Research Activities
NIAID researchers are involved in all aspects of investigation to help solve the difficult challenges of bacterial diseases. Research in basic bacteriology includes investigating molecular structure and function, genomics, biochemical composition, and physiological and biochemical processes. Studies on these bacterial pathogens extend basic insights to identify vaccine candidate antigens and drug targets and to examine mechanisms of infection, pathogenicity, and virulence.
Areas of particular interest include streptococci, pneumonia, nosocomial (hospital-associated) infections, antibiotic resistance, bacterial sexually transmitted diseases, and bacterial diarrhea.
NIAID's program for antibacterial research is facilitated through its intramural labs, technology and research resources, and extramural research support, including support for many bacterial genome sequencing projects.
Labs at NIAID
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