Rita Sobral

Rita Sobral is Assistant professor in UNL, Lisbon. She is Head of the Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology of Bacterial Pathogens at UCIBIO@REQUIMTE. Research carried on in the Lab MolMicro of Bacterial Pathogens focusses on the molecular mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus, in particular the role of the bacterial cell wall and the physiology of the peptidoglycan polymer.