Duncan Maskell’s research interests encompass all things to do with bacterial infectious diseases, with special emphasis on the food-borne pathogens Salmonella enterica and Campylobacter jejuni, and also the respiratory pathogens Bordetella spp. and Streptococcus spp. This work uses various cell and animal models, applying state-of-the-art genomics-based strategies in close collaboration with the Sanger Institute. In addition to an extensive publication record in many different areas of infectious disease research, he has also been a co-Founder of two biotech companies. He continues to work on a variety of bacterial pathogens and how they interact with their host animals.
