Our main topics:

Cell morphogenesis

My group focusses on the fundamental details of how Streptomyces orchestrate the creation of the mycelium structure, in particular the organisation of the main proteins responsible for tip growth and branching. We will set out to discover new proteins and study their interaction with proteins known to be involved in tip growth. 

Antibiotic discovery

We are interested in the discovery and purification of novel specialized metabolites from Actinobacteria. We have a range of whole cell reporters and assays for single cell microscopy to determine the mode of action of antibiotics. 

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