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Meet the Department of Biological Sciences

Meet the Department of Biological Sciences

Hrvoje Augustin

Lecturer in Neuroscience

Keywords: Behaviour, Drosophila, Cell Culture, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Neurodegenerative Diseases

Laurence Bindschedler

Senior Lecturer

Keywords: Crop Protection, Molecular Plant Pathology, Pathogenic Fungi, Plant Susceptibility Genes, Proteomics, RNAi

Laszlo Bogre

Professor of Plant Molecular Cell Biology

Keywords: Growth Processes, Molecular Biology, Plant Cell Biology, Subsistence Farming, Sustainable Agriculture in Africa

Mark Brown

Professor of Evolutionary Ecology & Conservation

Keywords: Animal Behaviour, Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Parasites, Social Insects

Philip Chen

Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences

Keywords: Glutamate Receptors, Ion Channels, Neurobiology, Pharmacology, RNA Editing

Simon Cutting

Professor of Molecular Microbiology

Keywords: Bacterial Spore Formation, Microbial Genetics, Mucosal Vaccines, Probiotics, Spores, Vaccines

Paul Devlin

Reader in Plant Molecular Biology

Keywords: Circadian Clock, Light, Microbiome, Photobiology, Phyllosphere, Plants

Alessandra Devoto

Professor in Molecular Plant Biology

Keywords: Gene Editing, High-Throughput Platforms, Molecular Biology, Plant Hormone (Jasmonates) Biology, Plant Responses to Stress, Systems Biology

Shobana Dissanayeke

Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences

Keywords: Education, Group Work Learning, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology, Transferable Skills

Paul Fraser

Professor of Biochemistry

Keywords: Antioxidants, Bioentrepreneurship, Carotenoids/Isoprenoids, Engineering Biology, Industrial Enzymes, Metabolomics

Cristina Garcia

Lecturer in Ecology 

Keywords: Biological Interactions, Forest Regeneration, Gene Flow, Landscape Ecology, Landscape Genetics, Seed Dispersal

Lydia Hanna

Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences

Keywords: Active Learning, Circadian Rhythms, Empowering Students, Neuropharmacology, Neurophysiology, Pedagogy

Deborah Harvey

Lecturer in Ecology and Conservation

Keywords: Beetles, Education, Engagement with Nature, Monitoring, Pheromones, Subjective Wellbeing

Vincent Jansen

Professor of Mathematical Biology

Keywords: Biodiversity, Cooperation, Ecology, Epidemiology, Evolution, Modelling

Julia Koricheva

Professor of Ecology

Keywords: Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, Forest Ecology, Meta-Analysis, Nature-Based Solutions, Plant-Herbivore Interactions

Gerhard Leubner

Professor of Plant Biochemistry

Keywords: Allelochemicals, Crop Seed Agri-Technologies, Food Security, Seed Microbiome, Stress Resilience Gene, Weed Seed Bank Ecophysiology

Enrique Lopez-Juez

Professor in Plant Development

Keywords: Chloroplast, Genetics, Photosynthesis, Plant Molecular Biology

Walter Lucchesi

Senior Lecturer in Medical Biochemistry

Keywords: Careers, Immunology, Industry, Memory, Teaching Formats

Alberto Malerba

Lecturer in Gene Therapy

Keywords: Antisence Oligonucleotides, Cell Biology, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Gene Editing, Gene Replacement, Muscle Disease

James McEvoy

Professor of Biological Chemistry

Keywords: Active Learning, Antibiotic Resistance, Biochemistry, Biological Chemistry, Microbiology, Pedagogy

Jenny Murdoch

Senior Lecturer in Developmental Neurobiology

Keywords:

Sarah Papworth

Reader in Conservation Biology

Keywords: Conservation Science, Human Behaviour, Primate Behaviour, Social Science

Rudiger Riesch

Senior Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology

Keywords: Bioacoustics, Invasive Species, Life-History Evolution, Phenotypic Plasticity, Pollution, Speciation

Pankaj Sharma

Professor of Neurobiology

Keywords: Cardiovascular Disease, Clinical, Genetic, Populations, South Asians, Stroke

Stuart Snowden

Lecturer in Metabolomics

Keywords: Alzheimer's Disease, Metabolomics, Metabolism, Metabolic Profiling, Neurodegeneration

Mikhail Soloviev

Senior Lecturer in Biological Chemistry

Keywords: Bioinformatics, Molecular Biomarkers of Cancer, Nanoparticles, Protein Engineering, Stimuli-Responsive Proteins

Tina Steinbrecher

Senior Lecturer in Seed Technology

Keywords: Climate Change, Food Security, Functional Morphology, Natural Product Biochemistry, Plant Biomechanics, Seeds & Seed Technology

Becky Thomas

Senior Lecturer in Ecology

Keywords: Conservation, Human-Wildlife Interactions, Inclusive Education, Technology-Enhanced Teaching, Urban Ecology

Sofia Castelló Y Tickell

Senior Teaching Fellow

Keywords: Conservation Ecology, Marine Biology, Psychology of Communication, Science Communication

Francisco Ubeda

Professor of Evolutionary Biology

Keywords: Animal Behaviour, Evolutionary Theory, Intragenomic Conflict, Mathematical Models, Population Genetics, Social Evolution

Chris Wilkinson

Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences

Keywords: Cell Biology, Centrosome, Cilia, Molecular Biology, Zebrafish

Robin Williams

Professor of Molecular Cell Biology

Keywords: Cellular Disease Models, Drug Discovery, Epilepsy, Ketogenic Diets, Molecular Pharmacology

Rafael Yáñez-Muñoz

Professor of Advanced Therapy

Keywords: Ataxia telangiectasia, Gene Therapy, Genome Editing, Rare Diseases, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Viral Vectors

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