PARTNER UNIVERSITY
Cardiff University
Research Areas & Focuses
- Dry environmental surface biofilm; PHRMY; Pharmaceutical Microbiology
- Dry medical device biofilms; PHRMY; Pharmaceutical Microbiology
- Hydrated complex biofilms; PHRMY; Pharmaceutical Microbiology
- Biofilms in CF lung infections; Biosciences and Medicine
- Freshwater associated biofilms – detection and diversity; Biosciences
- Biofilms and bacterial contamination in industrial manufacture; Biosciences/PHRMY
- Biofilms within bacterial gut infections and in vivo models; Biosciences
- Oral biofilms and in vitro models; School of Dentistry
- In vitro models of catheter associated urinary tract infections; School of Dentistry
Department Link
Cardiff University
For enquiries, please contact David Williams.
Facilities
- Efficacy test against dry environmental biofilm
- Efficacy test against hydrated complex biofilm (for biocidal product development)
- Freshwater sampling resources for water associated biofilms
- Pseudomonas and Burkholderia strain and genome collections
- Animal (mouse) gut infection models
- In vitro bladder model system
- Microscopic flow cells
- CDC Bioreactors
Researchers
Cedric Berger, School of Biosciences
Niek Buurma, School of Chemistry
Keith Harding, School of Medicine
Katarzyna Ledwoch, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Eshwar Mahenthiralingam, School of Biosciences
Jean-Yves Maillard, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Lydia Powell, School of Dentistry
Barbara Szomolay, School of Medicine
David Williams, School of Dentistry
Andrew Weightman, School of Biosciences