Cellular and Developmental Biology Supervisors
Cell Biology MRes/PhD Supervisors
- Federico Dajas-Bailador (Axon guidance and developmental neurobiology)
- Steve Alexander (Endogenous cannabinoid system, with particular focus on inflammation and pain)
- Tomas Bellamy (Neuron-glial signalling, astrocyte biology and modelling of glial calcium kinetics)
- Rudolf Billeter-Clark (Human skeletal muscle; The effects of ageing; The effects of exercise)
- Steve Briddon (Molecular Pharmacology of G protein-coupled receptors and advanced fluorescence imaging)
- William Brown (Chromosome biology)
- Meritxell Canals (G protein-coupled receptor signalling and drug-screening with a focus on inflammation and pain)
- Claire Friel (Cytoskeletal Dynamics and the Mechanochemistry of Motor Proteins)
- Marios Georgiou (Cancer biology; Cell morphogenisis)
- Alan Huett (The role of autophagy in sensing and controlling bacterial infection)
- Alistair Hume (Organelles and disease)
- Ian Kerr (Mechanisms and structures of proteins involved in transmembrane flux)
- Rob Lane (Neuropharmacology of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCRs) function and signalling)
- Andrew Renault (Drosophila germ cell migration)
- Rita Tewari (Functional analysis of signalling pathways modulating malaria parasite development, cell division and parasite proliferation)
- Uwe Vinkemeier (Neuroimmunology and cytokine-regulation of STAT transcriptional activity in the immune system)
- Sally Wheatley (Cell division and cancer)
- Bill Wickstead (Trypanosome biology)
Developmental Biology MRes/PhD Supervisors
- Andrew Renault (Drosophila germ cell migration)
- Federico Dajas-Bailador (Signal integration and the regulation of protein levels in the axonal growth cone)
- Angus Davison (Variations in snail development)
- Matt Loose (Nanopore sequencing)
- Rita Tewari (Functional analysis of signalling pathways modulating malaria parasite development, cell division and parasite proliferation)
Stem Cell Biology MRes/PhD Supervisors
- Martin Gering (Embryonic haematopoiesis in zebrafish)
- Andrew Johnson (Development of primordial germ cells, programming of cellular pluripotency)
- Andrew Renault (Drosophila germ cell migration)
- Sebastian Serres (Development of a cutting-edge metabolic imaging method- called Dynamic Nuclear Polarisation 13C MR spectroscopy; Investigating metabolic changes associated with brain and musculoskeletal function in health and disease)
Molecular Cell Biology MRes/PhD Supervisors
- Andrew Renault (Drosophila germ cell migration)
- Federico Dajas-Bailador (Axon guidance and developmental neurobiology)
- Steve Alexander (Endogenous cannabinoid system, with particular focus on inflammation and pain)
- Andrew Bennett (Neuroinflammation and metabolic dysfunction)
- William Brown (The genetics and evolution of centromere assembly in vertebrates and fission yeast; Human mini-chromosome engineering)
- Claire Friel (Cytoskeletal Dynamics and the Mechanochemistry of Motor Proteins)
- Marios Georgiou (Cancer biology; Cell morphogenisis)
- Alistair Hume (Organelles and disease)
- Ian Kerr (Mechanisms and structures of proteins involved in transmembrane flux)
- Robert Layfield (Ubiquitin-mediated signalling and proteostasis; Paget's disease of bone - molecular mechanisms and ancient forms of the disorder; Neurodegenerative disorders - ALS and FTLD; Proteomic analyses - including of ancient proteins (paleoproteomics); Protein structure and function)
- Lopa Leach (Regulation of vascular flow and barrier function in the human placenta in normal and compromised pregnancies)
- Rita Tewari (Functional analysis of signalling pathways modulating malaria parasite development, cell division and parasite proliferation)
- Uwe Vinkemeier (Cytokines; Signal transduction in myeloid cells)
- Sally Wheatley (cell cycle, cell death and cancer)
- Bill Wickstead (Trypanosome biology)