Focus area: Viruses

An interview with Vera Unwin

Vera Unwin is a PhD student at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and a member of the Microbiology Society. In this interview, she tells why her research is providing perspective into the transmission cycle of malaria and many other mosquito borne diseases and why she thinks microbiology matters.

An interview with Joanne Kite

Joanne Kite is a PhD student at the University of Surrey (UK) and a member and Champion of the Microbiology Society. In this interview she tells us more about her research which focuses on understanding the cell biology of Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) infection and why she joined the Society.

An interview with Professor Paul Farrell

Professor Paul Farrell is based at Imperial College London, UK, and is a member of the Microbiology Society. In this interview, he tell us more about his research which focuses on the molecular biology of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and why this research is important to microbiology.

An interview with Professor Brian Wood

Brian Wood is Emeritus Professor at the University of Strathclyde, UK. He is a long-standing member of the Microbiology Society, and in this interview he tells us more about his research career.

An interview with Professor Alison Sinclair

Alison Sinclair is Professor of Molecular Virology (Biochemistry), Director of Teaching and Learning (School of Life Sciences) at the University of Sussex, UK. She is a member of the Microbiology Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society for Biology. In this interview, she tells us more about her research, which focuses on Epstein Barr virus (EBV) and defining mechanisms by which epigenetics can alter the control of the expression of the viral genome.

An interview with Henry Barrow and Ben Butt

Henry Barrow and Ben Butt are both PhD students in the lab of Professor Stephen Graham at the University of Cambridge (UK) and members of the Microbiology Society. In this interview, they explain how their research is helping to treat viruses and antiviral medication.

An interview with Christiane Wobus

Christiane Wobus is an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan and a member of the Microbiology Society. Her research focuses on the mechanisms of norovirus and astrovirus–host cell interactions and, in this interview, she tells us more about her ongoing research throughout the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak.

An interview with Dr Clive McKimmie

Clive McKimmie is a University Academic Fellow at the University of Leeds, UK and a member of the Microbiology Society. In this interview, he tells us more about his research on emerging viruses and infections and why understanding transmission is so important to microbiology.

An interview with Dr Daniel Neill

Dr Daniel Neill is Group Leader at the Institute of Infection and Global Health at the University of Liverpool, and a member of the Microbiology Society. In this interview, he tells us more about his research in trying to understand the bacterial pathogens Streptococcus pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, including how they adapt and evolve.

An interview with Dr Sara Clohisey

Dr Sara Clohisey is a Core Scientist at the Baillie Group; a postdoc at The Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh, and a member of the Microbiology Society. In this interview, she tells us more about her research and why microbiology matters.

An interview with Dr Eva Gluenz

Dr Eva Gluenz is Group Leader at the University of Glasgow. She is also a member of the Microbiology Society and, in this interview, she tells us more about her research into the molecular cell biology of the protozoan parasite Leishmania.

An interview with Dr John Tregoning

Dr John Tregoning is a Reader in Respiratory Infections at Imperial College London, and a member of the Microbiology Society. In this interview, he tells us more about his research and why he thinks microbiology matters.

An interview with Dr Sharon Brookes

Sharon Brookes is Head of the Avian Virology and Mammalian Influenza, Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), and a member of the Microbiology Society. In this interview, she tells us more about her research which focuses on endemic and exotic viral disease pathogens and arboviruses.

An interview with Professor Venugopal Nair

Professor Venugopal Nair is a Research Group Leader at The Pirbright Institute, a visiting Professor of Avian Virology at the Department of Zoology, and a Jenner Investigator at the Jenner Institute, University of Oxford. He is also a member of the Microbiology Society, and in this interview, he tells us more about his research into viral diseases of livestock.

An interview with Jinyu Shan

Jinyu Shan is a Research Fellow at Phelix Research and Development and the Chief Scientific Officer at the University of Leicester, UK. He is a member of the Microbiology Society and, in this interview, he tells us about how he is using his expertise in phage to develop novel diagnostics to treat Lyme disease.

An interview with Robert Will

Microbiology Society member Robert Will is based at the University of Cambridge and is a Society Champion and in 2019, was elected Communications Representative for the Society’s Early Career Microbiologist’s Forum Executive Committee. Robert has also previously organised a Microbiology Symposium at Cambridge with support from the Microbiology Society.