| Name | Research keywords | Research techniques |
|---|
| Cinzia Allegrucci |
Cancer, stem cells, epigenetics, disease modelling, genetics |
iPSC technology, 3D cell culture models, in vitro assays, epigenetic analysis |
| Kenton Arkill |
Vascular permeability, endothelial glycocalyx, electron microscopy, correlative microscopy techniques |
Functional permeability assays, 3D TEM, correlative microscopy techniques |
| Jennifer Ashworth |
Biomaterials, fibrosis, cancer research, 3D in vitro models, imaging tissue |
3D cell culture, biomaterials design and fabrication, primary cell/ organoid culture, confocal imaging, micro-CT analysis |
| Dave Bates |
Angiogenesis, vascular remodelling, cholangiocarcinoma, renal glomerular physiology, diabetes |
In vivo imaging, RNA splicing, molecular and cellular biology, drug discovery |
| Andrew Benest |
Endothelial cells, lymphatics, angiogenesis, vasculature, transcription factors |
Transcriptomic, in vivo modelling, confocal imaging |
| Lee Buttery |
3D cell models, stem cells, osteoblasts, cell-materials interactions, tissue engineering |
3D and ES cell culture, osteoblast culture, immunocytochemistry, optical tweezers for cell biology |
| Beth Coyle |
Paediatric brain tumours, resistance, metastasis, tumour microenvironment |
3D cell culture, apoptosis, cytotoxicity, migration assays |
| Chris Denning |
Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs), heart/ cardiovascular disease, drug discovery and evaluation, regenerative medicine |
Cardiovascular lineage differentiation, CRISPR engineering, phenotype-genotype correlations, automation |
| James Dixon |
Gene therapy, gene editing, vaccines, nucleic acid delivery, regenerative medicine |
Genetic engineering/ editing, nanoformulation, reporter assays, particle characterisation, biomaterials |
| Mattea Finelli |
Neurodegenerative diseases, redox mechanisms, oxidative and nitrosative stresses, proteomics, post-translational modifications of proteins |
Quantitative/ redox/ PTMs proteomics, cell- and recombinant protein-based assays, stem cell derived disease models, various cell cultures (cortical, cerebellar, hippocampal, DRG, motor neurons) |
| Amanda Goodwin |
Fibrosis, development, lung repair |
In vitro cell stretch (Flexcell), G protein knockdown studies, TMLC assays (TGFbeta signalling assay), ECM crossover studies |
| Nicholas Hannan |
Stem cells, disease modelling, respiratory disease, liver disease, inflammatory bowel disease |
Stem cell differentiation, cell phenotyping, gene editing, CRISPR base editing, organoids |
| Mohammad Ilyas |
Colorectal cancer, mutation analysis, liquid biopsy, cancer biomarkers, tissue modelling |
Histopathology, PCR, co-culture models, gene cloning |
| Victoria James |
Extracellular vesicles, RNA biology, cancer metastasis, epigenetics, inter-cellular communication |
Nanoparticle biology, RNA biology, cell biology, epigenetics |
| Simon Johnson |
Tissue remodelling, proteases, extracellular matrix, rare lung disease, drug repurposing |
Protease assays, complex cell culture, molecular pathology |
| Barrie Kellam |
Medicinal chemistry, fluorescent ligands, G protein-coupled receptors, drug discovery |
Medicinal chemistry, molecular modelling, biospectroscopy, HPLC, fluorescence Imaging |
| Alvaro Mata |
Biomaterials, tissue engineering, regenerative materials, in vitro models, biomineralization |
Self-assembly, bioprinting, electron microscopy |
| Cathy Merry |
Matrix biology, cancer research, disease modelling, glycobiology |
Glycobiology, hydrogel development, stem cell culture and differentiation, matrix biology, in vitro disease models |
| Abhik Mukherjee |
Digital/ molecular pathology, gastrointestinal and pancreaticobiliary cancers, translational therapeutics, inflammatory bowel disease |
Histopathology and immunohistochemistry, digital pathology and image analyses, molecular pathology, functional biology |
| Paloma Ordóñez Morán |
Stem cells, inflammation, differentiation, cancer, tumour heterogeneity |
3D organoids, primary mouse and human cell culture, stem cell-based approaches, in vivo assays, gene expression |
| Frankie Rawson |
Wireless bioelectronics, bioelectricity, electrochemistry, bionanotechnology, bioelectronic medicine |
SECM-AFM, voltammtery, amperomerty |
| Felicity Rose |
Biointerfaces; biomaterials; peptide materials; hydrogels; computational material science |
Surface modification and analysis; polymerisation kinetics; light and enzyme responsive materials; material characterisation |
| Ian Sayers |
Molecular, genetic and cellular mechanisms underlying asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, virus-host interactions, stratified medicine |
Gene discovery, primary airway cell and tissue models, functional genetics, transcriptomics, patient translational studies |
| Abdol Shams-Nateri |
Adult stem cells and cancer, precision oncology/ personalized cancer treatments, intra-tumour heterogeneity, cell signalling and transcription, ubiquitin proteasome system and F-box proteins |
3D Organoids and explants models, gene targeting and transgenics, CRISPR-Cas gene editing systems, epithelial and hematopoietic stem cells assays |
| Amanda Tatler |
Respiratory disease, tissue remodelling, fibrosis, matrix, 3D models |
Precision cut tissue slices, in vivo respiratory models, molecular biology, TGFb activation assays, immunohistochemistry/ immunofluorescence |
| Alex Thompson |
Blood cancer, stem cell technologies, pre-clinical evaluation, next-generation models, drug discovery |
In vivo modelling, iPSC maintenance and differentiation, haematopoiesis, colony-forming assays, gene expression profiling |
| Lisa White |
Regenerative medicine, biomaterials, extracellular matrix, hydrogels, microparticles |
Decellularization, micro x-ray computed tomography, mammalian cell culture, biomaterials characterisation, supercritical CO2 |
| Jing Yang |
Biomaterials, 3D bioprinting, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, immunomodulatory materials |
3D printing, biomaterial preparation, chemical characterisation, mechanical testing, cell culture |
| Mischa Zelzer |
Biointerfaces; biomaterials; peptide materials; hydrogels; computational material science |
Surface modification and analysis; polymerisation kinetics; light and enzyme responsive materials; material characterisation |