Professor

Jeff Errington

FAA FRS

Jeff Errington
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Professor Jeff Errington is distinguished for his pioneering studies on the molecular cell biology of bacteria. His laboratory has identified and characterised many genes and proteins supporting fundamental functions of bacterial cells, including cell wall synthesis, chromosome replication and segregation and cell division. In recent years his laboratory has uncovered how strange bacterial variants, called L-forms, grow and proliferate, with implications for the origins of cellular life, cell wall synthesis, antibiotic killing and recurrent infection. Professor Errington founded and directed the world’s first research Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, as well as two spin-out companies working on antibiotic discovery.

Fields of research

31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • 3107 MICROBIOLOGY
    • 310701 Bacteriology
    • 310704 Microbial Genetics

For full list of research codes, please visit the ARC Website .

Expertise type

  • Antibacterial Discovery
  • Microbiology
  • Natural Products
  • Bacterial Chromosome Replication
  • Molecular Biology
  • Bacteria
  • Microbial Evolution
  • Early Life
  • Microbial Diversity
  • Antibiotic Resistance
  • Bacteriology
  • Cell Biology
  • Bacterial genetics
  • Bacterial Cell Biology

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