Martha Clokie PhD

Professor Clokie is a Professor of Microbiology at the University of Leicester, UK, Department of Infection, Immunity, and Inflammation. Professor Cloakie’s primary research interest is in understanding the ecology and molecular biology of bacteriophages and their relationships with bacterial hosts; both in bacterial pathogens and environmentally important bacteria. Much of her work focuses on the exploitation of bacteriophages and phage-derived products as an alternative to treating antibiotic resistant bacterial infections.The system that Professor Cloakie has progressed furthest is Clostridium difficile where her research group has identified a large set of phages that effectively target this pathogen and are currently developing them as therapeutics, Other projects include determining the impact of phages on the gut microbiota.