Professor Jamie Triccas is head of the Microbial Immunity and Pathogenesis Group located in the Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology at the University of Sydney. He is a graduate of the University of Sydney and also trained at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, France. His work is focused on determining how virulent bacteria promote disease, and developing novel strategies to prevent infection. Over the last 10 years he has focused his efforts on the development of new tuberculosis vaccines and drugs, and a number of these candidates are nearing clinical trials in humans.