Nurturing the future leaders in biomedical research
Nurturing the future leaders in biomedical research
Fellow 2007-2013 Area of Current Research Interests Transcriptional control of mesodermal cell differentiation in vertebrates Other Information Transferred fellowship to King’s College London, 2010. Fellowship extended to 30.09.13 due to move to KCL. Elected a member of the Institute 2014.
Fellow 2002-2007 Area of Current Research Interests Interfaces between DNA double strand break repair and chromatin. Other Information Lister Institute-Jenner Fellow. Transferred location from Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge to Reader at University of Sussex, 2007. Elected a Member…
Fellow 1996-2000 Area of Current Research Interests The pathogenesis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection, in particular the type III secretion system and associated toxins. Second interest is the pathgenesis of septic shock and the role of nitric oxide and of ENA/VASP…
Fellow 2008-2013 Area of Current Research Interests Translational research programme for prevention of oesophageal adenocarcinoma Other Information Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, 2013. Elected a member of the Institute 2014. Member of the Governing Body for 6 years,…
Fellow 1998-2003 Area of Current Research Interests Interest in inherited human disorders associated with unstable DNA, e.g. myotonic dystrophy and Huntington’s Disease. Studying molecular mechanisms that give rise to somatic and germ line genetic instability. The relation of these factors…
Title of Research Project Investigating the overlap between hypertension and bipolar disorder to identify new and repurposed medications for bipolar disorder
Fellow 1994-1998 Area of Current Research Interests The cellular and developmental biology of the filamentous, antibiotic-producing bacteria Streptomyces. Fundamental aspects of bacterial transcription. The regulatory networks and cyclic nucleotide signalling events that control sporulation in Streptomyces. Other Information Appointed Group…
Title of Research Project: The repair of oxidative and topoisomerase induced chromosomal strand breaks and human disease Other Information: Moved to University of Sheffield, 2014. Awarded Professorship, 2015. Elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016. Extended Fellowship…
Fellow 2016-2021 Area of Current Research In vivo kinetics and functional response of human mononuclear phagocytes during acute tissue inflammation Other Information Foulkes Foundation Medal 2019.Elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences, 2020.Elected to membership of the Institute, 2021
Title of Research Project The dominant-negative effect in protein complexes: implications for human genetic disease Other Information Awarded Royal Society of Edinburgh Patrick Neill Medal, 2019.ERC Consolidator Grant, 2020.