Centre Members
The Bateson Centre has 42 research groups, including MRC and Wellcome Trust Fellows. It supports joint-training programmes for both non-clinical and clinical researchers plus has a flourishing graduate and post-graduate community.
Principal Investigators
Dr. Nasreen Akhtar (OM) |
Cell Polarity and Cancer |
Professor Oliver Bandmann (Neuroscience) |
Zebrafish models of Parkinson’s Disease and related disorders |
Dr. Mark Bass (BMS) |
Fibroblast migration during wound healing: signalling from extracellular matrix receptors to Rho-family GTPase |
Dr. Anne-Gaelle Borycki (BMS) |
Satellite cell biology and skeletal muscle regeneration |
Dr. Natalia Bulgakova (BMS) |
Role of cell-cell adhesion in morphogenesis |
Dr Kyra Campbell (BMS) |
Epithelial cell plasticity in development and disease |
Professor James Catto (OM) |
Translational application of Molecular Biology to Urological Malignancies |
Professor Tim Chico (IICD) |
Studying Arteriogenesis using the Zebrafish |
Professor Alison Condliffe (IICD) |
Regulation of innate and acquired immune cell function by PI3 kinase signalling |
Dr. Vincent Cunliffe (BMS) |
Development of the Zebrafish Central Nervous System |
Professor Sherif El-Khamisy (MBB) |
DNA Damage Repair |
Dr. Philip Elks (IICD) |
Hypoxia and the host response to infection |
Dr. Iwan Robert Evans (IICD) |
Using Drosophila to study macrophage behaviour |
Professor Paul Evans (IICD) |
Vascular biomechanics |
Dr Alexander Fletcher (SoMaS) |
Mathematical modelling and analysis of patterning and morphogenesis |
Professor Andrew Furley (BMS) |
Brain Development -Getting the right number of cells wired to the right target |
Dr. Andrew Grierson (Neuroscience) |
Zebrafish models of neurodegeneration |
Dr. Noemie Hamilton (IICD) |
Zebrafish models of auto-inflammatory neurological disorders |
Dr. Catarina Henriques (OM) |
Tissue Repair and Immunity in Ageing (TRIA) |
Dr. Heba Ismail (IICD) |
Cellular mechanisms driving chronic inflammation and tissue damage in musculoskeletal diseases |
Dr. Simon Johnston (IICD) |
Macrophage biology and host pathogen interactions |
Dr. Jason King (BMS) |
The Autophagic Pathway |
Dr Nils Krone (OM) |
The systemic consequences of disrupted steroid hormone synthesis and action |
Dr Andrew Lin (BMS) |
Olfactory sensory coding, synaptic plasticity and memory |
Dr Emily Noël (BMS) |
Cellular Mechanisms of Heart Development |
Professor Albert Ong (IICD) |
Polycystic kidney disease |
Professor Marysia Placzek (BMS) |
Neural patterning and hypothalamic differentiation |
Dr. Tennore Ramesh (Neuroscience) |
Zebrafish models of neurodegeneration |
Professor Stephen Renshaw (IICD) |
Visualising innate immunity in action |
Professor Marcelo Rivolta (BMS) |
Human auditory stem cells and regenerative therapies for hearing loss |
Dr. Henry Roehl (BMS) |
Zebrafish musculoskeletal development |
Dr. Jovana Serbanovic-Canic (IICD) |
Role of endothelial mechanoreceptors in endothelial cell dysfunction and atherosclerosis |
Dr Mirre Simons (APS) |
Why and how all life slowly deteriorates to eventually cause death |
Dr. Matthew Towers (BMS) |
Vertebrate limb development |
Dr Anestis Tsakiridis (BMS) |
Stem cell potency in development and disease |
Dr. Freek van Eeden (BMS) |
Disease models and Shh receptor function in zebrafish |
Professor Tanya Whitfield (BMS) |
Development of the fish inner ear |
Dr. Heather Wilson (IICD) |
IL-1 biology in inflammation and atherosclerosis |
Dr. Jon Wood (Neuroscience) |
Using zebrafish to understand CNS disease mechanisms |
Dr. Martin Zeidler (BMS) |
Identification and analysis of JAK/STAT pathway regulators |