Bateson Centre members

The Bateson Centre has 39 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.

Bateson Director

Professor Stephen A Renshaw

Sir Arthur Hall Professor of Medicine
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

Visualising innate immunity in action

 s.a.renshaw@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 2334
Professor Steve Renshaw
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Staff A-Z

Centre members

Dr Nasreen Akhtar

Lecturer in Developmental Cell Biology
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

Cell Polarity and Cancer

 n.akhtar@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 215 9059
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Dr Meena Balasubramanian

Senior Clinical Lecturer in Musculoskeletal Genetics
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

Genomic Medicine;
Characterisation of zebrafish models for bone fragility and genetic skeletal disorders;
Functional characterisation of rare paediatric neurodevelopmental disorders.

 m.balasubramanian@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 215 9008
Dr Meena Balasubramanian
Dr Meena Balasubramanian
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Professor Oliver Bandmann

Professor of Movement Disorders Neurology
Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Population Health

Zebrafish models of Parkinson’s Disease and related disorders

 o.bandmann@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 2237
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Dr Mark Bass

Lecturer
School of Biosciences

Molecular and Cellular Biology

 mark.bass@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 5278
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Dr Anne-Gaelle Borycki

Senior Lecturer
School of Biosciences

Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology

 a.g.borycki@sheffield.ac.uk
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Dr Natalia Bulgakova

Lecturer
School of Biosciences

Molecular and Cellular Biology

 n.bulgakova@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 3649
Natalia Bulgakova
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Dr Kyra Campbell

Sir Henry Dale Fellow
School of Biosciences

Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology

 kyra.campbell@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 4690
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Professor James Catto

Professor of Urology
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

Translational application of Molecular Biology to Urological Malignancies

 j.catto@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 215 9002
James Catto, Professor in Urological Surgery
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Professor Tim Chico

Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

Studying Arteriogenesis using the Zebrafish

 t.j.chico@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 2396
Professor Tim Chico
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Professor Alison Condliffe

Professor of Respiratory Medicine
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

Regulation of innate and acquired immune cell function by PI3 kinase signalling

 a.m.condliffe@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 215 9519
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Dr Vincent Cunliffe

Senior Lecturer in Developmental Genetics
School of Biosciences

Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology

 v.t.cunliffe@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 2389
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Professor Sherif El-Khamisy

Chair in Molecular Medicine
School of Biosciences

Molecular and Cellular Biology

 S.El-Khamisy@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 2791
Chair in Molecular Medicine, Sherif El-Khamisy
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Dr Phil Elks

Senior Research Fellow
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

Hypoxia and the host response to infection

 p.elks@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 3609
Dr Phil Elks
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Dr Iwan Robert Evans

Sir Henry Dale Fellow
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

Using Drosophila to study macrophage behaviour

 i.r.evans@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 3695
Dr Iwan Evans
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Dr Alexander Fletcher

Senior Lecturer
School of Mathematics and Statistics

Mathematical biology, morphogenesis, tissue dynamics

 A.G.Fletcher@shef.ac.uk
+44 114 222 3846
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Professor Andrew Furley

Deputy Head of School, Professor of Developmental Neuroscience
School of Biosciences

Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology

 a.j.furley@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 2354
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Dr Andrew Grierson

Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience
Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Population Health

Zebrafish models of neurodegeneration

 a.j.grierson@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 2277
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Dr Noémie Hamilton

Honorary Fellow
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

Zebrafish models of auto-inflammatory neurological disorders

 N.M.Hamilton@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 2769
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Dr Catarina M Henriques

Sir Henry Dale Fellow
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

Tissue Repair and Immunity in Ageing (TRIA)

 c.m.henriques@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 3647
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Dr Heba Ismail

Research Fellow
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

Cellular mechanisms driving chronic inflammation and tissue damage in musculoskeletal diseases

 H.Ismail@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 2390
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Dr Simon Johnston

Senior Research Fellow
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

Macrophage biology and host pathogen interactions

 s.a.johnston@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 2301
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Professor Jason King

Senior Research Fellow
School of Biosciences

Molecular and Cellular Biology

 Jason.King@Sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 5116
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Professor Nils P Krone

Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

The systemic consequences of disrupted steroid hormone synthesis and action

 n.krone@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 271 7508
Professor Nils Krone
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Dr Andrew Lin

Senior Lecturer
School of Biosciences

Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology

 andrew.lin@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 3643
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Dr Emily Noël

British Heart Foundation Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellow
School of Biosciences

Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology

 e.s.noel@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 2311
British Heart Foundation Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellow, Emily Noël
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Professor Albert CM Ong

Professor of Renal Medicine
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

Polycystic kidney disease

 a.ong@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 215 9542
Professor Albert Ong
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Professor Marysia Placzek

Professor of Developmental Neurobiology
School of Biosciences

Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology

 m.placzek@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 2353
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Dr Tennore Ramesh

Non-Clinical Lecturer
Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Population Health

Zebrafish models of neurodegeneration

 t.ramesh@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 2246
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Professor Stephen A Renshaw

Sir Arthur Hall Professor of Medicine
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

Visualising innate immunity in action

 s.a.renshaw@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 2334
Professor Steve Renshaw
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Professor Marcelo Rivolta

Professor of Sensory Stem Cell Biology
School of Biosciences

Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology

 m.n.rivolta@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 2385
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Dr Henry H. Roehl

Senior Lecturer
School of Biosciences

Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology

 h.roehl@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 2351
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Dr Jovana Serbanovic-Canic

BHF Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellow
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

Role of endothelial mechanoreceptors in endothelial cell dysfunction and atherosclerosis

 j.serbanovic-canic@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 215 9502
Dr Jovana Serbanovic-Canic
Dr Jovana Serbanovic-Canic
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Dr Mirre Simons

Sir Henry Dale Fellow
School of Biosciences

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

 m.simons@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0111
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Dr Anestis Tsakiridis

Group Leader & Lecturer
School of Biosciences

Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology

 a.tsakiridis@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 2367
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Dr Freek van Eeden

Senior Lecturer
School of Biosciences

Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology

 f.j.vaneeden@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 2348
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Professor Tanya Whitfield

Professor of Developmental Biology
School of Biosciences

Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology

 t.whitfield@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 2350
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Dr Heather L Wilson

Senior Lecturer
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

IL-1 biology in inflammation and atherosclerosis

 h.l.wilson@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 215 9560
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Dr Martin Zeidler

Reader
School of Biosciences

Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology

 m.zeidler@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 6093
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