Dr Michael Trikic

FHEA

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

University Teacher

m.trikic@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 5946

Sir Robert Hadfield Building

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Dr Michael Trikic
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD

Profile

He joined the department from Multidisciplinary Engineering Education where he taught Bio- related engineering labs, set up the Bioengineering labs and pilot plant bioreactors, and managed technical resources and staff.

Prior to this he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Oncology department of The University of Sheffield Medical School investigating drug resistance mechanisms in cancer. He was awarded his PhD from the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology in 2009.

He has also held project management roles in Research Offices at The University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam, as well as research-related technical roles in Westlake Scientific Consulting and the Virology department at The University of Reading.

Research interests

Cell-material interactions
Molecular biology
Protein expression and purification
Model systems.

Publications

Journal articles

Trikić MZ, Monk P, Roehl H & Partridge LJ (2011) Regulation of zebrafish hatching by tetraspanin cd63.. PLoS One, 6(5), e19683. View this article in WRRO
Sloane DA, Trikic MZ, Chu MLH, Lamers MBAC, Mason CS, Mueller I, Savory WJ, Williams DH & Eyers PA (2010) Drug-resistant aurora A mutants for cellular target validation of the small molecule kinase inhibitors MLN8054 and MLN8237.. ACS Chem Biol, 5(6), 563-576.
Rees GS, Trikic MZ, Winther JF, Tawn EJ, Stovall M, Olsen JH, Rechnitzer C, Schrøder H, Guldberg P & Boice JD (2006) A pilot study examining germline minisatellite mutations in the offspring of Danish childhood and adolescent cancer survivors treated with radiotherapy.. Int J Radiat Biol, 82(3), 153-160.
Wilding CS, Trikic MZ, Hingston JL, Copplestone D & Janet Tawn E (2006) Mitochondrial DNA mutation frequencies in experimentally irradiated compost worms, Eisenia fetida.. Mutat Res, 603(1), 56-63.
Whiteley A, Trikic MZ & Barclay WS (2004) Attenuating mutations in the influenza virus genome which may increase the safety of vaccine production. International Congress Series, 1263, 687-690.

Teaching interests

Michael is the Year 1/2 Director for the Bioengineering degree programme and is involved with teaching and learning activities for the following course modules:

Tissue Structure and Function
Biology and Chemistry of Living Systems
Tissue Engineering Approaches to Failure in Living Systems
Group Projects in Bioengineering
Bioimaging
Experimental Skills for Tissue Modelling

He also supervises final year projects at Undergraduate and Postgraduate level.