Dr Sarah Kuehne is a senior lecturer in oral microbiology and the lead of the Oral Microbiology Research Group at the University of Birmingham in the School of Dentistry. She has over 12 years experience in molecular medical microbiology and published her work in high impact journals. Her particular interest lies in the discovery and characterisation of bacterial virulence factors. Sarah’s lab is working on the communication between bacteria and bacteria-host interactions, studying phenomena like production and sensing of signal molecules (quorum sensing), but also metabolism, sharing of resources, competition, and cooperation. She specialises in anaerobic bacteria and their role in pathogenesis and health. Sarah has great experience in supervising PhD students and MSc, MRes, and undergraduate research projects as well. Sarah’s research group holds close links to the world-renown Institute of Microbiology and Infection (IMI), led by Prof Ian Henderson.