas of strength in translational research include study of the mucosal microbiota in health and disease, development of vaccines against parasitic, bacterial and viral pathogens and screening for novel drugs against viral infections. Much translation research is done in Oxford’s Tropical Medicine research units in Africa and Asia. Microbiology research is performed in a number of University Departments including the Nuffield Department of Medicine, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Paediatrics and Biochemistry. Institutes include the Weatherall Institute for Molecular Medicine, the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, the Jenner Institute and the Institute for Vaccine Design.

Researchers in Oxford form part of the MRC Centre for Genomics and Global Health, an international collaboration that integrates genomic and population genetic data with clinical and epidemiological data to understand and combat globally important infectious diseases.

Supervisors in Microbiology, Infection and Tropical Medicine

Ambrose Agweyu

Principal Investigator

Ivan Ahel

Monique Andersson

Associate Professor in Medical Virology/Consultant in Infection

Brian J Angus

Azim Ansari

Sir Henry Dale Fellow, Group Leader

Proochista Ariana

Associate Professor

Sarah Atkinson

Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant in Paediatrics and Paediatric ...

Genes, Genetics, Epigenetics and Genomics

Haematology

Immunology

Adaptive immunity and autoimmune disease

Vaccines

Microbiology, Infection and Tropical Medicine

Bacteriology

Epidemiology and population dynamics

Host-pathogen interactions

Parasitology

Vaccines

Paediatrics

Primary Care, Clinical Epidemiology, and Health Care Delivery

Kevin Baird

Professor of Malariology

Lindsay Baker

Ellie Barnes

Adaptive immunity and autoimmune disease

Allergy

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Immunodeficiency, HIV and AIDS

Immunology

Innate immunity and inflammation

Microbiology, Infection and Tropical Medicine

Mucosal immunology and inflammatory bowel disease

Translational Medicine and Medical Technology

Transplantation and tolerance

Vaccines

Vaccines

Virology

Rachael Bashford-Rogers

Innate immunity and inflammation

Bioinformatics, Statistics and Computational Biology

DNA and protein sequence analysis

Functional genomics

Cancer

Cancer diagnostics (biomarkers and imaging)

Cancer therapeutics (including biologicals) and vaccines

Cellular mechanisms (including tumour microenvironment, angiogenesis and metastasis)

Molecular mechanisms (including DNA damage and repair)

Developmental Biology and Stem Cells

Cell fate specification and differentiation

Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism

Molecular & statistical genetics & translational genomics

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Inflammation-driven cancer

Mucosal immunity

Gene expression

Genomics and statistical genetics

Genetic disorders and therapies

Haematology

Leukaemia and Lymphoma

Lineage Commitment and Differentiation in haematopoiesis

Immunology

Allergy

Immunodeficiency, HIV and AIDS

Mucosal immunology and inflammatory bowel disease

Vaccines

Microbiology, Infection and Tropical Medicine

Epidemiology and population dynamics

Host-pathogen interactions

Virology

Molecular, Cell, Systems and Structural Biology

Cell biology and microscopy

Systems biology

Ophthalmology, visual and circadian sciences

Ophthalmology

Translational Medicine and Medical Technology

Antibody and protein therapy

Biomedical engineering

Drug discovery and pharmacology

Immunology of reproduction

James Berkley

Adaptive immunity and autoimmune disease

Allergy

Anti-microbial drugs

Bacteriology

Immunodeficiency, HIV and AIDS

Immunology

Innate immunity and inflammation

Maternal health

Microbiology, Infection and Tropical Medicine

Mucosal immunology and inflammatory bowel disease

Reproductive, Genitourinary and Sexual Medicine

Transplantation and tolerance

Vaccines

Ben Berks

Professor of Biochemistry

Stuart Blacksell

Professor of Tropical Microbiology

Francesco Boccellato

Leadership Fellow

Persephone Borrow

Thomas Bowden

Angela Brueggemann

IDEU Director and Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Chris Butler

Professor of Primary Care

Climent Casals-Pascual

Alfredo Castello Palomares

Posttranscriptional networks in infection

Richard Cornall

Antibody and protein therapy

Bioinformatics, Statistics and Computational Biology

Cell commitment

Cell fate specification and differentiation

Developmental Biology and Stem Cells

DNA and protein sequence analysis

Functional genomics

Immunology

Microbiology, Infection and Tropical Medicine

Multipotent stem cells

Translational Medicine and Medical Technology

Vaccines

Vaccines

Vaccines

Prabin Dahal

Post-doctoral Research Fellow

Nick PJ Day

Nynke Dekker

Professor of Molecular Biophysics

Adrianus Dondorp

Tao Dong

Co-Director CAMS Oxford Institute

Alexander (Sandy) Douglas

Associate Professor

Simon Draper

Susan Dunachie

Mike English

Anti-microbial drugs

Design of patient pathways and clinical support systems

Diagnostics

Epidemiology and population dynamics

Evidence-based health care, clinical trials methodology and epidemiology

Health Experiences Research

Maternal health

Medical Statistics

Microbiology, Infection and Tropical Medicine

Monitoring Chronic Disease

Paediatrics

Patient safety

Primary care and general practice

Psychology and Psychiatry

Reproductive, Genitourinary and Sexual Medicine

Social psychology

Surgical science and practice

Translational Medicine and Medical Technology

Katie Ewer

David Eyre

Professor of Infectious Diseases

Ervin Fodor

Host-pathogen interactions

Immunology

Innate immunity and inflammation

Microbiology, Infection and Tropical Medicine

Structural biology, protein science and proteomics

Virology

Genes, Genetics, Epigenetics and Genomics

Gene expression

RNA

Vaccines

Anti-microbial drugs

Vaccines

Biochemistry and chemical biology

Cell biology and microscopy

Translational Medicine and Medical Technology

Vaccines

Molecular, Cell, Systems and Structural Biology

Kevin Foster

Chair of Microbiology

Bioinformatics, Statistics and Computational Biology

Mathematical modeling

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Inflammatory bowel disease

Microbiota

Mucosal immunology and inflammatory bowel disease

Microbiology, Infection and Tropical Medicine

Anti-microbial drugs

Bacteriology

Epidemiology and population dynamics

Host-pathogen interactions

Translational Medicine and Medical Technology

Biomedical engineering

Christophe Fraser

John Frater

Ronald Geskus

Professor of Medical Statistics

Sarah C Gilbert

Geraldine Gillespie

Philip Goulder

Professor of Immunology

Jonathan Grimes

Philippe Guerin

Tomas Hanke

Heli Harvala

Consultant Medical Virologist & Principal Investigator

Matthew Higgins

Professor of Molecular Parisitology

Biochemistry and chemical biology

Bioinformatics, Statistics and Computational Biology

Host-pathogen interactions

Immunology

Membranes, membrane proteins, ion channels and transporters

Microbiology, Infection and Tropical Medicine

Parasitology

Structural biology

Structural biology, protein science and proteomics

Translational Medicine and Medical Technology

Vaccines

Vaccines

Vaccines

Adrian Hill

Lakshmi Mittal and Family Professorship of Vaccinology

Deirdre Hollingsworth

Peter Horby

Georgia Isom

Astrid Iversen

Professor of Virology and Immunology

Bioinformatics, Statistics and Computational Biology

DNA and protein sequence analysis

Functional genomics

Mathematical modeling

Structural biology

Neuroscience

Cellular and molecular neuroscience

Neurodegenerative diseases

Molecular, Cell, Systems and Structural Biology

Structural biology, protein science and proteomics

Systems biology

Genomics and statistical genetics

RNA

Immunology

Adaptive immunity and autoimmune disease

Immunodeficiency, HIV and AIDS

Innate immunity and inflammation

Vaccines

Translational Medicine and Medical Technology

Vaccines

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Viral and autoimmune liver disease

Microbiology, Infection and Tropical Medicine

Epidemiology and population dynamics

Host-pathogen interactions

Parasitology

Vaccines

Virology

Dominic Kelly

BRC Consultant in Paediatrics and Vaccinology.

Adaptive immunity and autoimmune disease

Bacteriology

Bioinformatics, Statistics and Computational Biology

DNA and protein sequence analysis

Epidemiology and population dynamics

Genes, Genetics, Epigenetics and Genomics

Immunology

Microbiology, Infection and Tropical Medicine

Paediatrics

Translational Medicine and Medical Technology

Vaccines

Vaccines

Vaccines

Virology

Primary Care, Clinical Epidemiology, and Health Care Delivery

Population, Global, and Public Health

Syma Khalid

Samson Kinyanjui

Associate Professor

Colin Kleanthous

Iveagh Professor of Microbial Biochemistry

Paul Klenerman

Sidney Truelove Professor of Gastroenterology

Julian C Knight

Dominic Kwiatkowski

Teresa Lambe

Professor of Vaccinology & Immunology, Calleva Head of Vaccine Immunology

Trudie Lang

Clinton Lau

Wellcome CDA Research Fellow

Yang Luo

KTRR Senior Research Fellow in Data Science

Bioinformatics, Statistics and Computational Biology

DNA and protein sequence analysis

Functional genomics

Mathematical modeling

Statistical genetics

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Inflammatory bowel disease

Microbiota

Mucosal immunity

Viral and autoimmune liver disease

Genes, Genetics, Epigenetics and Genomics

Gene expression

Genetic disorders and therapies

Genomics and statistical genetics

RNA

Immunology

Adaptive immunity and autoimmune disease

Innate immunity and inflammation

Mucosal immunology and inflammatory bowel disease

Vaccines

Microbiology, Infection and Tropical Medicine

Epidemiology and population dynamics

Host-pathogen interactions

Vaccines

Population, Global, and Public Health

Epidemiology

Global health

Martin Maiden

Kevin Marsh

Philippa Matthews

Honorary Consultant in Infectious Diseases & Microbiology

Richard Maude

Professor of Tropical Medicine

Rose McGready

Jacob McKnight

Associate Professor

Andrew McMichael

Helen McShane

Catherine (Sassy) Molyneux

Professor of Global Health

Paul Newton

Hoa Thi Ngo

Associate Professor

Francois H Nosten

Piero Olliaro

Professor of Poverty Related Infectious Diseases

Rafael Perera

Director Medical Statistics and Director of Graduate Studies

Cancer

Cancer diagnostics (biomarkers and imaging)

Cardiovascular Sciences

Epidemiology & clinical trials

Vascular disease

Microbiology, Infection and Tropical Medicine

Anti-microbial drugs

Diagnostics

Evidence-based health care, clinical trials methodology and epidemiology

Medical Statistics

Monitoring Chronic Disease

Primary care and general practice

Translational Medicine and Medical Technology

Primary Care, Clinical Epidemiology, and Health Care Delivery

Population, Global, and Public Health

Evidence-based health care

Clinical trials methodology

Epidemiology

Global health

Medical statistics

Frances Platt

Head of Department

Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism

Integrative physiology

Immunology

Innate immunity and inflammation

Microbiology, Infection and Tropical Medicine

Host-pathogen interactions

Biochemistry and chemical biology

Cell biology and microscopy

Glycobiology

Neuroscience

Primary Care, Clinical Epidemiology, and Health Care Delivery

Evidence-based health care, clinical trials methodology and epidemiology

Translational Medicine and Medical Technology

Drug discovery and pharmacology

Stem cells and cell therapy

Sir Andrew Pollard

Ashall Professor of Infection & Immunity

Adaptive immunity and autoimmune disease

Bacteriology

Bioinformatics, Statistics and Computational Biology

Diagnostics

DNA and protein sequence analysis

Epidemiology and population dynamics

Genes, Genetics, Epigenetics and Genomics

Immunodeficiency, HIV and AIDS

Immunology

Microbiology, Infection and Tropical Medicine

Paediatrics

Translational Medicine and Medical Technology

Vaccines

Vaccines

Vaccines

Virology

Richard Price

Oliver Pybus

Professor of Evolution & Infectious Disease

Jan Rehwinkel

Professor of Innate Immunology

David Roberts

Professor of Haematology

Mark Roberts

Christine S. Rollier

Associate Professor in Vaccinology

Sarah L Rowland-Jones

Sumana Sanyal

Peter Sarkies

Bioinformatics, Statistics and Computational Biology

DNA and protein sequence analysis

Functional genomics

Statistical genetics

Cancer

Cellular mechanisms (including tumour microenvironment, angiogenesis and metastasis)

Molecular mechanisms (including DNA damage and repair)

Genes, Genetics, Epigenetics and Genomics

DNA replication and repair

Epigenetics

Gene expression

Genetic disorders and therapies

Genomics and statistical genetics

RNA

Haematology

Leukaemia and Lymphoma

Microbiology, Infection and Tropical Medicine

Parasitology

Molecular, Cell, Systems and Structural Biology

Biochemistry and chemical biology

Chromosomal biology

Membranes, membrane proteins, ion channels and transporters

Systems biology

Jason Schnell

Associate Professor

Trevor Sharp

Professor of Neuropharmacology

Peter Simmonds

Professor of Virology

Emma Slack

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Inflammatory bowel disease

Microbiota

Mucosal immunity

Immunology

Adaptive immunity and autoimmune disease

Mucosal immunology and inflammatory bowel disease

Vaccines

Microbiology, Infection and Tropical Medicine

Bacteriology

Host-pathogen interactions

Vaccines

Molecular, Cell, Systems and Structural Biology

Glycobiology

Structural biology, protein science and proteomics

Translational Medicine and Medical Technology

Vaccines

Geoffrey Smith

Adrian Smith

Associate Professor, Director of Clinical Studies and Honorary Consultant in ...

Matthew Snape

Professor in Paediatrics and Vaccinology

Bob W Snow

Kasia Stepniewska

IDDO Head of Statistics

Mathew Stracy

Christoph Tang

Teresa Thurston

Louise Thwaites

Associate Professor

Guy Thwaites

Sarah Tonkin-Crine

Associate Professor & Health Psychologist

Holm Uhlig

Professor of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Group Head / PI and Hon Consultant ...

Bioinformatics, Statistics and Computational Biology

DNA and protein sequence analysis

Functional genomics

Developmental Biology and Stem Cells

Cell commitment

Cell fate specification and differentiation

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Immunology

Adaptive immunity and autoimmune disease

Immunodeficiency, HIV and AIDS

Microbiology, Infection and Tropical Medicine

Translational Medicine and Medical Technology

Stephan Uphoff

Sir Henry Dale Research Fellow

Richard Wade-Martins

Professor of Molecular Neuroscience

Ageing, Geratology and Degenerative Diseases

Alzheimer's disease

Cardiovascular Sciences

Developmental Biology and Stem Cells

Epidemiology & clinical trials

Gene therapy

Genetics

Induced pluripotency

Microbiology, Infection and Tropical Medicine

Motor neuron disease

Neurodegenerative diseases

Neuroscience

Parasitology

Psychology, mental health and psychiatry

Stem cells and cell therapy

Translational Medicine and Medical Technology

Tobias Warnecke

Associate Professor; Tutor and Fellow in Biochemistry at Trinity College

Bioinformatics, Statistics and Computational Biology

DNA and protein sequence analysis

Functional genomics

Genes, Genetics, Epigenetics and Genomics

Chromosomal Biology

Epigenetics

Gene expression

Genomics and statistical genetics

Microbiology, Infection and Tropical Medicine

Anti-microbial drugs

Bacteriology

Molecular, Cell, Systems and Structural Biology

Chromosomal biology

Systems biology

Linda Wicker

Bridget Wills

Daniel Wilson

Matthew Wood

Professor of Neuroscience

Ageing, Geratology and Degenerative Diseases

Cardiovascular Sciences

Cellular and molecular biology in musculoskeletal systems

Clinical neuroscience

Clinical trials and epidemiology

Developmental Biology and Stem Cells

Drug discovery and pharmacology

Embryonic stem cells

Gene therapy

Genes and developmental neuroscience

Genetics

Imaging

Induced pluripotency

Microbiology, Infection and Tropical Medicine

Motor neuron disease

Musculoskeletal Science

Myocardial biology & energetics

Nanomedicine

Neurodegenerative diseases

Neuroscience

Parasitology

Stem cell biology and tissue engineering

Stem cells and cell therapy

Structural biology and proteomics

Structural biology, protein science and proteomics

Systems biology

Translational Medicine and Medical Technology

Parkinson's disease

Bioinformatics, Statistics and Computational Biology

DNA and protein sequence analysis

Functional genomics

Mathematical modeling

Cellular and molecular neuroscience

Molecular, Cell, Systems and Structural Biology

Biochemistry and chemical biology

Cell biology and microscopy

Ophthalmology

Circadian sciences and sleep

Genes, Genetics, Epigenetics and Genomics

Epigenetics

Gene expression

Paediatrics

Cancer

Cancer therapeutics (including biologicals) and vaccines

Antoni Wrobel

Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow

Nicole Zitzmann

Professor of Virology & Director of Glycobiology Inst

Biochemistry and chemical biology

Cancer

Cancer diagnostics (biomarkers and imaging)

Cell biology and microscopy

Drug discovery and pharmacology

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Glycobiology

Host-pathogen interactions

Immunology

Innate immunity and inflammation

Membranes, membrane proteins, ion channels and transporters

Microbiology, Infection and Tropical Medicine

Nanomedicine

Structural biology, protein science and proteomics

Translational Medicine and Medical Technology

Viral and autoimmune liver disease

Virology

Structural biology

Molecular, Cell, Systems and Structural Biology

Ophthalmology

Inflammation-driven cancer

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