Professor Anna Amtmann
Professor for Molecular Plant Physiology (Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology)
Research interests: Molecular mechanisms for mineral nutrition and salt'drought resistance of plants.
Dr Catherine Berry
Lecturer (Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology)
Research interests: Cell-nanoparticle interactions, using various nanoparticles (eg. quantum dots, gold and magnetic) conjugated to cell penetrating peptides with the aim of targeted cell uptake to the nucleus.
Professor Michael Blatt
Professor - Regius Professor of Botany (Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology)
Research interests: Ion channel structure and function in plant cell signalling. Mechanisms and roles of membrane trafficking proteins in cellular homeostasis and stress responses of plants.
Professor Neil Bulleid
Professor in Cell Biology (Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology)
Research interests: How proteins fold, assemble and are modified in the endoplasmic reticulum of mammalian cells.
Professor John Christie
Professor of Photobiology (Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology)
Research interests: Molecular basis of UV/blue light signalling in plants; Engineering novel fluorescent proteins; Design of synthetic photoswitches for optogenetic applications
Professor Richard Cogdell
Professor - Hooker Chair of Botany (Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology)
Research interests: The Structure and Function of Purple Bacterial Photosynthetic Membrane Proteins.
Dr Sean Colloms
Senior Lecturer (Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology)
Professor Matthew Dalby
Professor of Cell Engineering (Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology)
Research interests: - Adult stem cell interactions with nanotopography, dynamic (cell responsive) surfaces, 3D hydrogels and growth factors organising interfaces. - Metabolomics for stem cells. - Stem cell mechanotransduction.
Professor Shireen Davies
Professor of Integrative Cell Signalling (Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology)
Research interests: Cell signalling mechanisms in epithelial stress and response.
Professor Julian Dow
Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology. (Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology)
Research interests: Molecular Physiology of Ion Transport and Cell Signalling Pathways in Drosophila.
Professor Gwyn Gould
Professor of Cell Biology (Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology)
Research interests: The role of membrane traffic in cytokinesis. SNARE protein function and regulation. Regulated membrane traffic in adipocytes.
Dr Pawel Herzyk
Senior Lecturer (Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology)
Research interests: Analysis of data generated by -omics technologies, structural bioinformatics, molecular modelling of transmembrane proteins.
Dr Brian Hudson
Lecturer (Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology)
Professor Gareth Jenkins
Professor of Plant Cell and Molecular Biology (Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology)
Research interests: 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 Eirini Kaiserli
Lecturer (Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology)
Research interests: How nuclear architecture coordinates changes in gene expression and protein organisation to regulate cell growth and survival in response to endogenous and environmental stimuli.
Dr Sharon Kelly
Research Fellow (Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology)
Research interests: Protein structure and folding; protein-protein interactions; protein-ligand interactions; and protein-DNA interactions.
Dr Thimo Kurz
Senior Lecturer (Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology)
Professor Graeme Milligan
Gardiner Chair of Biochemistry (Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology)
Research interests: G-protein coupled receptors, G-proteins and signal transduction.
Professor Darren Monckton
Professor of Human Genetics (Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology)
Research interests: Simple sequence repeats, genetic variation and human disease.
Professor Hugh Nimmo
Professor of Plant Biochemistry (Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology)
Research interests: Control of Primary Metabolic Pathways in Plants by Environmental and Circadian Factors.
Dr Mathis Riehle
Reader (Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology)
Research interests: 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.
Dr Brian Smith
Lecturer (Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology)
Research interests: NMR spectroscopy for the determination of protein and nucleic acid structure, dynamics and interaction. Methylated DNA binding proteins. Nematode fatty acid binding proteins.
Professor Marshall Stark
Professor of Molecular Genetics (Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology)
Research interests: Mechanisms of DNA site-specific recombination systems, and their applications in Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology
Professor Andrew Tobin
Professor of Molecular Pharmacology (Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology)
Professor Kostas Tokatlidis
Cathcart Chair (Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology)
Research interests: Mitochondria biogenesis (protein targeting/folding/assembly) in health and disease.
Professor Helen Walden
Professor of Structural Biology (Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology)
Research interests: Specificity and disease in the ubiquitin system
Dr Cheryl Woolhead
Senior Lecturer (Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology)
Research interests: Biogenesis of E.coli inner-membrane proteins from the ribosome tunnel to the lipid bilayer.
