1. Advanced Hydrogel for Management of Bacterial Wound Infections Hanif Haidari and Zlatko Kopecki 2. Biofilm Characterization: Imaging, analysis and considerations Samuel Cheeseman 3. (chapter title to follow) Charlotte Conn and Brendan Dyett 4. Parasitic worm interactions with host molecular machinary Bernd Heinz Kalinna and Anna Walduck 5. Investigation of microbes and surface carbohydrates using Atomic Force Microscopy Daniel Sijmons, Anna Walduck, Aaron Elbourne and Paul A. Ramsland 6. Interactions Between Microbial Cells and Titanium Implant Surfaces Rachel Anne Caruso and Louisa Huang 7. Targeting Bacterial Polysaccharides with Antibodies and Vaccines Gerald B. Pier and Tomas Maira-Litran 8. Using next generation sequencing to study host-pathogen interactions Thi Thu Hao Van and Bronwyn E. Campbell 9. Microbial Nano-Biosynthesis: Biomedical, Food and Environmental Applications Belma Nural Yaman and Benan Inan 10. Functional co-expression of LEA peptides: Providing an environment for efficient cellular recombinant protein expression Shinya Ikeno