Cell Biology
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The School of Life Sciences has broad expertise in cell biology spanning neurobiology, protein transport, structural biology, developmental biology, signalling and endocrinology. This research will help to inform our understanding of biological processes in animal and plant cells. |
| Dr Prakash Arumugam | Mechanism of chromosome segregation |
| Dr Guy Barker | Plant genomics and novel crops |
| Professor Nicholas Dale | Neural circuits and neural communication |
| Professor Robert Freedman | Protein folding and expression |
| Professor Bruno Frenguelli | Physiology of synaptic transmission and synaptic plasticity |
| Dr Lorenzo Frigerio | Plant protein trafficking |
| Dr Michael Khan | Molecular cell biology |
| Professor Georgy Koentges | Genetic lineage analysis in the central nervous system and the craniofacial skeleton |
| Dr Kevin Moffat | Drosophila neurobiology and models of neurodegenerative disease |
| Professor Richard Napier | Hormone perception |
| Dr Yuriy Pankratov | Neuronal and glial signalling |
| Dr Teresa Pinheiro | Structure and folding of prions |
| Professor Colin Robinson | Protein transport |
| Professor Jim Scrivens | Protein structure |
| Dr Corinne Smith | Macromolecular assemblies |
| Dr Paul Squires | Diabetes and endocrinology |
| Dr Mark Wall | Brain synapses |

