Prof Sheila Patrick
Chair of Molecular Medical Bacteriology
Centre for Infection and Immunity
School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences
Queen's University Belfast
Medical Biology Centre, 97 Lisburn Road
Belfast BT9 7BL
Email: S.Patrick@qub.ac.uk   
Interests: Bacteroides fragilis, Propionibacterium acnes; genomics, virulence, phylogeny and diagnosis.

Dr Kenneth Bruce
King's College London,
Pharmaceutical Science Division,
Franklin-Wilkins Building,
150 Stamford Street,
London SE1 9NH
United Kingdom
Email: kenneth.bruce@kcl.ac.uk
Interests: Respiratory Tract Infections.

Prof Ian Poxton
Medical Microbiology
Centre for Infectious Diseases
University of Edinburgh College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
49 Little France Crescent
Edinburgh EH16 4SB
United Kingdom
Email: ipoxton@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Interests: Anaerobes, clostridia and C. difficile.

Dr Mark Wilks
Microbiology
Barts and the London NHS Trust
Microbiology, Pathology and Pharmacy Block,
3rd Floor
80 Newark Street
London E1 2ES
United Kingdom
Email: m.wilks@qmul.ac.uk

Prof Haroun Shah
Head, Molecular Identification Services Unit
Health Protection Agency
Centre for Infections
61 Colindale Avenue
London NW9 5HT
United Kingdom
Email: Haroun.shah@hpa.org.uk

Prof Nigel Minton
Centre for Biomolecular Sciences
Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation
University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham NG7 2RD
United Kingdom
Email:nigel.minton@nottingham.ac.uk
Interests: The development of more effective countermeasures (diagnosis, prevention & treatment) against clostridial pathogens and the exploitation of the medical and industrial properties of beneficial clostridia.

Prof Peter Mullany
Professor of Molecular Microbiology
Microbial Diseases
Eastman Dental Institute
University College London
256 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8LD
United Kingdom
Email: p.mullany@eastman.ucl.ac.uk
Interests: C difficile, genetics of antibitoic resistance, mobile elements.

Dr Val Hall PhD FIBMS
Head Biomedical Scientist
Anaerobe Reference Laboratory
NPHS Microbiology Cardiff
University Hospital of Wales
Heath Park
Cardiff CF14 4XW
United Kingdom
E-mail: val.hall@nphs.wales.nhs.uk
Interests: Actinomyces and related genera, taxonomy and identification of anaerobes, C. difficile.

Mrs Julie Elston
Applications Manager, Clinical Markets
Oxoid
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Wade Road
Basingstoke
Hampshire RG24 8PW
United Kingdom
Email: julie.elston@thermofisher.com
Website: www.oxoid.com
Interests: Clostridium difficile - changing epidemiology, rising number of cases, laboratory testing.

Dr Garry Blakely
Institute of Cell Biology
School of Biological Sciences
University of Edinburgh
Darwin Building, KB
Edinburgh  EH9 3JR
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)131 650 5359
E-mail: Garry.Blakely@ed.ac.uk
Interests: Gene regulation by site-specific recombination; Mechanisms of homologous recombination in anaerobes; Restriction alleviation of Type I R-M systems; Commensal-host interactions in the human GI tract.