The Department of Medical Microbiology, UGMS is pleased to launch a new lecture and collaboration series titled “From Ideas to Impact: Creating a Research Network on Microbial Pathogens”. These sessions will feature a keynote lecture by a leading expert in the field, offering insights into current challenges and emerging opportunities in the field of microbial pathogens and infectious diseases. Following the lecture, attendees will engage in a structured discussion aimed at fostering interdisciplinary collaboration. The goal is to lay the groundwork for a sustained research network that can pursue joint grant applications and co-authored publications addressing high-impact questions in infectious diseases research.
Details for the maiden lecture are as follows:
Topic: The DiaPhage Project: Bacteriophage Targeting Diabetic Foot Ulcer AMR Pathogens
Venue: Examination Hall of the Charles Easmon Building on the Korle Bu Campus.
Date and Time: Wednesday May 21, 2025; 10-11:30am
Mode of Delivery: Hybrid (Link for online participation:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87168903595?pwd=8ryvuxz5elTtmrx0pj4wcf3KGKHVNG.1)
Speaker: Professor Graham Stafford, University of Sheffield, UK.
Profile of Speaker: Professor Stafford joined the Dental School in Sheffield in the summer of 2007, returning after an absence from Sheffield of nearly 10 years, to take up a lectureship in microbiology. He gained a BSc (1st class, honors) in Microbiology and Biochemistry from the University of Sheffield. After this, he gained a PhD at the University of Warwick, investigating the molecular mechanisms of methane oxidation in environmental bacteria. In 2002, he joined the Department of Pathology at the University of Cambridge, investigating various aspects of flagellar biogenesis in enteric bacteria. This allowed him to develop an interest in protein secretion and the molecular pathogenesis of disease-causing bacteria. His main interests lie in the molecular level understanding of microbes, microbial disease processes, and exploitation of this knowledge for improvement of health or commercial translation. The main areas include research on Bacteriophage Biology, Microbial Pathogens, Host-Pathogen Interactions, and Microbial Glycobiology. He additionally teaches Medical and Oral Microbiology in the Dental School and across other departments at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and supervises a range of research projects at all levels. He is proud to lead an interdisciplinary and international group and encourages anyone interested in fellowships or PhDs to contact him directly on g.stafford@sheffield.ac.uk.