Dr Kirby Swatek
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Title of Research Project Irreversible inactivation of ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins
Title of Research Project Irreversible inactivation of ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins
Title of Research Project Harnessing the divergent roles of elongation dependency for cancer therapy
Title of Research Project Using stem cell derived “mini guts” to investigate microbiome-host interaction in early life Other informationMicrobiology Society Fleming Prize, 2022NOSTER & Science Microbiome Prize, 2023 Elected to the Royal Society UK Young Academy, 2023Applied Microbiology International WH…
Title of Research Project Cryo-EM studies of human DNA repair complexes: DNA-PK and interacting partners
Title of Research Project The line of duty: How to segregate a giant linear plasmid in antibiotic-producing Streptomyces Other Information Promoted to Professor, 2024
Fellow 1998-2003 Area of Current Research Interests Understanding how during animal development cells become polarized in developing tissues or organs in a co-ordinated fashion. Using the cuticle of the fruit fly, Drosophila, as the model system and a variety of…
Fellow 2005-2010 Area of Current Research Interests Mechanisms regulating chromosome duplication and segregation in the cell division cycle. Other Information Awarded Professorship December 2007. Awarded the Hook Medal from the British Society for Cell Biology, 2007. Elected an EMBO member,…
Fellow 1992-1997 Area of Current Research Interests Intra-cellular calcium signaling: 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…
Fellow 2001-2003 Area of Current 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…
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.