Microbial Sciences'contribution to the Development & Disease research theme is to perform world-class research to understand cellular morphogenesis, growth, development and virulence of microbes.

We gain insights into the structure and function of microbial cells by a multidisciplinary and complementary approach based on our strong expertise in genetics, biochemistry, bioinformatics and state-of-the-art imaging techniques.

The microbial cell biology group of the IBL participates in the Centre for Microbial Cell Biology (CMCB), which unites the microbial cell biology expertise of the Leiden region.