Fellow 1991-1997

Research Interests
DNA gyrase and other DNA topoisomerases: structure, function and mechanisms of action; role in DNA replication, recombination and the control of gene expression. Antibiotic action and discovery. Galleria mellonella as a model for the human infant gut microbiome.

Other Information
Lister Institute-Jenner Fellow
Reader in the Department of Biochemistry, 1.10.94
Awarded Personal Chair in Biochemistry from 1.10.97
Executive Editor, Nucleic Acids Research 1998-2007
Elected a Member of the Institute, 1998
Head of Biol Chemistry, John Innes Centre, 2000-2016
Hon. Professor of Biological Science, UEA, from 1.8.01
Member of Faculty of 1000 (f1000), 2008
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, 2008
Gordon Conference Evaluation Committee, 2010-2017
Member of the Antibiotic Action Advisory Board, 2012-2019
Inspiralis Ltd. – Director, Founder, Consultant and Chairman of the Board, 2005
Wellcome Trust Investigator Award, 2016
Editor of J. Mol. Biol 2016-present
Normanby Lecture in Microbiology (Trinity College Dublin) 2016
Hamied Foundation UK-India AMR Visiting Professorships; Academy of Medical Sciences, 2019
Emertius Professor, 2025