Meet our researchers

We are a multidisciplinary department with research interests spanning all aspects of modern molecular and cellular biochemistry.

Our goal is to understand the mechanisms underlying fundamental problems in biology using a range of approaches, from atomic resolution biophysics to bioimaging, chromosomal biology studies, and developmental genetics.
Working in a collaborative setting, our researchers benefit from state-of-the-art infrastructure and sharing of expertise.

Past Members

Prof Mark Sansom: Emeritus Professor - simulations, modelling & bioinformatics
Contact: [email protected]

Prof Kevin Foster: We study social interactions in microbes and other group-living species
Contact: https://www.fosterlab.uk

Associate Prof Maike Bublitz: Molecular Mechanisms of Membrane Transport Processes
Contact: https://bublitzlab.com

Dr Tim Nott: Compartmentalisation via liquid-liquid phase separation in cells
Contact: [email protected]

Prof Ilan Davis: The RNA Biology of Neural Stem Cell Development and Synaptic Plasticity
Contact: [email protected]

Dr Bungo Akiyoshi: Evolutionary cell biology of chromosome segregation
Contact: [email protected]

Professor Judith Armitage: Flagellar rotation and intracellular signalling pathways controlling bacterial chemotaxis
Contact: [email protected]

Dr Alfredo Castello: Understanding the role of RNA-binding proteins in virus infection
Contact: [email protected]

Professor Elspeth Garman: Methods development for structural biology
Contact: [email protected]

Professor Mark Howarth: Innovating Protein Nanotechnologies for Cancer Analysis and Immune Activation
Contact: [email protected]

Professor Jonathan Hodgkin: Genetics of nematode immunity and development
Contact: [email protected]

Prof David Sherratt: Bacterial Chromosome Dynamics
Contact: [email protected]

Dr Phillip Stansfeld: Computational Biochemistry of Membrane Proteins
Contact: [email protected]

Associate Prof John Vakonakis: Structural biology of large cellular assemblies
Contact: [email protected]