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Roman Arguello

Dr Roman Arguello

Lecturer in Genetics, Genomics and Fundamental Cell Biology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

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
Queen Mary University of London
020 7882 8888

zebrafish, development, comparative cognition, addiction, neurobiology

Richard Buggs

Prof Richard Buggs

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

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

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
Queen Mary University of London

Functional Genomics, Disease Modeling, Developmental Biology

Tanai Cardona

Dr Tanai Cardona

Reader in Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

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
Queen Mary University of London

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
Queen Mary University of London

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
Queen Mary University of London

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
Queen Mary University of London

Conservation, Genomics, Endangered Species, Sea Turtles

Mohamed Elbadawi

Dr Mohamed Elbadawi

Lecturer in Computational Physiology / Biomedicine

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

Maurice Elphick

Prof Maurice Elphick

Professor of Animal Physiology and Neuroscience

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

Neuropeptide, Evolution, Neurobiology, Echinoderm, Physiology

Christoph Engl

Dr Christoph Engl

Senior Lecturer in Microbiology
Deputy Head of Department (Biochemistry), Director MSc Molecular Cell Biology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

Bacterial Cell Biology, Adaptive Responses, RNA Processing and Repair, Cell-to-Cell Heterogeneity

Laurent Frantz

Dr Laurent Frantz

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

Matteo Fumagalli

Dr Matteo Fumagalli

Senior Lecturer in Genetics
deputy Head of Biology Department

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

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
Queen Mary University of London

Evolution, Ecology, Genomics, Symbiosis, Entomology, Microbiology

Paul J. Hurd

Dr Paul J. Hurd

Reader in Genome Regulation and Epigenetics
Head of The Centre for Evolutionary and Functional Genomics

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

Honey bee, Functional Genomics, Epigenetics, Chromatin, Phenotypic plasticity

Pavel Kratina

Dr Pavel Kratina

Senior Lecturer in Ecology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

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
Queen Mary University of London

voice perception, identity perception, person perception, first impressions, face perception, emotion perception

Chema Martin Duran

Dr Chema Martin Duran

Reader in Organismal Biology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

EvoDevo, Animal embryology, Evolutionary biology, Comparative genomics, Epigenomics

Richard Nichols

Prof Richard Nichols

Professor of Evolutionary Genetics

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

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
Queen Mary University of London

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
Queen Mary University of London

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
Queen Mary University of London

Ageing, Metabolism, Fission yeast, Neurons, Senescence, Phenomics

Stephen Rossiter

Prof Stephen Rossiter

Professor of Molecular Ecology and Evolution

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
020 7882 5096

Molecular ecology, bat ecology and evolution, Mammalian phylogenetics, southeast Asian biodiversity

Angelika Stollewerk

Dr Angelika Stollewerk

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

Peter Thorpe

Dr Peter Thorpe

Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry
Deputy Dean for Research - Impact

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

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
Queen Mary University of London

Gene regulation, Single-cell genomics, Cancer biology, Epigenetics

Petra Ungerer

Dr Petra Ungerer

Technical Facilities Manager

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

Elisabetta Versace

Dr Elisabetta Versace

Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor)

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

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
Queen Mary University of London

genome evolution, bioinformatics, ants, pollinators, pollinator health, social insects