Members of the Board of Tutors in Biochemical Sciences

Sensory biology and cell physiology

Associate Concentration Advisor (CPB/MCB) and Lecturer in MCB

transcription factors, DNA regulatory elements, gene regulatory networks, and the effects of genetic variation

Cellular fat metabolism and inter-organelle communication

Combining optics, protein engineering, chemistry, electrophysiology, simulation, and theory, at the levels of individual molecules, single cells, and whole, genetically modified, organisms.

Molecular mechanisms underlying viral genomic RNA – host interactions

Molecular and neural architecture of social behavior circuits

Synaptic plasticity: cellular mechanisms, development of functional networks and links to behaviour

Cell death/proliferation signals in development and disease

Genetic pathways that affect blood development and iron homeostasis

Systems biology of disease

High resolution dynamic and spatial studies of prokaryotic cellular organization

Structural biology of signaling and transport through biological membranes

Transcriptional regulation of the TNF gene, HIV biology, HIV/TB host susceptibility and resistance genes

Development of a universal vaccine against a major worldwide cause of infant mortality, the bacterial pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae

Role of mitochondria in mammalian aging and disease

Structural biology of viruses and viral proteins

Study of the mechanics of biomolecules, and more generally the role of physical and evolutionary forces in shaping biological systems

C. elegans genetics of intercellular RNAi signaling

Developing new functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) methods to study the neural mechanisms of behavior

Development of the nervous system, synaptic plasticity, behavior and evolution

Role of diabetic pregnancy-induced changes in gene expression in development

Assistant director of Undergraduate studies (CPB/MCB) and Lecturer in MCB

Cardiovascular biology, signal transduction

Neuromuscular biology and disease

Biotechnology / pharmaceutical industry, technology licensing, strategic application of intellectual property

RNA and heterochromatin assembly Heterochromatin structure and inheritance miRNAs and synaptic plasticity

Curriculum and Pedagogy Manager

Structure-based drug design

Understanding and harnessing the complexity of plant chemistry and metabolism

Intellectual property law

Entrepreneurship, venture capital

Multicolor and time-resolved electron microscopy of cell signaling

Curriculum and Pedagogy Manager

Computational methods to identify functional genomic sequences and structures. Quest for conserved RNA structures

Science & diversity outreach

Biopharmaceuticals, drug discovery, antibody discovery, immuno-oncology, oncology

Understanding the impact of technology, learning styles, and high school preparation in university science classrooms

Curriculum and Pedagogy Manager

Experimental design and teaching laboratories

Non-coding RNA biology, imprinted gene expression regulation, neurobiology

Development and application of chemical proteomic methods to study the interactions of therapeutics, natural products, and metabolites within the cellular proteome

Curriculum and Pedagogy Manager