The Department of Medical Microbiology is domiciled in the School of Biomedical Sciences at the College of Health Sciences (COHES). The Department was initially established as a sub-department in the Faculty of Science in 2006 and was moved to COHES in 2012. The Department conducts research and training in infectious diseases of humans. Scientists, graduate students and support and technical staff all work in the department. At all levels, the leadership within the department guides the pursuit of our strategic goals and facilitates individual creativity, mentorship, coordination of work, and sharing of resources and opportunities. It ensures a friendly working environment of trust, respect and collegiality.

The Department of Medical Microbiology offers academic and research programs of study leading to the award of BSc, M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees suitable for a career in Microbiology or Infectious Diseases.

The Department of Medical Microbiology is domiciled in the School of Biomedical Sciences at the College of Health Sciences (COHES). The department was initially established as a sub-department in the Faculty of Science in 2006 and was moved to COHES in 2012. The Department conducts research and training in infectious diseases of humans. Scientists, graduate students and support and technical staff all work in the department.

At all levels, the leadership within the department guides the pursuit of our strategic goals and facilitates individual creativity, mentorship, coordination of work, and sharing of resources and opportunities. It ensures a friendly working environment of trust, respect and collegiality.

Vision

Our vision is to be a leading department of infectious diseases research.

Mission

Our mission is to create and disseminate infectious diseases knowledge. In doing so we will develop students into creative, responsible and confident young researchers. We do this by encouraging our masters degree students to create their own tailor-made research from a wide range of offered lectures, seminars and courses.

Core values

The Department seeks to foster and sustain a creative and supportive working environment based upon an ethos of respect and rigorous scientific enquiry.

We are committed to:

 

1. 1. Excellence

1. 1. Creativity

1. 1. Synergies

1. 1. Sharing

1. 1. Partnerships

1. 1. Equity and diversity

1. 1. Sustainability

Teaching labs of Medical Microbiology Department

The Department of Medical Microbiology puts a priority on hands-on learning provided our experienced technologists and research-grade equipment.  The Medical Microbiology Teaching Lab is used to support our infection biology causes. Infection biology is the study of  host pathogen interactions at the molecular level. In the last century, most research and innovation has been geared towards the development of drugs for killing infectious agents and vaccines for preventing infection. Research is now contending with the emergence of new infections for which no treatment or vaccination exists, and the emergence of drug resistant strains of infectious agents. Slowly, microbiologists and immunologists have come to the conclusion that radical new ways of fighting infectious disease are needed. A more holistic approach that takes into account the complex set of feedback loops between pathogens, host immune systems and our own microbiota. Better understanding of the host pathogen interactions at the molecular level may yield answers and open up new ways of thinking about pathogenesis.  The Department of Medical Microbiology believes in providing students with research-grade, state-of-the-art equipment, both for learning and for research. We are always expanding and upgrading our suite of equipment, so our equipment list is not exhaustive