Gut bacteria can help to predict how the body will respond to fatty foods
Chemical signatures from gut bacteria which show up in urine can be used to predict how the body will respond to a 'junk' diet.
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Imperial's MRC CMBI receives five-year funding boost
An Imperial centre dedicated to the study of disease-causing bacteria has secured significant new funding to continue its work on to 2022.
Basic building blocks of bacterial 'hair' could lead to new antibiotics
Uncovering the essential building blocks which bacteria use to make long, hair-like filaments could lead to new drugs to fight infection.
Pneumonia bacteria's 'evolutionary hotspot' helps it to evade the immune system
The diverse 'coats' which protect a deadly microbe from our immune cells are generated by a 'hotspot' of rapidly evolving genes, a study has found.
Readily available antibiotic could help to curb lung damage from TB
Imperial scientists have found how a common antibiotic could help reduce lung destruction in people with Tuberculosis (TB).
Virus's multipronged attack on bacteria points to new ways to fight infection
Researchers have uncovered how a virus uses a two-pronged attack against a single protein to kill bacteria.
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SuperBugZone, Imperial Festival 2017
For the third year running, CMBI students, post-docs and staff participated in the very successful SuperBugZone.
Imperial celebrates 'bumper crop' of new Fellows
Eight Imperial researchers have been elected to the Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Infectious Diseases Big Data collaboration at Imperial
Exciting new possibilities for collaboration on Big Data opening up between Imperial College, ProMED and ISID
Festival-goers join the fight against superbugs
Visitors to Imperial Festival (6-7 May) will play the role of the "Infection Investigator" in an interactive game.
