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 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)

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