Research in medical microbiology at the UEA ranges from fundamental studies on proteins and genes to investigations of the public health impact of water supply in developing countries

Major underpinning themes are gastrointestinal microbiology in relation to food, water and health and the development and deployment of rapid technologies to profile pathogens and their antibiotic resistances.  These broad areas are driven forwards by staff whose particular expertise includes

  • Rapid molecular diagnostics for bacterial and viral infection
  • Mechanisms, impact and prevalence of antibiotic resistance
  • Bacteria and viruses causing gastrointestinal disease
  • Structure and function of microbial proteins
  • Global environmental health and water supply
  • Fungal and parasitic disease

The skills of UEA research staff are leveraged by their links across the wider Norwich Research Park .  As well as the University, the Research Park houses the John Innes Centre  which has huge expertise in plant science and microbiology; TGAC, with massive genomic analysis and bioinformatic capacity; the Institute for Food Research , with major interests in gut microbiology, and the 987-bed Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, facilitating access to clinical material. Interactions across the Research Park –which hosts one of the largest concentrations of microbiologists in Europe– are outlined on the Micron ‘Microbes in Norwich' website .  Wider collaborations of UEA medical microbiologists include involvement in major European Programmes and with the UK Health Protection Agency .

Researchers

Professor Changjiang Dong
Professor Jim Gray
Professor Paul Hunter
Professor David Livermore
Justin O'Grady
Dr Silke Schelenz
Dr Dietmar Steverding
Dr Kevin Tyler
Professor John Wain

NHS Partner Researchers

Dr Catherine Tremlett
Dr Helen Williams

Norwich Research Park Partner Researchers

See: http://www.micron.ac.uk/researchers.html