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Molecules and Health

Meet the group

Group Lead: Professor David Weinkove

Area of Research: Ageing and microbes using C. elegans

Deputy Lead: Dr Karrera Djoko

Area of Research: Bacterial Infectious Diseases

Deputy Lead (PGR): Dr Tim Davies

Area of Research: Cell Division

Dr Aakash Basu

Area of Research: Genomics, Chromatin Biology and Single-Molecule Biophysics.
Aakash Basu

Professor Adam Benham

Area of Research: Protein Quality Control in Health and Disease

Dr Francesco Boselli

Area of Research: Bioengineering and Biological Physics
Francesco Boselli

Professor Martin Cann

Area of Research: Carbon dioxide sensing

Professor Paul Chazot

Area of Research: Novel rational therapeutics for chronic neurological disorders: drugs and beyond

Dr Rebecca Clark

Area of Research: Host-microbe interactions during ageing

Dr Vincent Croset

Area of Research: Neurogenetics

Professor Paul Denny

Area of Research: Protozoan biochemistry & drug targets

Dr David Doupe

Area of Research: Regulation of Epithelial Stem Cells

Professor Martin Goldberg

Area of Research: Cell structure/dynamics, nuclear envelope, electron and light microscopy
Martin Goldberg

Professor Sushma Grellscheid

Area of Research: RNA Genomics
Sushma Grellscheid

Professor Colin Jahoda

Area of Research: Development, growth & regeneration of skin

Dr Akis (Iakowos) Karakesisoglou

Area of Research: Linker of the nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton (LINC) complex roles in health and disease
Akis Karakesisoglou

Dr Ting-Yu Lin

Area of Research: Structural Biology
Ting-Yu Lin

Dr Liz Morris

Area of Research: Structural Biology, Biophysics, Biochemistry and Virology
Liz Morris

Dr Patricia Muller

Area of Research: p53 and heavy metals in health and disease
Patricia Muller

Professor Ehmke Pohl

Area of Research: Structural Biology

Dr Marcos Quintela-Baluja

Dr Marcos Quintela-Baluja Area of Research: Microbial ecology, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and environmental health
Marcos Quintela-Baluja

Dr Martin Schroeder

Area of Research: Molecular Cell Biology

Dr Gary Sharples

Area of Research: Phage proteins and new antibacterials

Facility and Technical Staff

Mammalian Cell Culture Facility

Dr Nicola Fullard - Experimental Officer - Animal Cell Tech

Bioimaging Facility

Dr Tim Hawkins - Head of Bioimaging

Beccy Manning - Advanced Technician 

Invertebrates Facility

Gillian Summerill - Technical Manager

Bioanalytics Facility

Dr Chikere Nkwonta - Senior Experimental Officer