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Cell and Developmental Biology (current students only)

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Claudia Bonfio
Susanne Bornelöv
Bill Broadhurst
Jenny Gallop
Nick Gay
Camilla Godlee
Florian Hollfelder
Marko Hyvönen
Tony Jackson
Sarah Lummis
Laura Machesky
Eyal Maori
Juan Mata
Eric Miska
Daniel Nietlispach
Kiran Patil
Noam Prywes
Jeanne Salje
Ritwick Sawarkar
Dee Scadden
Chris Smith
Katherine Stott
Iva Tchasovnikarova
Alecia-Jane Twigger
Ross Waller
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de la Roche Group website

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Biological Photovoltaics (BPV)

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Paolo Bombelli (Postdoctoral Researcher)
Jack Hervey (Graduate Student)
Ellen Nisbet (Senior Research Associate)
Elfadil Osman (Graduate Student)
Stephen Rowden (Graduate Student)
Barnaby Slater (Graduate Student)
Laura Wey (Graduate Student)

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Kathryn Lilley

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Ben Luisi

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Helen Mott

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Lab resources

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MALS theory and practice
FRET theory and practice
CryoEM overview

Affiliated and Associate faculty

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John McCafferty
Andrew Grace
Steve Jackson

Facility Managers

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Dima Chirgadze
Mike Deery
Daniel Nietlispach
Katherine Stott

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Tom Blundell
Kevin Brindle
Guy Brown
Mark Carrington
Gerard Evan
Richard Farndale
Robin Hesketh
Peter Leadlay
Jim Metcalfe
Steve Oliver
George Salmond
Jean Thomas

Ernest Laue

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Laue Group website

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Using single cell Hi-C to study 3D genome organisation
Single-molecule imaging to study the function of the NuRD complex
Investigation of nucleosome remodelling by CHD4/NuRD

Former faculty

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Brian Hendrich
Jussi Taipale
Philip Zegerman
Svetlana Khoronenkova
Alex Borodavka
Austin Smith
Trevor Littlewood
Richard Jackson
Ellen Nisbet
Shilo Titus
Jules Griffin
Simone Weyand
Stephanie Jung
Jasmin Fisher
Nancy Standart
Rick Livesey
Nick Robinson
Giorgio Favrin
Monique Gangloff
Hee-Jeon Hong
José Silva
Tom Monie
Karen Lipkow
Anton Wutz
Natasha Murzina

COVID-19 projects

COVID-19 projects overview
Modulation of host cell RNA-binding proteins through the infectious cycle of SARS-CoV-2
Analysing the human-coronavirus RNA interactome
COVID-19 diagnostics for Africa
Development of multiplex serological assays for evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 immunity
Targeting conserved RNA elements in SARS-CoV-2 for therapy
Affinity reagents for functional neutralisation of nCoV-19
Structural and computational biology of COVID-19

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Biophysics
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Crystallography
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Mass spectrometry data processing; an example drift time (vertical axis) versus mass-to-charge ratio (horizontal axis) plot.

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Illustration of the outer surface of a cell membrane. Transmembrane proteins (purple) and glycolipids.

Credit: Science Photo Library

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