Building a Globally Leading Partnership with the Singapore Centre for Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) Biofilm Centre

Project overview

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, (BBSRC) UK. Global Partnering Award. £30,000.

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Jeremy Webb

Professor of Microbiology

Connect with Jeremy

Email: j.s.webb@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Jo Slater-Jefferies PhD, MBA, CMgr, MCMI

Associate Dean

Connect with Jo

Email: josj@biofilms.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Institute for Life Sciences

We bring together interdisciplinary researchers with expertise across the themes of health and medicine, living systems, disruptive life technologies, and insights through data

Microbiology

We work on topics like patient treatment regimens, catheter design and management, and surgical instrument decontamination.

Biofilms are a collective of one or more types of microorganisms that can grow on different surfaces. Their impact is central to some of the most urgent global challenges, including food and water security, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), infections disease and contamination and more.