b'NBIC Executive Management Team The Executive Management Team (EMT) have overall executive responsibility. In consultation with the International Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB), the Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) and the Scientific Management Board (SMB), the EMT develop NBICs strategy and delivery plan.Professor Miguel Cmara, NBIC Nottingham Co-DirectorMiguel Cmara is a Professor of Molecular Microbiology in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Nottingham. He sits on the UK Cystic Trust Strategic Implementation Board and the Cystic Fibrosis Syndicate Steering Committee. He has also coordinated several international antimicrobial drug discovery programs. The core of his work has focused on studying quorum sensing (QS)-mediated signalling mechanisms and their control of virulence and biofilm formation. In collaboration with other researchers and industrial partners he is working on new drug delivery systems which can increase the penetration of compounds into biofilms and their uptake by bacteria.Professor Cait MacPhee, NBIC Edinburgh Co-DirectorCait MacPhee is a Professor of Biological Physics at the University of Edinburgh. Her expertise is in the use of experimental and computational methods to understand mechanisms of self-assembly of peptides and proteins, and to interrogate microbial biofilm structure and function. She is able to advise on protein aggregation to form gels and particulate aggregates, the self-assembly of polypeptides and proteins at interfaces, analytical methods to assess the degree of polypeptide aggregation in formulations, methods to prevent or promote polypeptide aggregation, and methods to modulate the physical properties of formulations. She has prior experience of working with food-related products and pharmaceutical formulations.6'