Modernising Medical Microbiology
About
Modernising Medical Microbiology is a research group aiming to transform how we analyse and treat infections, to improve patient care.
We aim to:
- Modernise the way we analyse infections, bringing cutting-edge scientific techniques to clinical care.
- Transform the way we study the treatment of patients with infections, using large databases of hospital electronic information, to identify trends in how infections are behaving, and ways patient care can be improved.
- Use techniques such as DNA analysis of bacteria and viruses to better understand how infections spread, how to treat them, and how to prevent them in the future.
- Study how bacteria become resistant to antibiotics, and more difficult to treat, and how to prevent this.
Modernising Medical Microbiology studies a number of infections, in particular, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB), - the Enterobacterales family (Escherichia coli, Klebsiella species and others) and Clostridium difficile (C. diff). You can learn more about these bacteria here
MMM News
MMM Publications
The double-edged nature of antibody bivalency: mathematical and experimental analysis of cell surface antigen occupancy and opsonization
Journal article
Heirene L. et al, (2026), mAbs, 18
Epigenetic modulation of stromal cell states underpins pathological tissue niches in Crohn’s disease
Journal article
Koplev S. et al, (2026), Nature Immunology, 27, 1954 - 1968
Characterising Hepatitis D Virus in the UK From 2011 to 2021.
Journal article
Simmons R. et al, (2026), Journal of viral hepatitis, 33
Projects
The Modernising Medical Microbiology Research Group has many active research projects.
You can learn more about the projects here.
Public Involvement
If you are interested in being a part of our public engagement team, please get in contact!
Pathogens and viruses
What Pathogens and Viruses do the MMM team research?