People
Academics
 Dr Roman ArguelloLecturer in Genetics, Genomics and Fundamental Cell Biology School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences r.arguello@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London arguellolab.org evolutionary genomics, sensory neurobiology, evo-devo, behaviour |
 Prof Conrad BessantProfessor of Bioinformatics School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences c.bessant@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London bezzlab.github.io/ data science, computational biology, bioinformatics, artificial intelligence, drug discovery |
 Prof Caroline BrennanProfessor of Molecular Genetics School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences 020 7882 8888Queen Mary University of London c.h.brennan@qmul.ac.uk www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/carolinebrennan.html zebrafish, development, comparative cognition, addiction, neurobiology |
 Dr Natalia BulgakovaLecturer in Genetics, Genomics and Fundamental Cell Biology School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences n.bulgakova@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London nbul.github.io/ cell adhesion, cytoskeleton, intracellular trafficking, image analysis, Drosophila |
 Dr Tanai CardonaReader in Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences t.cardona@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/dr-tanai-cardona---.html Photosynthesis, Photosystem, Directed Evolution, Molecular Evolution, Cyanobacteria |
 Dr Vidya Chandran DarbariSenior Lecturer in Structural Biology School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences v.darbari@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/vidyadarbari.html Structural Biology, Bacterial pathogenesis, Membrane proteins, X-ray Crystallography, Cryo-EM |
 Dr Matthew DayLecturer in Biochemistry School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences 020 7882 3839Queen Mary University of London matthew.day@qmul.ac.uk www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/matthew-day.html Structural biology, CryoEM, Alphafold, DNA replication, DNA repair, Cancer |
 Dr Elena De VitaLecturer in Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences e.devita@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/dr-elena-de-vita.html Chemical Biology, Covalent ligands, Induced Proximity, PHOSTACs, Drug Discovery, High throughput screening |
 Prof Viji Draviam SastryProfessor of Cell and Molecular Biology School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences v.draviam@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London www.draviamlab.uk/ Cell division, Cytoskeleton, Genomic Instability, Proteomics, Genomic variants, Cancer cell biology |
 Dr Christopher DuffySenior Lecturer in Cellular and Molecular Biology School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences c.duffy@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/christopherduffy.html Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting, Open Quantum Systems, Astrobiology, Bioenergetics |
 Dr Mohamed ElbadawiLecturer in Computational Physiology / Biomedicine School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences m.elbadawi@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/dr-mohamed-elbadawi.html |
 Prof Maurice ElphickProfessor of Animal Physiology and Neuroscience School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences m.r.elphick@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/mauriceelphick.html Neuropeptide, Evolution, Neurobiology, Echinoderm, Physiology |
 Dr Christoph EnglSenior Lecturer in Microbiology School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences c.engl@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/christophengl.html Bacterial Cell Biology, Adaptive Responses, RNA Processing and Repair, Cell-to-Cell Heterogeneity |
 Dr Guy HankeSenior Lecturer in Plant Cell and Molecular Biology School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences g.hanke@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/guyhanke.html |
 Dr Lee HenryReader in Molecular Microbial Ecology School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences l.henry@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/leehenry.html Evolution, Ecology, Genomics, Symbiosis, Entomology, Microbiology |
 Dr Paul J. HurdReader in Genome Regulation and Epigenetics School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences p.j.hurd@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London www.qmul.ac.uk/epigenetics/labs/hurd/ Honey bee, Functional Genomics, Epigenetics, Chromatin, Phenotypic plasticity |
 Dr Aravindan IlangovanReader in Structural Biology School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences a.ilangovan@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London www.ilangovan-lab.com/ Protein-nucleic acid complexes, Helicases, Cryogenic Electron Microscopy |
 Dr Ivan KadurinLecturer in Physiology School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences i.kadurin@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London kadurin-lab.pages.dev/ ion channels, neuronal excitation, electrophysiology, biochemistry, sub-cellular protein trafficking |
 Dr Ewan MainSenior Lecturer School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences e.main@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/ewanmain.html |
 Dr Chema Martin DuranReader in Organismal Biology School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences chema.martin@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London martinduranlab.com EvoDevo, Animal embryology, Evolutionary biology, Comparative genomics, Epigenomics |
 Dr Simon MooreLecturer in Synthetic Biology School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences simon.moore@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/simon-moore.html Synthetic biology, Biosynthesis, Antimicrobial resistance, Cell-free systems, Gene expression, Enzymes |
 Prof Conrad MullineauxProfessor of Microbiology School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences 020 7882 3645Queen Mary University of London c.mullineaux@qmul.ac.uk www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/conradmullineaux.html Cyanobacteria, Photosynthesis, Bacterial cell biology |
 Dr Nikola OjkicLecturer School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences n.ojkic@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/nikola-ojkic.html Bacterial cell size regulation, Biophysics, Antibiotic resistance, Microbiology |
 Dr Vicencio OostraFuture Leaders Fellow & Senior Lecturer School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences v.oostra@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/vicencio-oostra.html tropical butterflies, evolutionary adaptation, phenotypic plasticity, gene regulation, population and comparative genomics, biodiversity |
 Dr Isabel M PalaciosLecturer of Cell Biology School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences i.palacios@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London palacioslabqmul.squarespace.com/research Drosophila, human organoids, human iPSCs, organogenesis, cell biophysics, cytoskeleton |
 Prof Richard PickersgillProfessor of Structural Biology School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences r.w.pickersgill@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/richardpickersgill.html |
 Dr Charalampos (Babis) RallisReader in Genetics, Genomics and Fundamental Cell Biology School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences c.rallis@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London www.rallislab.org Ageing, Metabolism, Fission yeast, Neurons, Senescence, Phenomics |
 Professor Alexander RubanProfessor in Biophysics School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences 020 7882 6314Queen Mary University of London a.ruban@qmul.ac.uk www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/alexanderruban.html photosynthesis, light harvesting, chloroplast adaptation, NPQ, xanthophylls, spectroscopy |
 Dr Benjamin StieglitzSenior Lecturer in Biochemistry School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences b.stieglitz@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London stieglitz-lab.com Ubiquitin, Innate Immunity, Inflammation, Enzymology, Host-pathogen interaction, Structural biology |
 Dr Peter ThorpeSenior Lecturer in Biochemistry School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences p.thorpe@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/peterthorpe.html cell division, chromosome segregation, kinetochore, cell cycle |
 Dr Elena Torlai TrigliaLecturer in Genetics, Genomics & Fundamental Cell Biology School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences e.torlaitriglia@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/elena-torlai-triglia.html Gene regulation, Single-cell genomics, Cancer biology, Epigenetics |
 Dr Petra UngererTechnical Facilities Manager School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences p.ungerer@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/petraungerer.html |
 Dr Mark Van BreugelLecturer in Biochemistry School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences m.vanbreugel@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/mark-van-breugel.html Centrioles, Centrosomes, Cilia, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Structural Biology |
 Dr John VilesReader in Biochemistry School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences j.viles@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/johnviles.html Amyloids, Protein Misfolding, Alzheimers, Prions, Bioinorganic Chemistry |
 Dr Vladimir VolkovSenior Lecturer in Physiology School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences v.volkov@qmul.ac.ukQueen Mary University of London www.volkovlab.com cell division, kinetochore, microtubules, cytoskeleton, multivalency, cryoET |