We focus on how pathogens interact with their hosts at the molecular and cellular level, with the aim of designing better diagnostics, vaccines, and drugs.
Staff in the Department of Infection Biology and Microbiomes
We are working to find new methods to control insects and other arthropods that transmit deadly diseases to humans, livestock and pets.
We are working to improve the diagnosis and treatment of parasitic infections in animals. These include being the sole providers of a unique serological test for liver fluke in horses.
We're continually developing successful collaborations across our broad range of research areas.
In a collaboration with Bayer AG and L’Institut de Recherche Agricole pour le Développement, Cameroon, we have shown that a drug called emodepside can kill adults of a worm infecting African cattle, which is very closely related to the human river blindness parasite.
We are performing surveys of wild birds in Malaysia and Thailand to determine if they may carry Orientia-infected chiggers. We are also examining backyard chickens for chigger infestation in these countries and conducting serological studies to assess their exposure to Orientia, in case chickens constitute an overlooked reservoir of disease.
Research and surveillance initiative leading to behaviour change and improved companion animal and human health.
The Tick Cell Biobank houses a collection of most of the continuous cell lines derived from ticks of medical and veterinary importance available worldwide and develops novel cell lines from ticks and other arthropods.
Head of Department, Infection Biology and Microbiomes
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