Principal Investigators and Associates
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Dr. Constance AlabertPrincipal Investigator DNA replication in the context of chromatin – Implications for human diseases |
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Professor Dario Alessi FRS FRSEProfessor of Signal Transduction and Director of MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit (MRC-PPU) and the Division of Signal Transduction Therapy Unit (DSTT) Understanding signalling pathways mutated in inherited disorders |
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Professor Simon ArthurProfessor of Immune Signalling and Deputy Head of the Division of Cell Signalling and Immunology Signaling networks that control inflammation |
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Professor Geoff Barton FRSE FRSBProfessor of Bioinformatics Protein and nucleic acid sequence analysis and function prediction |
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Dr. Megan BergkesselPrincipal Investigator |
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Professor Paul Birch FRSEProfessor of Plant Pathology and Head of Division of Plant Sciences Plant pathogen interactions |
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Professor Julian Blow FRSE FMedSciProfessor of Chromosome Maintenance and Dean, School of Life Sciences How DNA replication is organised and controlled to ensure precise chromosome duplication |
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Dr Jorunn BosRoyal Society of Edinburgh Personal Research Fellow |
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Professor John BrownChair of Molecular Plant Sciences RNA processing and expression |
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Dr Davide BulgarelliRoyal Society of Edinburgh Research Fellow Structure, function and host control of the plant microbiota |
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Dr Paul CampbellAssociate Principal Investigator The application of Physics to Biology |
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Professor Doreen Cantrell CBE FRS FRSE FMedSciProfessor of Cellular Immunology and Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow T-lymphocyte signal transduction |
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Professor Alessio Ciulli FRSCProfessor of Chemical and Structural Biology Chemical and Structural Biology of Protein-Protein Interactions |
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Professor Geoffrey Codd FRSEEmeritus Professor of Microbiology Cyanotoxins and microbial metabolites |
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Professor Sir Philip Cohen FRS FRSE FAA FFMedSciProfessor of Enzymology Signaling Networks in the Innate Immune System |
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Professor Tricia Cohen FRSBProfessor of Molecular Biology Protein phosphatases in cellular regulation |
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Dr Sarah CoulthurstReader and Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow Bacterial pathogens and protein secretion systems |
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Professor Victoria Cowling FRSE FRSBProfessor of Biology, Lister Institute Fellow, MRC Senior Fellow and Deputy-Head of The Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression mRNA cap regulation |
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Professor Paul Crocker FRSEProfessor of Glycoimmunology and Head of the Division of Cell Signalling and Immunology Glycan-dependent regulation of immune and inflammatory responses |
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Professor Kim Dale FRSBAssociate Dean (International) Establishing the vertebrate embryonic body plan |
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Dr Helge DorfmuellerRoyal Society and Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Dale Fellow Investigation of cell wall biogenesis in Streptococci |
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Professor Alan Fairlamb CBE, FLS, FRSE, FMedSci, FRSBProfessor of Biochemistry and Wellcome Principal Research Fellow Biochemical Drug Targets in Parasites |
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Professor Sir Mike Ferguson CBE FRS FRSE FMedSci FRSBRegius Professor of Life Sciences Molecular parasitology, glycobiology and drug discovery |
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Professor Mark Field FRSBProfessor of Cell Biology and Parasitology Molecular parasitology, intracellular transport, gene expression, eukaryotic evolution |
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Dr Greg FindlayProgramme Leader MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit Embryonic Stem Cell Signaling Modules |
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Professor Andy FlavellAssociate Staff Structure, evolution and biodiversity of crop plant genomes |
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Professor Geoff Gadd FRSB FLS FLSW FRSEBoyd Baxter Chair of Biology Geomicrobiology, Geomycology and Bioremediation |
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Dr Ian GanleyProgramme Leader Molecular analysis of autophagy |
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Professor Anton GartnerProfessor of Genetics C. elegans genetics as a model to study basic biological problems |
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Professor Ian Gilbert FRSCProfessor of Medicinal Chemistry and Head of the Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery Design and synthesis of potential therapeutic agents |
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Professor David GrayHead of Biology and Professor of Translational Biology Molecular Pharmacology and Compound Screening |
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Professor Claire Halpin FRSE FRSBAssociate Dean of Research and Professor of Plant Biology and Biotechnology Manipulation of plant metabolism using reverse genetics |
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Professor Grahame Hardie FRS, FRSE, FMedSciProfessor of Cellular Signalling The LKB1-AMPK signalling cascade |
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Professor Ron Hay FRS FRSE FMedSciProfessor of Molecular Biology Role of ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins in transcriptional regulation |
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Ingo Hein | Professor (CAU) | Ph.D | Dipl. Biol. | FRSBPrincipal Investigator Plant Pathogen Co-evolution |
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Dr Piers HemsleyPrincipal Investigator Regulation of protein function in plants by S-acylation |
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Dr. Robyn HickersonActing Principal Investigator |
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Professor Andrew Hopkins FRSC FRSE FRSBChair of Medicinal Informatics and SULSA Research Professor of Translational Biology Chemoinformatics, chemogenomics and drug discovery |
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Professor David Horn FRSEProfessor of Parasite Molecular Biology Antigenic variation, drug resistance and RNAi screens in trypanosomes |
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Dr Edgar HuitemaSenior Lecturer Mechanisms of virulence acquisition during Phytophthora-host associations |
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Professor Hari Hundal FHEA FRSBProfessor of Molecular Physiology Hormonal, nutrient and stress-mediated modulation of fuel and energy metabolism |
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Professor Bill Hunter FRSE, FMedSci, FRSCProfessor of Structural Biology Protein structure and function; fundamental chemical biology and early stage antimicrobial drug discovery |
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Dr Jens JanuschkeWellcome Trust and Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellow, Deputy Head of the Division of Cell & Developmental Biology Dynamics of cell polarisation |
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Professor Lyn JonesEmeritus Professor of Plant Ecology The Adaptation of Plants to Environmental Stresses |
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Dr. Yogesh KulathuProgramme Leader Ubiquitin signalling mechanisms |
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Professor Karim Labib FRSEProfessor of Genome Integrity Roles and regulation of the eukaryotic replisome in preserving genome integrity and epigenetics |
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Professor Angus Lamond FRS FRSE FMedSciProfessor of Biochemistry Nuclear structure proteomics and gene expression |
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Professor David Lilley FRS FRSE FRSCProfessor of Molecular Biology and Director of the Cancer Research UK Nucleic Acid Structure Research Group Nucleic acid structure |
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Professor Carol MacKintosh FRSBProfessor of Molecular Signalling and Head of Postgraduate Studies Diabetes and cancer as disorders of 'signal multiplexing' in the vertebrate animals |
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Dr Leeanne McGurkPrincipal Investigator |
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Dr Sarah McKimRoyal Society of Edinburgh Personal Research Fellow Developmental biology of plant architecture |
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Professor Irwin McLean FRS FRSE FMedSciEmeritus Professor of Genetic Medicine Dermatology and Genetic Medicine - treating genetic disease |
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Dr Henry McSorleyPrincipal Investigator |
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Dr. Ignacio Moraga GonzalezPrincipal Investigator |
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Professor Miratul MuqitWellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship in Clinical Science and Programme Leader Elucidation of the PINK1 signaling pathway in Parkinson’s disease |
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Dr David MurrayWellcome Trust and Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellow Understand the basic molecular mechanics in the formation of subcellular structures |
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Dr Philip MurrayLecturer of Mathematics |
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Professor Inke NathkeProfessor of Epithelial Biology and Cancer, Associate Dean Professional Culture From molecules to tissue architecture |
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Dr David NormanReader in Structural Biology Magnetic Resonance, FRET, EPR, Spin-labeling and PELDOR |
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Professor Tom Owen-Hughes FRSEProfessor of Chromatin Structure and Function, Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow Chromatin structure and gene regulation |
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Dr Mattie PawlowicPrincipal Investigator, Lecturer |
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Dr. Federico PelischMRC Career Development Fellow |
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Dr Andrei PisliakovSenior Lecturer in Physics & Dundee Fellow Computational Biophysics |
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Dr Kasper RasmussenPrincipal Investigator Investigating the regulation and function of DNA methylation in hematopoiesis |
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Professor John Raven FRS FRSEEmeritus Professor Interactions among resources in the growth of phytoplankton |
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Professor Kevin ReadProfessor of Quantitative Pharmacology and Head of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics Drug discovery, lead optimisation and preclinical development |
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Professor John Rouse FRSEProgramme Leader in Protein Phosphorylation Control of chromosome stability and DNA repair in health and disease |
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Dr Adrien RousseauPrincipal Investigator |
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Dr Gopal SapkotaProgramme Leader in Protein Phosphorylation Untangling the TGFβ and Wnt signalling networks in cells, development and human diseases |
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Professor Pauline Schaap FRSE FRSBProfessor of Developmental Signalling Experimental and evolutionary reconstruction of developmental signalling pathways |
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Dr. Gabriele SchweikertPrincipal Investigator Computational Biology |
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Professor Gordon Simpson FRSBProfessor of Molecular Genetics and Deputy Head of Division of Plant Sciences RNA and Development |
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Dr Rastko SknepnekSenior Lecturer and Dundee Fellow Computational soft condensed matter and biophysics group |
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Dr Gabriel SollbergerPrincipal Investigator Innate immune cell death and its implications in infections and pathology |
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Professor Janet Sprent OBE, FRSEEmeritus Professor of Plant Biology and Nodulation in legumes |
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Professor Nicola Stanley-Wall FRSE FRSB FEAMProfessor of Molecular Microbiology and Head of the Division of Molecular Microbiology Understanding the molecular mechanism of biofilm formation |
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Professor Mike Stark FRSBEmeritus Professor of Yeast Molecular Biology Regulation of Yeast Cell Growth and Division |
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Dr Marios StavridisProgramme Lead (Biological Sciences) Pluripotent stem cell biology |
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Professor Kate Storey FRSE FMedSci FRSBProfessor of Neural Development and Head of the Division of Cell and Developmental Biology Neural differentiation in embryos and embryonic stem cells |
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Dr. Mahima SwamyWellcome Trust and Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellow Immune interactions at the intestinal epithelium |
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Professor Jason Swedlow FRSEProfessor of Quantitative Cell Biology Mitotic chromosome dynamics |
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Professor Tomo Tanaka FRSEProfessor of Cell and Molecular Biology, Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow Mechanisms ensuring proper chromosome segregation in mitosis |
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Dr Peter TaylorResearch Associate in Molecular Physiology Mechanisms of amino acid transport across mammalian cell membranes |
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Professor Daan van Aalten FRSEProfessor of Biological Chemistry The role of the O-GlcNAc posttranslational modification in neurodegeneration |
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Dr Satpal VirdeeProgramme Leader in Protein Ubiquitylation Chemical Biology Approaches for Studying The Ubiquitin System |
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Professor Colin Watts FRS FRSE FMedSciProfessor of Immunobiology The Cell Biology of the Immune System |
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Professor Robbie Waugh FRSEPersonal Chair of Crop Genomics Personal Chair of Crop Genomics |
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Professor Kees Weijer FRSEProfessor of Developmental Physiology and Head of Systems Biology Cell-cell signalling and chemotactic cell movement during development |
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Professor Jeff Williams FRSEWellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow Signal transduction pathways that regulate Dictyostelium gene expression |
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Professor Jenny Woof FRSB, FHEAProfessor and Associate Dean (Quality & Academic Standards) |
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Professor Paul Wyatt FRSEProfessor of Drug Discovery and Head of the Drug Discovery Unit The discovery of therapeutics for neglected diseases and the translation of novel biology through small molecule drug discovery |
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Dr Susan WylliePrincipal Investigator - Head of the Mode of Action Group Kinetoplastid Biology |
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Professor Ulrich ZachariaeReader/PI Computational Biophysics and Drug Discovery |
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Dr Joost ZomerdijkReader in Gene Regulation and Expression and Programme Lead for MSc Biomedical and Molecular Sciences programmes Molecular mechanisms and control in transcription by RNA polymerase I |