Academic staff

Dr Anna Amtmann
'Molecular mechanisms for mineral nutrition and salt'drought resistance of plants'

Dr Catherine Berry
'Dr Berry's research includes cell-nanoparticle interactions, her work at present concentrates on using various nanoparticles (eg. quantum dots, gold and magnetic) conjugated to cell penetrating peptides with the aim of targeted cell uptake to the nucleus'

Prof Mike Blatt
'Ion channel structure and function in plant cell signalling. Mechanisms and roles of membrane trafficking proteins in cellular homeostasis and stress responses of plants'

Dr Nia Bryant
'Control of membrane traffic and SNARE complex assembly - using Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model system'

Prof Neil Bulleid
'How proteins fold, assemble and are modified in the endoplasmic reticulum of mammalian cells'

Prof John Christie 
'Molecular basis of plant photoreceptor signalling'

Prof Richard Cogdell
'The Structure and Function of Purple Bacterial Photosynthetic Membrane Proteins'

Dr Matt Dalby
'Nanobiominetics for bone tissue engineering: osteoprogenitor adhesion and differentiation involving the fabrication on nano-scale surface features that alter stem cell behaviour, driving differentiation towards the production of bone in vitro. A combination of microscopy and genomics are being used to asses the cell phenotype and once optimal topgraphies have been selected, three-dimensional bioreactor culture will allow the production of better bone in the laboratory'

Prof Shireen Davies
'Cell signalling mechanisms in epithelial stress and response'

Prof Julian Dow
'Molecular Physiology of Ion Transport and Cell Signalling Pathways in Drosophila'

Prof Gwyn Gould
'The role of membrane traffic in cytokinesis. SNARE protein function and regulation. Regulated membrane traffic in adipocytes'

Dr Pawel Herzyk
'Analysis of data generated by -omics technologies, structural bioinformatics, molecular modelling of transmembrane proteins'

Prof Gareth Jenkins
'Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of the UV-B, UV-A and Blue Light-Regulation of Gene Expression. Cold-Induced Gene Expression. Gene Expression and Development in the Epidermis'

Dr Sharon Kelly
'Manager of the Protein Characterisation Facility. Involved with collaborative studies encompassing the following main themes: protein structure and folding; protein-protein interactions; protein-ligand interactions; and protein-DNA interactions'

Prof Graeme Milligan
'G-protein coupled receptors, G-proteins and signal transduction'

Prof Darren Monckton
'Simple sequence repeats, genetic variation and human disease'

Prof Hugh Nimmo 
'Control of Primary Metabolic Pathways in Plants by Environmental and Circadian Factors'

Dr Mathis Riehle
'To investigate the molecular mechanisms how cells interact with surfaces using devices made by micro- and nanofabrication with a specific chemical, topographic or mechanical surface design'

Prof Susan Rosser
'Biotechnology, Synthetic Biology, Enzyme Engineering, Bioremediation, Plant NAD Metabolism'

Dr Brian Smith
'NMR spectroscopy for the determination of protein and nucleic acid structure, dynamics and interaction. Methylated DNA binding proteins. Nematode fatty acid binding proteins'

Prof Marshall Stark
'Mechanisms of site-specific recombination'

Dr Cheryl Woolhead
'Biogenesis of E.coli inner-membrane proteins from the ribosome tunnel to the lipid bilayer'

Dr Stephen Yarwood
'Cyclic AMP Signalling'