Genetics

Dr Ko-Fan Chen

• Environmental factors and sleep regulation

• Circadian behaviours across Drosophila species

Dr Roberto Feuda

• Systems biology of neurogenesis

• Genomics and computational biology

• Evolutionary and developmental biology

Professor Charalambos Kyriacou

• Molecular basis of circadian, tidal, and seasonal rhythms in arthropods
• Molecular genetics of aggression in drosophila
• Molecular analysis of electromagnetic sensitivity in insects and mammals

Professor Eamonn Mallon

• Ageing
• Epigenetics
• Social insects
• Methylation

Dr Ezio Rosato

• Molecular and functional investigations of complex behaviours in Drosophila, especially circadian rhythms

• Circadian clock and development

• Drosophila Cryptochrome and its role in physiology

Dr Sandra Beleza

• Studying the genetic architecture, genotype-phenotype correlations, and evolution of complex traits in recently admixed populations

• Characterisation of the host-pathogen interactions underlying susceptibility to helicobacter pylori in recently admixed populations

• Tracing the evolutionary relationships of human microbial communities in genetically diverse populations

• Investigation into the demographic history, trait evolution and contemporary legacies of recent African migrations using a combination of ancient DNA and modern DNA analyses

Dr Roberto Feuda

• Systems biology of neurogenesis

• Genomics and computational biology

• Evolutionary and developmental biology

Dr Richard Gornall

• Taxonomic and evolutionary studies in flowering plants, in particular the Saxifragaceae
• Population genetics and molecular ecology of aquatic plants

Dr Edward Hollox

• Causes and consequences of structural variation in respiratory disease

• Structural variation in the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma

Professor Mark Jobling

• Human population, evolutionary and forensic genetics

• Animal forensics and conservation genetics

Dr Turi King

• Genetic genealogy

Dr Celia May

• Human meiotic recombination processes and genome diversity

• Genome dynamics of mitochondrial DNA and nuclear insertions

• Forensic genetics solutions for combatting wildlife crime

Professor David Twell

• Evolution of gene control networks, plant fertility, pollen, germ cells, biotechnology

• Sexual reproduction in model and crop plants

• Plant developmental biology

Dr Ko-Fan Chen

• Drosophila models of human diseases

• Sleep and health

Professor Yuri Dubrova

• Genetic risks of ionizing radiation and chemical mutagens: germline mutation induction and radiation-induced genomic instability in irradiated human families and laboratory mice 

Professor Flaviano Giorgini

• Exploiting genetic modifiers of neurodegenerative disease to elucidate mechanisms of pathogenesis and identify potential therapeutic strategies

Dr Edward Hollox

• Causes and consequences of structural variation in respiratory disease

• Structural variation in the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma

Dr Christopher Talbot

• Genetic prediction of radiotherapy response in breast, lung and prostate cancers

Professor Christopher Bayliss

• Exploring how genetic variation and slippery DNA in bacterial pathogens contributes to virulence, host adaptation and resistance to phages

Dr Sandra Beleza

• Characterisation of the host-microbe interactions underlying susceptibility to Helicobacter pylori in recently admixed populations

• Tracing the evolutionary relationships of human microbial communities in genetically diverse populations

Professor Martha Clokie

• Ecology and molecular biology of bacteriophages and their relationship with bacterial hosts

Dr Ed Galyov

• Development of methods to study host-specific phageomes

• Induction of prophages in vivo

• Phage-based diagnostics

• Phage-based vaccines

• Discovery of phages infecting "exotic" bacteria

Dr Andrew Millard

• Genomic diversity of bacteriophages

• Engineering of bacteriophages

• Phage-host interactions

Professor Julie Morrissey

• Antimicrobial resistance, host-pathogen interaction and environmental stress responses of respiratory bacteria including Staphylococcus aureus, Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis

Professor Marco Oggioni

• Phase variable epigenetic control as switchboard in microbial physiology and pathogenicity

Professor Pat Heslop-Harrison

• Molecular cytogentics, genomics, chromatin
• Biodiversity and its exploitation
• Bioinformatics, retrotransposons, repetitive DNA structure, evolution and function, cereals, bovids, model plant and animal species, tropical crops

Dr James Higgins

• Crossover formation in model plants and crop species
• Cross kingdom analysis of meiotic chromosome behaviour
• Adaptation and evolution of meiosis in polyploids

Professor Ed Louis

• Genetic analysis of telomeres in yeast
• Genetics of yeast hybrids
• Exploiting natural genetic variation for yeast strain development

Professor David Twell

• Evolution of gene control networks, plant fertility, pollen, germ cells, biotechnology

• Sexual reproduction in model and crop plants

• Plant developmental biology

Professor Pat Heslop-Harrison

• Molecular cytogentics, genomics, chromatin
• Biodiversity and its exploitation
• Bioinformatics, retrotransposons, repetitive DNA structure, evolution and function, cereals, bovids, model plant and animal species, tropical crops

Dr James Higgins

• Crossover formation in model plants and crop species
• Cross kingdom analysis of meiotic chromosome behaviour
• Adaptation and evolution of meiosis in polyploids

Professor Ed Louis

• Genetic analysis of telomeres in yeast
• Genetics of yeast hybrids
• Exploiting natural genetic variation for yeast strain development

Professor David Twell

• Plant developmental biology
• Sexual reproduction in model and crop plants
• Evolution of gene control networks, plant fertility, pollen, germ cells, biotechnology