• Molecular Mechanisms of Life
  • Imaging Life Across Scales
  • Data-Driven Cell Biology
  • Engineering Living Systems

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The Centre for Molecular Cell Biology

From Molecules to Cellular Systems: Uncovering the Principles of Life

At the Centre for Molecular Cell Biology, we explore how life works across scales - from individual molecules to complex cellular systems. By combining mechanistic analysis, multiscale imaging,  data-driven biology, and cellular engineering, we uncover the molecular principles that govern cell function, and translate these discoveries into applications in biotechnology and medicine for healthy and sustainable living.

Our research spans multiple disciplines, including structural, cellular, computational and synthetic biology, and is organised into four core themes that reflect our strengths and emerging directions.

Our Research Themes

Molecular Mechanisms of Life  .   Imaging Life Across Scales  .  Data-Driven Cell Biology  .  Engineering Living Systems

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Events

 Add this event to your calendar Mon 29 Jun 2026
  11:00 - 12:00		The Goldilocks Histone: How Genomic Stability Requires Centromeres to Be Epigenetically “Just Right” new
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Recent Publications

  • Artificial cells evidence apical compressive forces building up during neuroepithelial organoid early development
    Kanso H Di Cio S Rose R Palacios I Gautrot JE
    Biomaterials, Elsevier vol. 328 
    24-11-2025
  • Heterogeneity in responses to ribosome-targeting antibiotics mediated by bacterial RNA repair
    Hindley HJ Gong Z Moradian S Giuliano MG Sapelkin A Kotta-Loizou I Buck M Engl C et al.
    Nature Communications, Springer Nature vol. 16 (1) 
    11-11-2025
  • E-cadherin endocytosis promotes non-canonical EGFR:STAT signalling to induce cell death and inhibit heterochromatinisation
    Ramirez Moreno M Quinton A Jacobsen E Stempor PA Zeidler MP Bulgakova NA
    Plos Genetics, Public Library of Science (Plos) vol. 21 (7) 
    21-07-2025

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Recent Grants

  • Evolution of Autotrophy in the Universe (ESA match funding)
    Christopher Duffy and Tanai Cardona
    £66,761 European Space Agency European Space Research & Technology Centre (ESTEC)
    01-06-2026 - 01-06-2029
  • Living Semiconductors for Green Hydrogen: Biosynthesis and Self-Regeneration of Nanoparticles at Engineered Bio-Abiotic Interfaces
    Lin Su
    £49,436 Henry Royce Institute
    01-06-2026 - 30-11-2026
  • DERMIS: Decoding ECM Remodelling Mechanisms in Skin Using 3D Organotypic Cultures for Early Melanoma
    Oscar Maiques Carlos, John Connelly, Cleo Bishop and Elena Torlai Triglia
    £124,906 Academy of Medical Sciences
    01-04-2026 - 31-03-2028

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