Academic Staff
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Dr. Constance AlabertPrincipal Investigator DNA replication in the context of chromatin – Implications for human diseases |
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Professor Dario Alessi FRS FRSE FMedSciProfessor of Signal Transduction and Director of MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit (MRC-PPU) and the Division of Signal Transduction Therapy Unit (DSTT) Understanding signalling pathways mutated in inherited disorders |
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Professor Simon ArthurProfessor of Immune Signalling and Head of the Division of Cell Signalling and Immunology Signaling networks that control inflammation |
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Professor Geoff Barton FRSE FRSBProfessor of Bioinformatics Protein and nucleic acid sequence analysis and function prediction |
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Dr. Megan BergkesselUKRI Future Leaders Fellow Regulatory mechanisms operating during bacterial growth arrest and persistence |
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Professor Paul Birch FRSEProfessor of Plant Pathology and Head of Division of Plant Sciences Plant pathogen interactions |
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Professor Julian Blow FRSE FMedSciDean of The School of Life Sciences and Professor of Chromosome Maintenance How DNA replication is organised and controlled to ensure precise chromosome duplication |
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Dr David BoothSenior Lecturer |
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Dr Jorunn BosRoyal Society of Edinburgh Personal Research Fellow |
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Dr Nick Brewer FRSB FHEA MRSCReader (Biophysical Chemistry) and Academic Lead for International College Dundee (ICD) |
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Professor John BrownProfessor of Molecular Plant Sciences RNA processing and expression |
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Dr Davide BulgarelliPrincipal Investigator Structure, function and host control of the plant microbiota |
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Professor Doreen Cantrell CBE FRS FRSE FMedSciProfessor of Cellular Immunology and Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow T-lymphocyte signal transduction |
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Dr Graham Christie FHEA FPhysiolSenior Lecturer, University Academic Lead for International activity in the ASEAN region and Programme Lead for the Joint Degree Programme with the National University of Singapore |
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Professor Alessio Ciulli FRSCProfessor of Chemical and Structural Biology and Director of the Centre for Targeted Protein Degradation Chemical and Structural Biology of Targeted Protein Degradation |
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Professor Geoffrey Codd MBE FRSEEmeritus Professor of Microbiology Cyanotoxins and microbial metabolites |
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Professor Sir Philip Cohen FRS FRSE FAA FFMedSciProfessor of Enzymology Signaling Networks in the Innate Immune System |
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Professor Sarah CoulthurstProfessor of Microbial Interactions and Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow. Deputy Head of Division of Molecular Microbiology Microbial competition and bacterial protein secretion systems |
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Professor Victoria Cowling FRSE FRSBProfessor of Biology, Lister Institute Fellow, MRC Senior Fellow and Deputy-Head of The Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression mRNA cap regulation |
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Professor Paul Crocker FRSEProfessor of Glycoimmunology Glycan-dependent regulation of immune and inflammatory responses |
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Dr Arthur CrossmanLecturer (Teaching and Scholarship) |
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Dr Melissa D'Ascenzio FHEALecturer (Teaching and Scholarship) |
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Professor Kim Dale FRSBAssistant Vice Principal International, Associate Dean (International) and Professor of Molecular Developmental Biology Establishing the vertebrate embryonic body plan |
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Dr Helge DorfmuellerRoyal Society and Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Dale Fellow Investigation of streptococcal cell wall biogenesis and glycoconjugate vaccine development |
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Professor Alan Fairlamb CBE, FLS, FRSE, FMedSci, FRSBEmeritus Professor of Biochemistry and Wellcome Principal Research Fellow Biochemical Drug Targets in Parasites |
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Dr. William Farnaby MRSCPrincipal Investigator |
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Professor Sir Mike Ferguson CBE FRS FRSE FMedSci FRSBRegius Professor of Life Sciences Molecular parasitology, glycobiology and drug discovery |
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Professor Mark Field FRSBProfessor of Cell Biology and Parasitology Molecular parasitology, intracellular transport, gene expression, eukaryotic evolution |
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Dr Greg FindlayProgramme Leader MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit Embryonic Stem Cell Signaling Modules |
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Professor Andy FlavellAssociate Staff Structure, evolution and biodiversity of crop plant genomes |
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Professor Geoff Gadd FRSB FLS FLSW FRSEBoyd Baxter Chair of Biology Geomicrobiology, Geomycology and Bioremediation |
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Dr Ian GanleyProgramme Leader Molecular analysis of autophagy |
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Professor Anton GartnerProfessor of Genetics C. elegans genetics as a model to study basic biological problems |
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Professor Ian Gilbert FMedSci FRSE FRSCProfessor of Medicinal Chemistry, Roscoe Chair of Chemistry, Head of the Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery and Interim Head of the Drug Discovery Unit Design and synthesis of potential therapeutic agents |
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Professor David Gray BEMHead of Biology and Professor of Translational Biology Molecular Pharmacology and Compound Screening |
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Professor Claire Halpin FRSE FRSBAssociate Dean of Research and Professor of Plant Biology and Biotechnology Manipulation of plant metabolism using reverse genetics |
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Professor Grahame Hardie FRS, FRSE, FMedSciProfessor of Cellular Signalling The LKB1-AMPK signalling cascade |
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Professor Ron Hay FRS FRSE FMedSciProfessor of Molecular Biology Role of ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins in transcriptional regulation |
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Ingo Hein | Ph.D | Dipl. Biol. | FRSBReader Plant Pathogen Co-evolution |
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Dr Piers Hemsley SFHEA FRSBPrincipal Investigator Regulation of protein function in plants by S-acylation |
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Dr. Robyn HickersonActing Principal Investigator |
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Professor Andrew Hopkins FRSC FRSE FRSBChair of Medicinal Informatics and SULSA Research Professor of Translational Biology Chemoinformatics, chemogenomics and drug discovery |
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Dr Sheriar HormuzdiSenior Lecturer (Teaching and Scholarship) and Programme Lead (Biological Sciences) |
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Professor David Horn FRSEProfessor of Parasite Molecular Biology and Interim Head of WCAIR Antigenic variation, drug resistance and RNAi screens in trypanosomes |
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Dr Edgar HuitemaSenior Lecturer Mechanisms of virulence acquisition during Phytophthora-host associations |
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Professor Hari Hundal FHEA FRSBProfessor of Molecular Physiology and joint Deputy Head of the Division of Cell Signalling and Immunology Hormonal, nutrient and stress-mediated modulation of fuel and energy metabolism |
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Professor Bill Hunter FRSE, FMedSci, FRSCProfessor of Structural Biology Protein structure and function; fundamental chemical biology and early stage antimicrobial drug discovery |
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Dr Jens JanuschkeReader, Deputy Head of the Division of Cell & Developmental Biology Dynamics of cell polarisation |
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Professor Lyn JonesEmeritus Professor of Plant Ecology The Adaptation of Plants to Environmental Stresses |
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Dr Stephen KelleyLecturer and Programme Lead (Biomedical Sciences) |
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Dr. Yogesh KulathuProgramme Leader Ubiquitin signalling mechanisms |
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Professor Karim Labib FRSEProfessor of Genome Integrity Chromosome replication and genome integrity |
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Professor Angus Lamond FRS FRSE FMedSciProfessor of Biochemistry Nuclear structure proteomics and gene expression |
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Dr Stephen Land FRSB CSciTeach FPhysiolReader and Academic Regional Lead for Middle East and North Africa |
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Professor David Lilley FRS FRSE FRSCProfessor of Molecular Biology and Director of the Cancer Research UK Nucleic Acid Structure Research Group Nucleic acid structure |
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Dr Tony LyPrincipal Investigator |
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Professor Carol MacKintosh FRSBProfessor of Molecular Signalling and Head of Postgraduate Studies Diabetes and cancer as disorders of 'signal multiplexing' in the vertebrate animals |
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Dr David Martin FRSB FHEAProgramme Lead (Core Curriculum Levels 1 and 2) David explores large biological data sets from next generation sequencing and proteomics, developing new tools to unlock the secrets of life within |
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Dr Sharon MatthewsLecturer |
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Dr Leeanne McGurkPrincipal Investigator, Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard Fellow How does RNA biogenesis control motor neuron disease? |
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Dr Sarah McKimPrincipal Investigator Developmental biology of plant architecture |
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Professor Irwin McLean FRS FRSE FMedSciEmeritus Professor of Genetic Medicine Dermatology and Genetic Medicine - treating genetic disease |
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Dr Henry McSorleyPrincipal Investigator and joint Deputy Head of the Division of Cell Signalling and Immunology |
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Dr. Ignacio Moraga GonzalezPrincipal Investigator |
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Professor Miratul Muqit FRSEWellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship in Clinical Science, Programme Leader and Professor of Experimental Neurology Elucidation of the PINK1 signaling pathway in Parkinson’s disease |
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Dr David MurrayWellcome Trust and Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellow Understand the basic molecular mechanics in the formation of subcellular structures |
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Dr Philip MurrayLecturer of Mathematics |
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Professor Inke Näthke FRSEProfessor of Epithelial Biology and Associate Dean for Professional Culture From molecules to tissue architecture |
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Dr David NormanReader in Structural Biology Magnetic Resonance, FRET, EPR, Spin-labeling and PELDOR |
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Professor Tom Owen-Hughes FRSEProfessor of Chromatin Structure and Function Chromatin structure and gene regulation |
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Dr Mattie PawlowicPrincipal Investigator, Lecturer |
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Dr. Federico PelischMRC Career Development Fellow |
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Dr Andrei PisliakovSenior Lecturer in Physics & Dundee Fellow Computational Biophysics |
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Dr Alan Prescott FRSBSenior Lecturer in Cell Biology The role of the cytoskeleton in cell specific differentiation |
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Dr Kasper RasmussenPrincipal Investigator Investigating the regulation and function of DNA methylation in hematopoiesis |
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Professor John Raven FRS FRSEEmeritus Professor Interactions among resources in the growth of phytoplankton |
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Professor Kevin ReadProfessor of Quantitative Pharmacology and Head of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics Drug discovery, lead optimisation and preclinical development |
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Professor John Rouse FRSEProgramme Leader in Protein Phosphorylation and Professor of Chromosome Biology Control of chromosome stability and DNA repair in health and disease |
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Dr Adrien RousseauPrincipal Investigator |
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Professor Gopal SapkotaProgramme Leader in Protein Phosphorylation and Professor of Disease Signalling Untangling the TGFβ and Wnt signalling networks in cells, development and human diseases |
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Professor Pauline Schaap FRSE FRSBProfessor of Developmental Signalling Experimental and evolutionary reconstruction of developmental signalling pathways |
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Dr Christina Schilde FHEALecturer (Teaching & Scholarship) |
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Dr. Gabriele SchweikertPrincipal Investigator Computational Biology |
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Professor Gordon Simpson FRSBProfessor of Molecular Genetics and Deputy Head of Division of Plant Sciences RNA and Development |
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Dr Rastko SknepnekSenior Lecturer and Dundee Fellow Computational soft condensed matter and biophysics group |
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Professor Janet Sprent OBE, FRSEEmeritus Professor of Plant Biology and Nodulation in legumes Nitrogen fixation in legumes |
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Professor Nicola Stanley-Wall FRSE FRSB FEAMProfessor of Microbiology and Head of the Division of Molecular Microbiology Understanding the molecular mechanism of biofilm formation |
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Professor Mike Stark FRSBEmeritus Professor of Yeast Molecular Biology Regulation of Yeast Cell Growth and Division |
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Dr Marios StavridisAssociate Dean (Learning and Teaching) Pluripotent stem cell biology |
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Professor Kate Storey FRS FRSE FMedSci FRSBProfessor of Neural Development and Head of the Division of Cell and Developmental Biology Cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating neural differentiation |
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Dr. Mahima SwamyWellcome Trust and Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellow Immune interactions at the intestinal epithelium |
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Kirby SwatekPrincipal Investigator |
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Professor Jason Swedlow OBE FRSEProfessor of Quantitative Cell Biology Mitotic chromosome dynamics |
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Professor Tomo Tanaka FRSEProfessor of Cell and Molecular Biology, Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow Mechanisms ensuring proper chromosome segregation in mitosis |
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Dr Peter TaylorResearch Associate in Molecular Physiology Mechanisms of amino acid transport across mammalian cell membranes |
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Professor Daan van Aalten FRSEProfessor of Biological Chemistry The role of the O-GlcNAc posttranslational modification in neurodegeneration |
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Professor Satpal VirdeeProgramme Leader in Protein Ubiquitylation and Professor of Chemical Biology Chemical Biology Approaches for Studying The Ubiquitin System |
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Professor Colin Watts FRS FRSE FMedSciProfessor of Immunobiology The Cell Biology of the Immune System |
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Professor Robbie Waugh FRSEPersonal Chair of Crop Genomics Personal Chair of Crop Genomics |
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Professor Kees Weijer FRSEProfessor of Developmental Physiology and Head of Systems Biology Cell-cell signalling and chemotactic cell movement during development |
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Professor Jenny Woof FRSB, FHEAProfessor and Associate Dean (Quality & Academic Standards) |
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Dr Susan WylliePrincipal Investigator - Head of the Mode of Action Group Kinetoplastid Biology |
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Professor Ulrich ZachariaeProfessor of Molecular Biophysics Computational Biophysics and Drug Discovery |
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Dr Joost ZomerdijkReader and Programme Lead for MSc Biomedical and Molecular Sciences programmes Molecular mechanisms and control in transcription by RNA polymerase I |