This theme focuses on the underlying molecular mechanisms of human diseases such as cancer, neurodegenerative disorders, genetic disorders of the musculoskeletal system, and bacterial infections. Research in the theme ranges from structural studies of target molecules to preclinical cancer models, with the aim of developing new modes of diagnosis or treatment.
Institutes, centres and initiatives
This Research Theme is associated to the following institutes, centres and initiatives:
- Centre for Advanced Therapeutics
- Centre for Structural Biology
- Institute of Chemical Biology
- Institute of Infection
- MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection
- Glycobiology Network
- Malaria Network
Academic staff in this area
Dr Michael J Baker
Dr Michael J Baker
Assistant Teaching Fellow/Teaching Fellow
Dr Konstantinos Beis
Dr Konstantinos Beis
Reader in Membrane Protein Structural Biology
Professor Doryen A Bubeck
Professor Doryen A Bubeck
Professor in Structural Immunology
Dr Laurence Bugeon
Dr Laurence Bugeon
Research Fellow
Dr Matthew A Child
Dr Matthew A Child
Senior Research Fellow
Professor George K Christophides
Professor George K Christophides
Professor of Infectious Diseases & Immunity
Emeritus Professor Stephen Curry
Emeritus Professor Stephen Curry
Emeritus Professor of Structural Biology
Professor Daniel M Davis
Professor Daniel M Davis
Head of Department of Life Sciences, Chair in Immunology
Professor Alfonso De Simone
Professor Alfonso De Simone
Visiting Professor
Professor Marc S Dionne
Professor Marc S Dionne
Professor of Innate Immunity
Dr Nadia Guerra
Dr Nadia Guerra
Reader in Immunology
Dr Anita C Hall
Dr Anita C Hall
Senior Teaching Fellow
Professor Erhard Hohenester
Professor Erhard Hohenester
Professor of Structural Matrix Biology
Dr Theodoros Karamanos
Dr Theodoros Karamanos
Lecturer (Wellcome Trust & Royal Society
Professor David Mann
Professor David Mann
Professor of Molecular Biology
Professor Thomas K Meier
Professor Thomas K Meier
Visiting Professor
Dr Atieme Joseph Ogbolosingha
Dr Atieme Joseph Ogbolosingha
Teaching Fellow
Dr Marco Trizzino
Dr Marco Trizzino
Senior Lecturer in Developmental Genomics
Postgraduate research
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