Precision Biosciences Innovation Hub

Our people

Meet the experts working in our interdisciplinary team.

Dr Nela Nikolic

Lecturer in Microbiology

Research interests

  • Roles of accessory genetic elements in bacterial resilience
  • Phenotypic heterogeneity and individual behaviors underlying bacterial stress adaptation
  • Dynamics between phages and their bacterial hosts

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Dr Nicole Prior

Lecturer

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Professor Nullin Divecha

Professor of Cellular Signalling

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Dr Owen Rackham MSc, PhD

Professor

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Professor Paul Elkington

Director of Inst. for Medical Innovation

Research interests

  • tuberculosis
  • immunopathology
  • diagnosis

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Professor Paul Skipp

Professor of Proteomics

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Professor Peter Smith BSc, PhD, MA, FRSB

Professor of Life Sciences
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Professor Phil Williamson

Head of School

Research interests

  • Molecular processes underpinning neurodegenerative disease
  • Structure and function of cell membranes
  • Development and application of solid-state NMR and other biophysical techniques for the analy…

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Professor Ratko Djukanovic

Professor of Medicine

Research interests

  • Professor Djukanovic has a lifelong interest in asthma, especially its severe forms. where hi…
  • Underlying mechanisms of asthma: Professor Djukanovic has conducted pioneer studies into the …
  • Stratification of asthma into clinical phenotypes and mechanism-based endotypes: Professor Dj…
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Dr Richard Meek

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Eukaryotic Glycobiology
  • Carbohydrate-active Enzymes
  • Post-translational Modifications

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