Infections are caused by bacteria, viruses and fungi – what we call bugs.
We are a group of scientists working at the University of Oxford to transform how we analyse and treat infections, improving patient care.
Through this website you can find out more about our research, and even take part yourself!
Recent news
- Work experience: what have we been up to?Throughout the past three days doing work experience at MMM we’ve learnt about the… Read more: Work experience: what have we been up to?
- Green Impact Silver Award!This year, our group has achieved Silver in the Green Impact award – a… Read more: Green Impact Silver Award!
- Recycling Lab Plastics Easily the biggest source of waste in our lab is single-use plastics – pipette… Read more: Recycling Lab PlasticsÂ
- MMM at the Westgate Shopping Centre (2025)This is the third year that the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) held… Read more: MMM at the Westgate Shopping Centre (2025)
- Plant-Based Potluck In our efforts to encourage sustainable habits, the Green Team hosted our first-ever plant-based… Read more: Plant-Based PotluckÂ
- The importance of hand-washingThree of our researchers visited Mabel Prichard School in Oxford on Thursday 6 February… Read more: The importance of hand-washing
- The rise of superbugs (video)For World Antibiotic Awareness Week some of the MMM Unit created an old-skool stop… Read more: The rise of superbugs (video)
- Putting 2 and 2 together: Using long-read bacterial genome assembly for public health surveillanceWhat is the problem? Studying the genetic code of bacteria (DNA) can give us… Read more: Putting 2 and 2 together: Using long-read bacterial genome assembly for public health surveillance
- Microbes vs Medicine: A Bash the Bug Art CompetitionMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) fighting a punchbag representing antibiotics by a previous winner, Marni (age 9)… Read more: Microbes vs Medicine: A Bash the Bug Art Competition
- Major five-year project awardedOne side of research that isn’t seen much but is hugely important is securing… Read more: Major five-year project awarded
- EIT Pathogena launched!This has been a long time coming but last month, the Ellison Institute of… Read more: EIT Pathogena launched!
- Infection InspectionWhen we test a sample taken from a patient to see which antibiotics will… Read more: Infection Inspection