Dr Vilaiwan Fernandes

Title of Research Project Making a Neuron: applying lessons from development to direct neuronal reprogramming. Website
Title of Research Project Making a Neuron: applying lessons from development to direct neuronal reprogramming. Website
Title of Research Project Investigation of tumour cell death, its clearance and the consequences for tumour inflammation. Website
Title of Research Project Targeting immune system resilience to curb collateral damage and extend healthy ageing
Title of Research Project Regulation of Innate Lymphoid Cell differentiation & function in intestinal health and disease Other Information Awarded a research grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, 2023Awarded a research grant from BBSRC/NC3R, 2023Awarded…
Title of Research Project Harnessing the divergent roles of elongation dependency for cancer therapy
Fellow 1991-1996 Research Interests Interests are chromosome replication and the cell cycle. Other Information Lister Institute-Jenner Fellow Appointed Senior Scientist at ICRF from 1.7.96 Elected a Member of the Institute, 1997 Director, CRC Chromosome Replication Research Group, University of Dundee,…
Title of Research Project In situ structural studies of the functional organisation and inhibition of the BAM complex in Gram-negative bacteria Other informationAwarded International Prize Scholarship, Vallee Foundation, USA, 2018Awarded John Kendrew Award, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany, 2019Selected for a Philip…
Title of Research Project Investigating how cross-kingdom microbial partnerships impact fungal pathogenesis of the causative agents of Mucormycosis
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…
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,…