Dr Kirby Swatek

Title of Research Project Irreversible inactivation of ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins
Title of Research Project Irreversible inactivation of ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins
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,…
Fellow 1997-2002 Research Interests Transcriptional control of gene expression with a focus on transcription factors and co-activators/co-repressors, regulation by cellular signalling pathways including phosphorylation and sumoylation. Recent work focusses on the gene regulatory networks in cancer, chiefly in oesophageal adenocarcinoma.…
Fellow 2010-2015 Research Interests Bioinformatics and network biology for unraveling regulation of T helper cell differentiation Other Information Elected as EMBO member 2012 Moved to EMBL-EBI & Wellcome Trust Sanger Inst, 2013 Fellowship extended to 31 December 2015 EMBO Gold…
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,…
Fellow 2011-2019 Research Interests Understanding how CpG islands and chromatin regulate gene expression and development in mammals. Other Information Elected EMBO Young Investigator 2010 Francis Crick lecture, 2015 Elected to membership of the Institute 2016 Named Chair and Professor of…
Title of Research Project Receptor tyrosine phosphatase signalling mechanisms in health and disease. Other Information:ERC Consolidator grant awarded in 2023
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.