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Details for Dr Jim Spencer
| Personal details | |
| Name | Dr Jim Spencer |
| Job title | Reader in Microbiology |
| Department | School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine University of Bristol |
| Contact details | This expert can be contacted via the University of Bristol Public Relations
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| Qualifications | B.A.(Cantab.), Ph.D.(Bristol) |
| Professional details | |
| Keywords | microbial pathogenesis β-lactams carbapenems fluoroquinolones oxazolidinone linezolid |
| Areas of expertise | My current research centres around the application of rapid kinetic and crystallographic methods to study of the structure, mechanism and inhibition of both serine and metallo-beta-lactamases. I am interested in the molecular mechanisms by which resistance arises to a range of important antibiotic classes. I am also investigating the mechanisms by which P. aeruginosa, establishes infection. |