Professor Tatjana Saulka-Spengler
Fellow 2013-2018 Research Interests Decoding gene regulatory circuits controlling multipotency of neural crest Other Information Elected member of the Institute, 2018
Nurturing the future leaders in biomedical research
Nurturing the future leaders in biomedical research
Professor Nigel S Scrutton
Fellow 1999-2004 Research Interests Structural enzymology with specific attention to protein-based electron transfer reactions, hydrogen ion tunnelling, relationship between protein structures and function and applications of redox enzymes. Other Information Benefactors’ Research Scholarship, St John’s College, Cambridge, 1985-1988 Elected a…
Professor Anne Straube
Fellow 2014 – 2019 Research Interests Mechanisms of microtubule organisation and intracellular transport Other Information Wellcome Trust Investigator Award, 2016 Elected a Member of the Institute, 2018 Promoted to Professor, 2020 Wellcome Investigator award, 2022
Professor Colin W Taylor
Fellow 1992-1997 Research Interests Intra-cellular calcium signalling: specifically the regulation of calcium entry pathways, the structure and function of intra-cellular calcium channels, signalling receptors and G-proteins. Other Information Appointed Reader, Department of Pharmacology 1995 Elected a Member of the Institute,…
Professor Kostas Tokatlidis
Fellow 2001-2003 Research Interests Molecular mechanisms of mitochondria biogenesis with particular emphasis on the targeting, membrane translocation and assembly processes for membrane proteins using yeast. Role of Tim proteins as chaperones. Oxidative folding and redox signalling in mitochondria in health…
Professor Daan van Aalten
Fellow 2007-2011 Research Interests Dissecting the links between O-GlcNAc and intellectual disability Other Information Awarded professorship June 2006 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2010 Elected a Member of the Institute, 2012 Awarded Novo Nordisk Foundation “Laureate” grant,…
Dr Kimberley A Watson
Fellow 1999-2005 Research Interests Structural biochemistry of membrane proteins, immune response proteins and metabolic enzymes for diet and health; exploring structure-function relationships at the molecular level Other Information Transferred fellowship to University of Reading 1.10.01 Reader in Structural Biology from…
Professor Robert J White
Fellow 1996-2001 Research Interests Regulation of RNA polymerase III transcription, its mode of action and control and its role in cell growth and cancer. Other Information Lister Institute-Jenner Fellow Awarded the ‘Young Scientist of the Year’ award for 1999 by…
Professor S K Alex Law
Fellow 1982-1986 Research Interests Studying integrin adhesion molecules with emphasis on the conformational changes associated with the regulation of their adhesion properties. On-going interest in thioester proteins. Other Information Appointed Non‐Clinical Senior Scientist at the MRC Immunochemistry Unit, Oxford, 1.10.86…
Professor Robert N Lightowlers
Fellow 1990-1995 Research Interests Mitrochondrial DNA and genetics, mitochondrial gene expression, bio-energetics and biochemistry. Mitochondrial diseases. Other Information Appointed Lecturer in the Department of Neurology, University of Newcastle from 1.3.95 Elected a Member of the Institute, 1996 Appointed Reader in…