Research Areas
Warwick researchers are investigating AMR across the scales: from small molecule therapeutics to bacterial targets, from rapid diagnositics to predictive epidemiology.
Novel Antimicrobials
Alternative antimicrobial strategies |
Denham, Fullam, Waterfield, Marsh, Sagona |
Synthetic chemistry |
Scott, Sadler, Shipman, Tosin |
Natural products(bacterial, insect, plant) |
Challis, Corre, Schaefer, Ntoukakis, Waterfield, Wellington, Tosin |
Biosynthetic pathways |
Challis, Rodger, Bugg, Tosin |
Phage therapy |
Sagona |
Biophysics of Bacteria-surface Interactions
Fluid dynamics modeling |
Thomas, Turner |
Microfluidics |
Polin, Kantsler |
Bacterial motility |
Polin, Kantsler, Turner, Yin |
Live cell imaging |
Polin, Kantsler, Sagona |
Bacterial attachment |
McNally |
Biofilms |
Asally, McNally, Kantsler |
Infection Control and Disease Transmission
Spread and evolution of resistance |
Dowson, Robinson, Achtman, Pallen |
Predictive modelling and epidemiology |
Keeling, Hollingsworth, Evans, Chappell |
Hospital-acquired infections |
Unnikrishnan, Robinson, Keeling, Sagona |
Pharmacokinetics and Target Characterisation
Control and pharmacokinetics |
Chappell, Evans |
Target characterisation, reagent and assay development |
Bugg, Dowson, Fox, Fullam, Lloyd, Roper, Unnikrishnan, Smith, Sagona, Tosin |
Bacterial uptake mechanisms |
Fullam |
Cell wall and protein biosynthesis |
Dowson, Lloyd, Roper |
Structural studies |
Roemer, Lewandowski, Smith |
Medical Devices and Diagnostics
Biomimetics |
McNally |
Rapid diagnostics |
Gibson, Dowson, Covington, Fullam, Gardner, Marsh |
Low-cost point of use spectrophotemeters |
Dowson, Gardner |
Antimicrobial materials |
McNally, Kantsler |