Head of Division: Tracy Palmer
Deputy Head of Division: Daan van Aalten
Lab Manager: Jacqueline Heilbronn

 All our research is based around understanding, at molecular, cellular and environmental levels, processes including: protein and ion transport across membranes; multicellular behaviour; the assembly of complex metalloproteins; production, roles and modes of action of bioactive metabolites and antibiotics; meta-mineral-radionuclide transformations; biomineral formation; actions of virulence factors and biosynthesis of the microbial cell wall. Much of the research in the Division is highly multidisciplinary, with internationally recognised expertise in microbial growth, physiology, genetics, biochemistry, structural biology, drug discovery and biophysics.

The Division has extensive collaborative research links with industry, environmental agencies, national and overseas research groups. Within the College of Life Sciences, there are interactions with the  Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery (discovery of novel antibiotics) and The Wellcome Trust Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression (microbial interactions with host organisms) and also with the Division of Mathematics (mathematical modelling of microbial growth), the nearby James Hutton Institute.

Our aim is to establish the Division of Molecular Microbiology as a recognised centre of excellence where microbiologists from the UK, Europe and beyond can establish and develop world class research careers. We are actively looking to strengthen our Division through appointments of both junior group leaders and already established, internationally recognised groups in any area of molecular microbiology. The Division Head can be approached at any time for informal inquiries.