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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
Conrad Bessant

Prof Conrad Bessant

Professor of Bioinformatics

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
data science, computational biology, bioinformatics, artificial intelligence, drug discovery
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
Natalia Bulgakova

Dr Natalia Bulgakova

Lecturer in Genetics, Genomics and Fundamental Cell Biology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
cell adhesion, cytoskeleton, intracellular trafficking, image analysis, Drosophila
Tanai Cardona

Dr Tanai Cardona

Reader in Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Photosynthesis, Photosystem, Directed Evolution, Molecular Evolution, Cyanobacteria
Vidya Chandran Darbari

Dr Vidya Chandran Darbari

Senior Lecturer in Structural Biology
Head of The Centre for Molecular Cell Biology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Structural Biology, Bacterial pathogenesis, Membrane proteins, X-ray Crystallography, Cryo-EM
Matthew Day

Dr Matthew Day

Lecturer in Biochemistry

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Structural biology, CryoEM, Alphafold, DNA replication, DNA repair, Cancer
Elena De Vita

Dr Elena De Vita

Lecturer in Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Chemical Biology, Covalent ligands, Induced Proximity, PHOSTACs, Drug Discovery, High throughput screening
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
Christopher Duffy

Dr Christopher Duffy

Senior Lecturer in Cellular and Molecular Biology
Director of Admissions (SBBS)

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting, Open Quantum Systems, Astrobiology, Bioenergetics
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
Guy Hanke

Dr Guy Hanke

Senior Lecturer in Plant Cell and Molecular Biology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
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
Aravindan Ilangovan

Dr Aravindan Ilangovan

Reader in Structural Biology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Protein-nucleic acid complexes, Helicases, Cryogenic Electron Microscopy
Ivan Kadurin

Dr Ivan Kadurin

Lecturer in Physiology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
ion channels, neuronal excitation, electrophysiology, biochemistry, sub-cellular protein trafficking
Ewan Main

Dr Ewan Main

Senior Lecturer
Director of Student Experience

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Chema Martin-Duran

Dr Chema Martin-Duran

Reader in Organismal Biology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
EvoDevo, Animal embryology, Evolutionary biology, Comparative genomics, Epigenomics
Simon Moore

Dr Simon Moore

Lecturer in Synthetic Biology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Synthetic biology, Biosynthesis, Antimicrobial resistance, Cell-free systems, Gene expression, Enzymes
Conrad Mullineaux

Prof Conrad Mullineaux

Professor of Microbiology
Bacteriology Theme Lead

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Cyanobacteria, Photosynthesis, Bacterial cell biology
Nikola Ojkic

Dr Nikola Ojkic

Lecturer

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Bacterial cell size regulation, Biophysics, Antibiotic resistance, Microbiology
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
Richard Pickersgill

Prof Richard Pickersgill

Professor of Structural Biology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
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
Alexander Ruban

Prof Alexander Ruban

Professor in Biophysics

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
photosynthesis, light harvesting, chloroplast adaptation, NPQ, xanthophylls, spectroscopy
Benjamin Stieglitz

Dr Benjamin Stieglitz

Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Ubiquitin, Innate Immunity, Inflammation, Enzymology, Host-pathogen interaction, Structural biology
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
Mark Van Breugel

Dr Mark Van Breugel

Lecturer in Biochemistry

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Centrioles, Centrosomes, Primary Cilia, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Structural Biology
John Viles

Dr John Viles

Reader in Biochemistry

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Amyloids, Protein Misfolding, Alzheimer's, Prions, Bioinorganic Chemistry
Vladimir Volkov

Dr Vladimir Volkov

Senior Lecturer in Physiology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
cell division, kinetochore, microtubules, cytoskeleton, multivalency, cryoET