Mark Webber

Biography

Mark Webber's research group studies the molecular mechanisms of antibiotic resistance with focus on understanding how, where, when and why bacteria evolve antibiotic resistance. He is particularly interested in bacterial biofilms and we are investigating how bacteria adapt to antimicrobial pressure within a biofilm. His group uses a variety of contemporary molecular microbiology approaches to study bacterial survival and resistance mechanisms in conditions relevant to the food chain. Before joining the Quadram Institute he led a research group at the University of Birmingham, which he established during a BBSRC David Phillips fellowship studying the evolution of biocide-antibiotic cross resistance. He have published over 60 articles relating to antimicrobials and have acted as an editor for the Journals of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy and Medical Microbiology as well as PLOS ONE.

Research Interest

Microbiology