Rob is a senior lecturer and the cluster lead for Molecular Microbiology in Sheffield. He has been interested in the Clostridia since starting as a postdoc in the lab of Prof Neil Fairweather at Imperial College London in 2005. He moved to Sheffield to establish the Clostridial Cell Biology group in 2013. Outside of work, Rob is a father of two (4 if you include 12 year old Cavalier King Charles Toby and Labrador puppy Pip!) - Caitlin (7) who has Angelman Syndrome and Jack (3) who has a mild Paw Patrol obsession.

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Cryo-EM phage biologist trying to figure out the structural mechanisms behind phage infection. I am an avid book-loving, boulder climbing, baking scientist.

Anne is a PhD student in the Microbial Physics group and the Clostridial Cell Biology group here at the University of Sheffield. She moved to Sheffield to start a PhD in February 2022 after finishing her Physics bachelor’s at Elon University in North Carolina, where she researched magnetic materials for applications in magnetic hyperthermia. She now investigates the dynamics of live spore germination in Clostridium sporogenes using phase and fluorescence microscopy. She is also passionate about physics outreach and education and out of hours, loves wild swimming and watercoloring.

Anirudh is a PhD student at the lab. His initial research at the National Institute of Science Education and Research in India centred on Drosophila, bacterial cytoskeletal and plasmid segregation proteins. He later shifted his focus to phages, working with them briefly at the Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Biology before using them as the core of his PhD research. He now works on mutating C. difficile phages and understanding their mechanism using Cryo-EM. Outside of the lab, you will find him hiking in the peak district, mountain biking, gaming, or jamming with a piano.