Queen’s University Belfast

Research Areas & Focuses

1. Biofilm Control
2. Mechanisms of Biofilm Formation
3. Medicinal Chemistry – Novel Protease targets in biofilm formation (discovery/inhibition)
4. Non thermal plasmas for biofilm control in health and agriculture
5. Medical Device Associated Biofilms (urinary tract, VAP)
6. Antimicrobial Drug Discovery from Extreme Halophiles
7. Biofilm Bioinformatics – Metagenomic discovery of antimicrobial/antibiofilm agents
8. Respiartory biofilms (CF) (Including in vivo models)
9. Archaeal biofilm formation, quorum sensing and QSI
10. Biofilm models (in vitro, ex vivo, insect models and in vivo)
11. Biotransformations – Biofilms and Biocatalysis (Pharma), Anaerobic Digestion

Department Link

School of Pharmacy
School of Biological Sciences
Centre for Experimental Medicine
The Institute for Global Food Security