Liz Sockett is a world-leading expert on Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus, a species of predatory bacteria.
10 Facts About Liz Sockett
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Liz Sockett moved to University College London for her postgraduate study, and was awarded a PhD in 1986 for research on the biochemistry of motility and taxis in purple bacteria.
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Liz Sockett's lab have studied the genome of Bdellovibrio during the invasion of other bacteria.
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Liz Sockett's group has identified several Bdellovibrio genes that make enzymes which break down important structural components of bacteria, and secrete enzymes that break down chromosomes.
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Liz Sockett is studying the application of predatory bacteria like Bdellovibrio to treat antimicrobial-resistant infections.
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Liz Sockett's strains appeared in electron microscope images in the 2013 book The Flagellar World.
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Liz Sockett's research has been funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Medical Research Council, Leverhulme Trust and the Wellcome Trust.
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Liz Sockett is a communicator and role model for careers in microbiology, which was recognised by the award of the Peter Wildy prize of the Society for General Microbiology in 2006, where her prize lecture was entitled Not Just Germs - Bringing Bacteria to Life.
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Liz Sockett was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to microbiology.
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Liz Sockett was interviewed on The Life Scientific by Jim Al-Khalili in 2017.