Research in microbial pathogenesis is focused in several broad areas. These include:

• molecular and cellular biology of bacterial, fungal and parasitic virulence factors and vaccine targets;
• genetics, genomics and transcriptomics of microbial pathogens;
• host-pathogen interaction and the pathogenesis of host responses;
• biology of vector-borne pathogens;
• molecular and genomic analysis of antibiotic resistance.

Faculty expertise and overlapping interests, combined with advanced technologies, foster a highly collaborative and innovative research environment in this field.