Institute of Developmental Sciences

Our people

Learn about our academic experts, from their research interests to their contact details.

Professor Jaswinder Sethi BSc DPhil FRSB

Professor of Immunometabolism

Research interests

  • Immunometabolism
  • Obesity
  • Metabolic diseases

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Jaya Thomas

Senior Research Fellow in Bioinformatics

Research interests

  • Innate Immunology 
  • Tumour microenvironment
  • Bioinformatic tools and optimization
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Ms Jen Peach

Knowledge Team Leader
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Dr Jeremy Blaydes

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Transcriptional responses to pathways: roles in the causes and treatment of cancer Intra-cel…
  • Some Example Projects: Regulation of HDM2 and HDMX proteins The HDM2 oncoprotein is the majo…
  • Role of CtBP transcriptional repressors in cancer cell proliferation and survival In common …
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Professor John Holloway PhD, FHEA, FERS

Associate VP Interdisciplinary Research

Research interests

  • Human genetics
  • Epigenetics
  • Respiratory Disease

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Professor John Primrose

Professor of Surgery

Research interests

  • Professor Primrose’s research is in gastrointestinal cancer, clinical and translational and H…
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Professor Jon Dawson

Professor of Biomedical Engineering
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Professor Jon Strefford PhD

Head of School

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Dr Jonathan Swann

Professor of Biomolecular Medicine

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Dr Jonathan West BSc, PhD, FHEA, MRSC

Associate Professor of Biomicrofluidics

Research interests

  • Thrombosis prediction at the point of care
  • Microfluidic HDX for investigating protein dynamics
  • Droplet microfluidics for time-resolved serial crystallography

Accepting applications from PhD students

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