New drugs to kill superbugs

We are facing an era where the antibiotic cornerstone of modern medicine is under threat due to bacterial resistance. Deadly superbugs are not only resistant to current treatments, but can also evade the body's own defence strategy – our immune system. Antibiotics’ standard tactic is straightforward: annihilation. But the strategies we are developing do this and more. We are developing antibiotics that entrap superbugs; ones that remove the bacteria's invisibility cloaks making it so they can no longer evade; and new drugs that decorate the superbugs in neon lights ensuring they are obvious to the immune system. Projects in developing new drugs to kill superbugs combine techniques from immunology, microbiology, chemistry and biochemistry. Projects can be tailored to your interests in these areas. Please let us know how your skills will synergise with this exciting project.