Irish scientist leads innovative work on bacteria

An Irish scientist is leading a €4.6.m project that could revolutionise the understanding and treatment of bacteria and disease.

The work, creating tools that can speed up research into a variety of diseases, is led by Chris Johnston, from Cork.

He is also the youngest recipient of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s Transformative Research Award, one of the most prestigious funding programmes in the United States.