DP_AEM is an inter-university and inter-research centre program bringing together a team of experts on Molecular and Cellular Microbiology, Genetics, Biochemistry, Functional and Comparative Genomics, Bioinformatics, Systems and Synthetic Microbiology, Microbial Diversity and Evolution, Microbial Biotechnology, Environmental Microbiology, Microbial Ecology as well as Microbial Pathogenesis.