Research specialisations
Cell Biology and Molecular Pathogenesis
Researching molecular and cellular virology, cell biology in health and disease, and eukaryotic genomics.
Mitochondrial genetics
Researching transcription and transcript processing in mitochondria, and identification and characterisation of nuclear-encoded mitochondrial proteins in Dictyostelium, yeast and mammals.
Environmental microbiology
Structure, function and application of environmental microbial communities. Encompassing the interactions, evolution and applied process found within bacterial biofilms associated with: plant system and rhizosphere-associated processes; bioremediation of toxic environmental pollutants; and extracellular electron transfer for bioenergy applications.
Molecular cell biology
Genetic and molecular studies of signal transduction during development and behaviour in the model eukaryote, Dictyostelium discoideum. Mitochondrial biology and disease using Dictyostelium as a model.
Molecular genetics
Genetic and molecular nature of bacterial plasmids and transposable elements, in particular those from Pseudomonas and from enteric bacteria.
Molecular and cellular virology
The mechanism of replication used by two positive-stranded RNA viruses, both highly pathogenic to humans, West Nile virus (a flavivirus) and Mouse Norovirus (a Norovirus).
