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Willem Van Schaik
Professor of Microbiology and Infection,
University of Birmingham
Willem van Schaik is Professor of Microbiology and Infection in the Department of Microbes, Infection and Microbiomes in the School of Infection, Inflammation and Immunology.
He has published more than 80 papers in the field of molecular microbiology, the human microbiome and antibiotic resistance. He has received major grants from BBSRC, the European Commission , the Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR) and The Royal Society. His main research interests are the characterization of the mechanisms by which commensal bacteria evolve to become multi-drug resistant opportunistic pathogens and the analysis of the reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes (‘the resistome’) in complex microbial ecosystems.
He has published more than 80 papers in the field of molecular microbiology, the human microbiome and antibiotic resistance. He has received major grants from BBSRC, the European Commission , the Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR) and The Royal Society. His main research interests are the characterization of the mechanisms by which commensal bacteria evolve to become multi-drug resistant opportunistic pathogens and the analysis of the reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes (‘the resistome’) in complex microbial ecosystems.
Sessions
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Genomics of Multi-Drug Resistance in Opportunistic Bacteria28-Jan-2026Bacteria, Bugs & Big Data Stage