UCL Division of Infection & Immunity UCL Biofilm Centre
Organisers: Dr Bambos Charalambous The UCL Biofilm Centre is a
virtual centre aiming to bring together a cadre of experts from
different disciplines and from industry that will develop
research strategies and co-ordinate research, development,
training, educational and commercialisation activities. Biofilm-
associated infectious disease has been a neglected area of
clinical research in the UK. Increasing evidence suggests that
many life-threatening infections arise through the development
of biofilms, either directly in the human host or indirectly via
surgical prostheses or catheters. Clinical themes: It has been
known for many years that microbial biofilms are responsible for
a wide range of infections but recent research has established
that their involvement in disease processes is far wider than
originally thought. Main categories of biofilm-associated
disease (BAD) are listed below: - Medical device-associated
infections – due to advances in medical