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Steve Atkinson

Associate Professor of Molecular and Cellular Bacteriology, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

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Biography

Having completed my degree in biology I left science for several years and ran my own business. However my love for biology brought me back into science and after studying for an M.Sc in Molecular Genetics at The University of Leicester I went on to study for a PhD in Molecular Microbiology. Having worked in several post doctoral research positions I am currently Associate Professor in Molecular and Cellular Bacteriology here in Nottingham where my research focuses on understanding the molecular genetic mechanisms that underpin virulence in Yersinia spp, with particular emphasis on Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of bubonic, pneumonic and septiceamic plague.

Teaching Summary

Aside from my lecturing duties I am the program lead for the MSc Molecular Genetics and Diagnostics and also convenor for the Microbial Genetics and Genomics and Molecular Basis to Genetic Disorders… read more

Research Summary

My research focuses on the molecular genetic and chemical basis of bacterial virulence and global gene regulation in Yersinia spp. with a major focus on quorum sensing (QS), QS inhibition and… read more

Infections, Immunity and Microbes

School of Life Sciences
University of Nottingham
Medical School
Queen's Medical Centre
Nottingham NG7 2UH