I am a Professor of Microbiology at the University of Leicester and the director of the UK’s newly founded Centre for Phage Research. The Centre for Phage Research aims to tackle current and future global challenges with a focus on medicine, infectious diseases, biotechnology, agriculture, food sustainability and climate change. We use multidisciplinary research to isolate, characterise, understand and deliver phages, phage-based technologies and therapeutics. We are working actively with regulators, policymakers and other stakeholders to establish frameworks and pathways to ultimately enable the public to access phage products.Information on our Centre can be found here: https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/phage-research I am also the editor in chief for the journal PHAGE: therapy, applications and research. My research involves the identification and development of bacteriophages that kill bacteria that cause diseases in humans and animals in an effort to develop new antimicrobials. My work and that of our Centre encompasses all aspects of phage therapy development – from unravelling fundamental biology to product development, and commercialization. Much of my research employs genomic, structural, bioinformatic and AI approaches to identify key traits associated with phage efficacy in clearing infections. Currently I am developing phages for major gut pathogens including clostridial and Salmonella species that cause problems both in humans and animals, for respiratory pathogens and for antibiotic-resistant bacteria that cause urinary tract infections including multi drug resistant E. coli and Klebsiella. Photo is copyright of the University of Leicester, so © University of Leicester.