Department News
Research Areas
Project Leaders
- Professor Mervyn Bibb
- Professor Mark Buttner
- Professor Ray Dixon
- Professor Allan Downie
- Professor Mike Merrick
- Professor Philip Poole
- Professor Sir David Hopwood
(Emeritus Fellow) - Professor Nick Brewin
(Emeritus Fellow) - Professor Keith Chater
(Emeritus Fellow)
Strategic Research Scientists
Department Information
Department of Molecular Microbiology
| Head of Department | Ray Dixon |
| Associate Head of Department | Mike Merrick |
| Department Administrators | Sue Riches and Karen Reding |
Contact Us
| Tel: | +44 (0)1603 450719 |
| Fax: | +44 (0)1603 450778 |
| Email: | sue.riches@bbsrc.ac.uk and karen.reding@bbsrc.ac.uk |
Introduction
Our holistic approach integrates cellular physiology, molecular genetics (including functional genomics), biochemistry and structural biology. In the Department of Molecular Microbiology we study bacterial metabolism, physiology, gene regulation and development, and plant-bacterial interactions.
Major themes of our work on Gram-negative bacteria are the molecular basis of signal transduction in response to various environmental signals and studies on the biology of ammonia channel proteins which are conserved in all domains of life.
The Department's comprehensive Streptomyces programme, studying antibiotic production, morphological differentiation and stress responses, is underpinned by the newly-acquired genome sequence of the model species S. coelicolor, and cutting-edge techniques in functional genomics.
In the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis, our studies encompass rhizosphere microbiology, Rhizobium quorum-sensing, plant-bacterial signalling, legume infection and nodulation, and carbon and nitrogen exchange between the plant and nitrogen-fixing rhizobia.
The Department capitalises on JIC's emerging strengths in functional genomics, structural biology and advanced cytological techniques, as well as exploiting novel links between research on bacterial and plant processes.
Useful Links
Foodborne Bacterial Pathogens Programme - IFRSchool of Biological Sciences - UEA
Micron - Microbiology in Norwich
Societies
Society for General MicrobiologyThe Society for Industrial Microbiology
The American Society of Microbiology
FEMS - Federation of European Microbiological Societies
Meetings
Prof. Sir David Hopwood's Summer SchoolSociety for General Microbiology Meetings
American Society for Microbiology Meetings
Society for Industrial Microbiology Meetings
Federation of European Microbiological Societies Meetings
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