At the forefront of infectious‑disease research, our Microbiology Department wields state‑of‑the‑art biosafety level‑3 laboratories, automated microbial culturing platforms, and high‑throughput screening systems. Here, researchers decode pathogen lifecycles in real time, engineer beneficial microbes for sustainable bioprocesses, and design next‑generation antimicrobials all within a collaborative “war room” atmosphere that turns fundamental discovery into life‑saving innovations.