In this review, published in the influential journal Nature Reviews Microbiology, Umeå researchers Vasili Hauryliuk (also affiliated with Tartu University, Estonia) and Gemma C. Atkinson, together with their collaborators Daniel N. Wilson (University of Hamburg, Germany) and Alex J. O’Neill (University of Leeds, UK) discuss an important and increasingly recognised type of antibiotic resistance: antibiotic resistance through target protection.

Dr. Hanna M. Ollila is a FIMM-EMBL Group Leader at the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), based at the University of Helsinki. Hanna specializes in the genetics of sleep and brain autoimmunity. In this interview, Hanna sheds some light on her field of research and elaborates on future plans for her newly established research group.