I'm a research scientist in microbiology at University of Bristol! (officially 'Postdoctoral Research Associate')
I grow bacteria, and find out what happens in different experiments, then create mutants of them (like stopping certain genes from working) to see what effect that gene has on it's behaviour. I'm working on a bacterium that causes (among other things) pneumonia and ear/throat infections (
Streptococcus pneumoniae), but my background is with the fungus
Candida albicans in dentistry and oral microbiology
Take a look at my published research
here