Cell and Developmental Biology

Cell Biology and Developmental Biology involve the study of cellular processes and the mechanisms by which organisms grow and develop. These complementary research areas seek to understand the genetic control and biochemical mechanisms that co-ordinate:

the organisation of molecules within cells
the generation of specialised cells
interactions and signalling between cells
embryogenesis and organ formation

Such fundamental investigation is necessary to underpin our knowledge of human biology. This understanding of such normal biological processes is required to appreciate the consequences when such processes are perturbed.

Principal Investigator	Research Area
Professor Peter Andrews	Human embryonic stem cells, germ cell tumours
Professor Kathryn Ayscough	Cytoskeleton and endocytosis
Dr Anne-Gaelle Borycki	Somite patterning and Sonic Hedgehog signaling
Dr Vincent Cunliffe	Control of chromatin activity during vertebrate development
Dr Freek van Eeden	Disease models and Sonic Hedgehog receptor function in zebrafish
Dr Kai Erdmann	Membrane trafficking and signalling in polarised cells.
Dr Andrew Furley	Role of L1-related cell adhesion molecules in neural development
Professor Harry Moore	Molecular reproduction and development
Dr Andrew Peden	Elucidating the pathways and cellular machinery of constitutive secretion
Professor Marysia Placzek	Neural patterning and neural differentiation
Dr Penny Rashbass	Apical-basal polarity in vertebrate development and disease
Dr Henry Roehl	Zebrafish musculoskeletal development
Professor Carl Smythe	Molecular and cell biology of the eukaryotic cell cycle
Professor Elizabeth Smythe	Regulation of membrane trafficking
Professor David Strutt	Drosophila cell polarity
Dr Matthew Towers	Vertebrate limb development
Dr Tanya Whitfield	Development of the fish inner ear
Professor Steve Winder	Dystroglycan mediated cell adhesion in muscular dystrophy and cancer
Dr Martin Zeidler	JAK/STAT signalling