SMB People
Head of Research Department: Professor Snežana Djordjević
Executive Assistant: Tabitha Owen
Research Leaders
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Kristine Arnvig
Mycobacterial Riboregulators
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Tom Blacker
Metabolism in health and disease by fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging
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Kate Bowers
The trafficking and regulation of ion transporters
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Frances Brodsky
The biochemistry, cell biology and physiological functions of clathrin proteins
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Lisa Cabrita
Co-translational protein misfolding and human disease
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John Christodoulou
Integrative structural biology of protein folding during biosynthesis on the ribosome
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Snežana Djordjević
Structural biology of signalling
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Franca Fraternali
Structural Bioinformatics and Computational Biophysics
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Jérôme Gouge
Molecular basis of the oxidative stress response
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Ivan Gout
Protein CoAlation and antioxidant functions of Coenzyme A in health and disease
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Flemming Hansen
Protein dynamics and interactions by NMR spectroscopy
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Brian Ho
Contact-dependent secretion systems in microbial communities
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Matilda Katan
Signal transduction in disease: application of multidisciplinary approaches
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Graeme King
Single molecule biophysics
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Alan Lowe
Single-molecule biophysics and quantitative imaging
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Amandine Maréchal
Cytochrome c oxidase: structure, function and malfunction
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Andrew Martin
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
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Harry McClelland
Quantitative microbiology and biogeochemistry
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Christine Orengo
Bioinformatics - Prediction of protein function and functional networks
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Andrew Osborne
Protein export by the malaria parasite
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Stephen Perkins
Structural Immunology
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Saul Purton
Algal Biology and Biotechnology
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Dan Raleigh
The biophysics and cell biology of protein misfolding diseases
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Andres Ramos
RNA regulation
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Peter Rich
Molecular Bioenergetics and IR Spectroscopy Medical Diagnostics
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Joanne Santini
Microbial metabolism and its impact on the environment and human health
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Elizabeth Shephard
Flavin-containing monooxygenases, genetics, drugs and the microbiome
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Kaila Srai
Nutrients (Fe, Zn, Mn, glucose and Phosphate) homeostasis in health and disease
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Konstantinos Thalassinos
Structural Mass Spectrometry
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Andrea Townsend-Nicholson
Molecular cloning and functional characterization of cell surface receptors and transporters
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Gabriel Waksman
Structural and Molecular Biology of Bacterial Secretion Systems
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Finn Werner
Mechanisms and regulation of RNA polymerase transcription
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Hasan Yardimci
Single Molecule imaging of genome duplication and maintenance
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Giulia Zanetti
Cryo-electron microscopy of coat proteins
Teaching Leaders
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Amanda Cain
Associate Professor (Teaching)
Head of Teaching
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Charmian Dawson
Lecturer (Teaching)
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Eleni Makrinou
Lecturer (Teaching)
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Toryn Poolman
Lecturer in Molecular Biosciences (Teaching)
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Suzanne Ruddy
Lecturer (Teaching)
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Renée Vancraenenbroeck
Lecturer (Teaching)
Technology and Facilities Support
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Other Professional Support
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