Cell and Developmental Biology

Head of Division: Kate Storey
Deputy Head of Division: Arno Muller
Secretary: Nikoletta Patourgia
Lab Manager: Marianne Reilly



Researchers in this Division investigate the mechanisms of differentiation in developing organisms, stem cells and adult tissues and how these are corrupted in disease states.


Our work combines classical embryology and genetic approaches with multi-scale systems analyses to understand gene regulation and function, including super-resolution/long term cell and tissue imaging, genome-wide analyses and mathematical modelling.

Group Leaders

Mikael Bjorklund
Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow and Lecturer
Regulation of cell growth in multicellular organisms.
Kim Dale
Royal Society University Research Fellow
Establishing the vertebrate embryonic body plan
Jens Januschke
Wellcome Trust and Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellow
Dynamics of cell polarisation
Carol MacKintosh
Professor of Molecular Signalling and Associate Dean of Research
14-3-3s in cellular responses
Arno Muller
Reader and Deputy head of Division of Cell and Developmental Biology
Cell signaling networks in polarised tissue establishment and remodeling
Inke Nathke
Professor Epithelial Biology and Cancer
From molecules to tissue architecture
Timothy Newman
Professor of Biophysics & SULSA Research Professor of Systems Biology
Theoretical and computational analysis of fluctuations in biological systems.
Pauline Schaap
Professor of Developmental Signalling
Experimental and evolutionary reconstruction of developmental signalling pathways
Kate Storey
Professor of Neural Development and Head of the Division of Cell and Developmental Biology
Neural differentiation in embryos and embryonic stem cells
Kees Weijer
Professor of Developmental Physiology and Head of Systems Biology
Cell-cell signalling and chemotactic cell movement during development
Jeff Williams
Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow
Signal transduction pathways that regulate Dictyostelium gene expression