University of Oxford

Wellcome Trust Graduate Programme in

Chromosome and Developmental Biology

 

Participating Departments

Students in the programme may undertake research in the following departments and institutes at Oxford University:

Department of Biochemistry


Sir William Dunn School of Pathology


Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics


Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine

Participating Faculty - Listed by Name

Dr Joanne Begbie - Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics

The development of the peripheral nervous system

Prof Stephen Bell  - Sir William Dunn School of Pathology

DNA replication in the archaea

Prof Elizabeth Bikoff  - Sir William Dunn School of Pathology

Molecular assemblies in development and immunity

Prof Neil Brockdorff - Department of Biochemistry

Epigenetic mechanisms in X chromosome inactivation

Prof Peter Cook  - Sir William Dunn School of Pathology

Non-genic RNA, DNA loops, and transcription factories

Prof Ilan Davis - Department of Biochemistry

Elucidating the molecular mechanism of mRNA localization

Prof Doug Higgs - Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine

Gene silencing in haematopoiesis

Dr Nick Lakin - Department of Biochemistry

Detection, signalling and repair of DNA damage

Dr Peter McHugh - Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine

Chromatin remodelling factors in Nucleotide Excision Repair

Prof Louis Mehadevan - Department of Biochemistry

Chromatin modifications at inducible genes in mammalian cells

Dr Jane Mellor - Department of Biochemistry

14-3-3 proteins in growth and development

Dr Shona Murphy  - Sir William Dunn School of Pathology

The role of the CTD of pol II in expression of mammalian genes

Prof Kim Nasmyth - Department of Biochemistry

Cohesin function during cell division and development

Dr Chris Norbury - Sir William Dunn School of Pathology

RNA uridylation and S-M checkpoint control

Prof Roger Patient - Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine

Haematopoietic stem cell programming in Xenopus and zebrafish

Dr Catherine Pears - Department of Biochemistry

Histone modification in development

Prof Nicholas Proudfoot - Sir William Dunn School of Pathology

Intergenic transcription in eukaryotes: Formation and function

Prof Elizabeth Robertson - Sir William Dunn School of Pathology

Cell fate decisions in the mammalian embryo

Prof David Sherratt - Department of Biochemistry

Bacterial chromosome dynamics

Dr Shankar Srinivas - Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics

Cell movement and fate during mammalian embryogenesis

Prof Matthew Whitby - Department of Biochemistry

Genetic recombination and DNA repair in eukaryotes

Dr Clive Wilson - Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics

Functions and mechanisms of insulin signalling

Prof Andrew Wilkie - Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine

Selfish mutations in sperm

Dr Alison Woollard - Department of Biochemistry

Controlling stem cell proliferation in C. elegans

Dr Rob Klose - Department of Biochemistry

Epigenetic regulation of chromatin function

Prof Jordan Raff - Sir William Dunn School of Pathology

Cell fate decisions in the mammalian embryo

Dr Martin Cohn - Department of Biochemistry

Maintenance of genome stability and DNA repair in human

Dr Lidia Vasilieva - Department of Biochemistry

Post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes

Prof Francis Barr - Department of Biochemistry

Spatial and temporal control of mitosis and cytokinesis