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Interactions, communities and disease

Microbial model systems offer unparalleled access to the molecular mechanisms and ecological forces that together shape evolution, making them powerful systems for addressing fundamental behavioural, ecological and evolutionary questions. In our work, these questions include – why cooperate? Why communicate? Why kill your host? At the same time, a continual lab challenge is to consider – what are the practical implications of our discoveries? Can they drive novel therapeutics or diagnostics? Do they point to unappreciated epidemiological or evolutionary risks? Can we develop sustainable, evolution-proof therapeutics?

Our work can be broadly organized into three overlapping themes, click below for more info

Social interactions: cooperation, communication and conflict

Community dynamics: Microbiomes and biofilms  

Disease: Virulence, resistance, novel therapeutics

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