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Molecular Sciences

Irene fly gut — A female fly stores fat (orange) and expands its gut (blue) to fuel its many eggs (pink) as they grow (Credit: Paola Cognigni)

Understanding fundamental molecular and cell biology processes that are relevant for human health; from interactions inside our cells to changes relevant to diseases like cancer, neurological disorders or diabetes.

We carry out research in a variety of areas, including:

Gene regulation
How the DNA inside our cells is stored, copied and repaired
Epigenetic markers on DNA that might be passed between generations
Stem cells, their uses and how to produce them
How a cell state called senescence affects cancer and ageing
Metabolism, sexual identity and growth
Nerve cells in the brain and their role in disease
What model organisms such as worms, flies and fish can tell us about human health

For more information on our research please see individual member research profiles below.

Professor Luis Aragon Alcaide
Professor of Genetics

Dr Andre Brown
Senior Lecturer

Professor David Carling
Professor of Biochemistry

Dr Vincenzo De Paola
Reader in Translational Neuroscience

Professor Niall Dillon
Professor of Molecular Genetics

Professor Wiebke Arlt
Head of the Institute of Clinical Sciences

Professor Jesús Gil
Professor of Cell Proliferation

Professor Petra Hajkova
Professor of Developmental Epigenetics

Professor Boris Lenhard
Professor of Computational Biology

Dr Enrique Martinez-Perez
Reader in Chromosome Biology

Professor Matthias Merkenschlager
Professor of Cell Biology

Dr Vicki Metzis
Research Fellow

Professor Irene Miguel-Aliaga
Professor in Genetics and Physiology

Dr Michelle Percharde
Research Fellow

Professor David Rueda
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Medicine

Dr Peter Sarkies
Senior Lecturer

Dr Chris Schiering
Research Fellow

Professor Christian Speck
Professor of Genome Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Dr Tobias Warnecke
Junior Research Fellow

Professor Dominic Withers
Clinical Chair in Diabetes & Endocrinology

Dr Helena Cocheme
Honorary Lecturer

Dr Susumu Hirabayashi
Honorary Lecturer

Dr Mathieu Latreille
Honorary Lecturer

Dr Samuel Marguerat
Honorary Lecturer

Dr Jean-Baptiste Vannier
Honorary Lecturer

Dr Santiago Vernia
Honorary Lecturer

Mikhail Spivakov
Honorary Senior Lecturer

For researchers and students

If you have a research idea that you would like to propose or find out what opportunities we have within Molecular Sciences, please contact:

Jesús Gil
Head of Molecular Sciences
+44 (0) 20 8383 8263
jesus.gil@imperial.ac.uk