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Roman Arguello

Dr Roman Arguello

Lecturer in Genetics, Genomics and Fundamental Cell Biology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
evolutionary genomics, sensory neurobiology, evo-devo, behaviour
Caroline Brennan

Prof Caroline Brennan

Professor of Molecular Genetics
Interim Head of The School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
zebrafish, development, comparative cognition, addiction, neurobiology
Richard Buggs

Prof Richard Buggs

Professor of Evolutionary Genomics
Senior Research Leader (Plant Health and Adaptation) at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
genomics, speciation, tree health, hybridisation, polyploidy, genetics
Elisabeth Busch-Nentwich

Dr Elisabeth Busch-Nentwich

Senior Lecturer in Organismal Biology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Functional Genomics, Disease Modelling, Developmental Biology
Tanai Cardona

Dr Tanai Cardona

Reader in Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Photosynthesis, Photosystem, Directed Evolution, Molecular Evolution, Cyanobacteria
Alexandre De Mendoza Soler

Dr Alexandre De Mendoza Soler

Senior Lecturer in Bioinformatics

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Epigenomics, Macroevolution, Protists, DNA methylation, Transposable Elements, Phylogeny
Mario dos Reis

Dr Mario dos Reis

Reader in Statistical Phylogenetics

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Phylogenetics, Molecular Evolution, Genomics, Population Genetics
Viji Draviam Sastry

Prof Viji Draviam Sastry

Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Cell division, Cytoskeleton, Genomic Instability, Proteomics, Genomic variants, Cancer cell biology
Christophe Eizaguirre

Prof Christophe Eizaguirre

Professor of Evolutionary and Conservation Genetics
Head of The Department of Biology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Conservation, Genomics, Endangered Species, Sea Turtles
Mohamed Elbadawi

Dr Mohamed Elbadawi

Lecturer in Computational Physiology / Biomedicine

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Maurice Elphick

Prof Maurice Elphick

Professor of Animal Physiology and Neuroscience

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Neuropeptide, Evolution, Neurobiology, Echinoderm, Physiology
Christoph Engl

Dr Christoph Engl

Senior Lecturer in Microbiology
Deputy Head of Biochemistry Department and Director of MSc Molecular Cell Biology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Molecular Cell Biology of Bacteria, Cellular Adaptation, Single-cell Biology, RNA Processing and Repair
Laurent Frantz

Dr Laurent Frantz

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Matteo Fumagalli

Dr Matteo Fumagalli

Senior Lecturer in Genetics
deputy Head of Biology Department

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
population genetics, bioinformatics, machine learning, evolutionary biology, human evolution
Lee Henry

Dr Lee Henry

Reader in Molecular Microbial Ecology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Evolution, Ecology, Genomics, Symbiosis, Entomology, Microbiology
Paul Hurd

Dr Paul Hurd

Reader in Genome Regulation and Epigenetics

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Honey bee, Functional Genomics, Epigenetics, Chromatin, Phenotypic plasticity
Pavel Kratina

Dr Pavel Kratina

Senior Lecturer in Ecology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Climate warming, Biodiversity loss, Food webs, Network rewiring, Aquatic-terrestrial linkages, Diet tracing and stable isotopes
Nadine Lavan

Dr Nadine Lavan

Lecturer in Biological Psychology
Co-lead for EDI

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
voice perception, identity perception, person perception, first impressions, face perception, emotion perception
Chema Martín-Durán

Dr Chema Martín-Durán

Reader in Organismal Biology
Head of The Centre for Evolutionary and Functional Genomics

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
EvoDevo, Animal embryology, Evolutionary biology, Comparative genomics, Epigenomics
Richard Nichols

Prof Richard Nichols

Professor of Evolutionary Genetics

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Population Genetics, Evolutionary Genomics, Bayesian Analysis, Conservation, Range Expansion, Invasive Species
Vicencio Oostra

Dr Vicencio Oostra

Future Leaders Fellow & Senior Lecturer

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
tropical butterflies, evolutionary adaptation, phenotypic plasticity, gene regulation, population and comparative genomics, biodiversity
Isabel M Palacios

Dr Isabel M Palacios

Lecturer of Cell Biology
Deputy Director of Research Nanchang

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Drosophila, human organoids, human iPSCs, organogenesis, cell biophysics, cytoskeleton
Charalampos (Babis) Rallis

Dr Charalampos (Babis) Rallis

Reader in Genetics, Genomics and Fundamental Cell Biology
Director of Industrial Innovation

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Ageing, Metabolism, Fission yeast, Neurons, Senescence, Phenomics
Stephen Rossiter

Prof Stephen Rossiter

Professor of Molecular Ecology and Evolution

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Molecular ecology, bat ecology and evolution, Mammalian phylogenetics, southeast Asian biodiversity
Angelika Stollewerk

Dr Angelika Stollewerk

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Peter Thorpe

Dr Peter Thorpe

Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry
Deputy Dean for Research - Impact and Industrial Engagement

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
cell division, chromosome segregation, kinetochore, cell cycle
Elena Torlai Triglia

Dr Elena Torlai Triglia

Lecturer in Genetics, Genomics & Fundamental Cell Biology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Gene regulation, Single-cell genomics, Cancer biology, Epigenetics
Petra Ungerer

Dr Petra Ungerer

Technical Facilities Manager

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Elisabetta Versace

Dr Elisabetta Versace

Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor)

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
animal cognition, predispositions, experimental evolution, early cognition, crossmodality, dance science - positive psychology
Yannick Wurm

Prof Yannick Wurm

Professor of Evolutionary Genomics and Bioinformatics

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
genome evolution, bioinformatics, ants, pollinators, pollinator health, social insects