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Roman Arguello

Dr Roman Arguello

Lecturer in Genetics, Genomics and Fundamental Cell Biology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

arguellolab.org

evolutionary genomics, sensory neurobiology, evo-devo, behaviour

Conrad Bessant

Prof Conrad Bessant

Professor of Bioinformatics

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

bezzlab.github.io/

data science, computational biology, bioinformatics, artificial intelligence, drug discovery

Caroline Brennan

Prof Caroline Brennan

Professor of Molecular Genetics
Interim Head of School

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
020 7882 8888

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/carolinebrennan.html

zebrafish, development, comparative cognition, addiction, neurobiology

Natalia Bulgakova

Dr Natalia Bulgakova

Lecturer in Genetics, Genomics and Fundamental Cell Biology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

nbul.github.io/
Tanai Cardona

Dr Tanai Cardona

Reader in Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/dr-tanai-cardona---.html

Photosynthesis, Photosystem, Directed Evolution, Molecular Evolution, Cyanobacteria

Vidya Chandran Darbari

Dr Vidya Chandran Darbari

Senior Lecturer in Structural Biology
Centre Lead

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/vidyadarbari.html

Structural Biology, Bacterial pathogenesis, Membrane proteins, X-ray Crystallography, Cryo-EM

Matthew Day

Dr Matthew Day

Lecturer in Biochemistry

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
020 7882 3839

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/matthew-day.html

Structural biology, CryoEM, Alphafold, DNA replication, DNA repair, Cancer

Elena De Vita

Dr Elena De Vita

Lecturer in Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen 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

Viji Draviam Sastry

Prof Viji Draviam Sastry

Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.draviamlab.uk/

Cell division, Cytoskeleton, Genomic Instability, Proteomics, Genomic variants, Cancer cell biology

Christopher Duffy

Dr Christopher Duffy

Senior Lecturer in Cellular and Molecular Biology
Director of Admissions (SBBS)

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/christopherduffy.html

Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting, Open Quantum Systems, Astrobiology, Bioenergetics

Mohamed Elbadawi

Dr Mohamed Elbadawi

Lecturer in Computational Physiology / Biomedicine

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/dr-mohamed-elbadawi.html
Maurice Elphick

Prof Maurice Elphick

Professor of Animal Physiology and Neuroscience

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/mauriceelphick.html

Neuropeptide, Evolution, Neurobiology, Echinoderm, Physiology

Christoph Engl

Dr Christoph Engl

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/christophengl.html
Guy Hanke

Dr Guy Hanke

Senior Lecturer in Plant Cell and Molecular Biology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/guyhanke.html
Lee Henry

Dr Lee Henry

Reader in Molecular Microbial Ecology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/leehenry.html
Paul Hurd

Dr Paul Hurd

Reader in Genome Regulation and Epigenetics

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

qmulepigenetics.com/hurd

Honey bee, Functional Genomics, Epigenetics, Chromatin, Phenotypic plasticity

Aravindan Ilangovan

Dr Aravindan Ilangovan

Reader in Structural Biology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.ilangovan-lab.com/

Protein-nucleic acid complexes, Helicases, Cryogenic Electron Microscopy

Ivan Kadurin

Dr Ivan Kadurin

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/ivan-kadurin.html
Ewan Main

Dr Ewan Main

Senior Lecturer
Director of Student Experience

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/ewanmain.html
Chema Martin Duran

Dr Chema Martin Duran

Reader in Organismal Biology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

martinduranlab.com

EvoDevo, Animal embryology, Evolutionary biology, Comparative genomics, Epigenomics

Simon Moore

Dr Simon Moore

Lecturer in Synthetic Biology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/simon-moore.html

Synthetic biology, Biosynthesis, Antimicrobial resistance, Cell-free systems, Gene expression, Enzymes

Conrad Mullineaux

Prof Conrad Mullineaux

Professor of Microbiology
Head of Biochemistry

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
020 7882 3645

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/conradmullineaux.html

Cyanobacteria, Photosynthesis, Bacterial cell biology

Nikola Ojkic

Dr Nikola Ojkic

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/nikola-ojkic.html
Vicencio Oostra

Dr Vicencio Oostra

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/vicencio-oostra.html
Isabel Palacios

Dr Isabel Palacios

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/isabelpalacios.html
Richard Pickersgill

Prof Richard Pickersgill

Professor of Structural Biology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/richardpickersgill.html
Charalampos (Babis) Rallis

Dr Charalampos (Babis) Rallis

Reader in Genetics, Genomics and Fundamental Cell Biology
Director of Industrial Innovation, Theme Leader for Genetics of Disease and Ageing

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.rallislab.org

Ageing, Metabolism, Fission yeast, Neurons, Senescence, Phenomics

Alexander Ruban

Professor Alexander Ruban

Professor in Biophysics

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
020 7882 6314

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/alexanderruban.html

photosynthesis, light harvesting, chloroplast adaptation, NPQ, xanthophylls, spectroscopy

Benjamin Stieglitz

Dr Benjamin Stieglitz

Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

stieglitz-lab.com

Ubiquitin, Innate Immunity, Inflammation, Enzymology, Host-pathogen interaction, Structural biology

Peter Thorpe

Dr Peter Thorpe

Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry
Deputy Dean for Research - Impact

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/peterthorpe.html

cell division, chromosome segregation, kinetochore, cell cycle

Elena Torlai Triglia

Dr Elena Torlai Triglia

Lecturer in Genetics, Genomics & Fundamental Cell Biology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/elena-torlai-triglia.html
Petra Ungerer

Dr Petra Ungerer

Technical Facilities Manager

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/petraungerer.html
Mark Van Breugel

Dr Mark Van Breugel

Lecturer in Biochemistry

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/mark-van-breugel.html

Centrioles, Centrosomes, Cilia, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Structural Biology

John Viles

Dr John Viles

Reader in Biochemistry

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/johnviles.html

Amyloids, Protein Misfolding, Alzheimers, Prions, Bioinorganic Chemistry

Vladimir Volkov

Dr Vladimir Volkov

Lecturer in Physiology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.volkovlab.com

cell division, mitosis, kinetochore, microtubules, cytoskeleton