Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry MRes/Phd Supervisors
Fungal Biology MRes/Phd Supervisors
- Paul Dyer (Fungal sexual development; Microbiology of fungal pathogens; Fungal human and plant pathogens; Evolution of antifungal resistance and development of novel antifungal compounds; Use of fungi in food production; Lichen biochemistry; Biotechnological applications of fungi)
- Simon Avery (Microbiology of fungal pathogens; Fungal human and plant pathogens; Evolution of antifungal resistance and development of novel antifungal compounds; Use of fungi in food production; Biotechnological applications of fungi)
- Matthias Brock (Control of fungal pathogens; Fungal secondary metabolism; Fungal human and plant pathogens; Lichen biochemistry; Biotechnological applications of fungi)
Molecular Biology Supervisors
- 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)
- Nigel Minton (Clostridial gene technologies)
- Christopher Penfold (Bacteriocin production by E. Coli; Anti-microbial peptides; Hybrid molecules)
- Rita Tewari (Functional analysis of signalling pathways modulating malaria parasite development, cell division and parasite proliferation)
- Uwe Vinkemeier (Cytokines; Signal transduction in myeloid cells)
- Ying Zhang (strain engineering; bioproducts from renewable sources; synthetic biology approaches to generate novel strains with advanced properties; synthetic bioactive peptides/protein)
Molecular Microbiology Supervisors
- Thorsten Allers (Archaeal genome biology)
- Steve Atkinson (Bacterial virulence)
- Simon Avery (Fungal cell variation)
- Ed Bolt (Genome engineering)
- Matthias Brock (Control of fungal pathogens; Fungal secondary metabolism; Fungal human and plant pathogens; Lichen biochemistry; Biotechnological applications of fungi)
- Ruth Griffin (Vaccine Biotechnology)
- Stephan Heeb (Clinical and cellular microbiology of medically important bacteria - Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus)
- Nigel Minton (Clostridial gene technologies)
- Neil Oldfield (Clinical and cellular microbiology of medically important bacteria - Neisseria species)
- Christopher Penfold (Bacteriocin production by E. Coli; Anti-microbial peptides; Hybrid molecules)
- Bill Wickstead (Trypanosome biology)
- Paul Williams (Cell-to-cell communication (quorum sensing); Discovery of new antibacterial agents and biofilm resistant polymers)
- Klaus Winzer (Bacterial metabolism and physiology, Clostridia, CO-utilising bacteria, quorum-sensing, metabolic engineering, synthetic biology)
- Karl Wooldridge (Molecular and cellular microbiology, bacterial protein secretion, and bacterial vaccines)
- Ying Zhang (strain engineering; bioproducts from renewable sources; synthetic biology approaches to generate novel strains with advanced properties; synthetic bioactive peptides/protein)
Molecular Biosciences Supervisors
- 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)
- Federico Dajas-Bailador (Signal integration and the regulation of protein levels in the axonal growth cone)
- 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)
- Andrew Renault (Developmental biology)
- 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 cance)
- Bill Wickstead (Trypanosome biology)
Biochemistry Supervisors
- Steve Alexander (Endogenous cannabinoid system, with particular focus on inflammation and pain)
- Andrew Bennett (Neuroinflammation and metabolic dysfunction)
- Ed Bolt (Genome engineering)
- Steve Briddon (Molecular Pharmacology of GPCRs; Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy; Single cell pharmacology; Live cell confocal microscopy; Advanced imaging approaches; Single cell calcium measurements; Cell microinjection; Radioligand binding; Second messenger assays; Western blotting and immunoprecipitation)
- Matthias Brock (Control of fungal pathogens; Fungal secondary metabolism; Fungal human and plant pathogens; Lichen biochemistry; Biotechnological applications of fungi)
- 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)
- Rob Lane (G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs))
- 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)
- 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)
- Dmitry Veprintsev (developing approaches for incorporation of protein and systems dynamics GPCRs into drug discovery)
- Uwe Vinkemeier (Cytokines; Signal transduction in myeloid cells)
- Sally Wheatley (cell cycle, cell death and cancer)
Biomedical Sciences Supervisors
- Steve Alexander (Endogenous cannabinoid system, with particular focus on inflammation and pain)
- Ed Bolt (Genome engineering)
- Steve Briddon (Molecular Pharmacology of GPCRs; Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy; Single cell pharmacology; Live cell confocal microscopy; Advanced imaging approaches; Single cell calcium measurements; Cell microinjection; Radioligand binding; Second messenger assays; Western blotting and immunoprecipitation)
- Marios Georgiou (Cancer biology; Cell morphogenisis)
- Ruth Griffin (Vaccine Biotechnology)
- Ian Kerr (Mechanisms and structures of proteins involved in transmembrane flux)
- Nigel Minton (Clostridial gene technologies)
- Christopher Penfold (Bacteriocin production by E. Coli; Anti-microbial peptides; Hybrid molecules)
- Rebecca Trueman (Post-stroke recovery and the things that affect it such as age and infection;The mechanisms underlying post-stroke recovery)
- Uwe Vinkemeier (Cytokines; Signal transduction in myeloid cells)
- Sally Wheatley (cell cycle, cell death and cancer)