Meet our researchers

We are a multidisciplinary department with research interests spanning all aspects of modern molecular and cellular biochemistry.

Our goal is to understand the mechanisms underlying fundamental problems in biology using a range of approaches, from atomic resolution biophysics to bioimaging, chromosomal biology studies, and developmental genetics.
Working in a collaborative setting, our researchers benefit from state-of-the-art infrastructure and sharing of expertise.

Past Members

Dr Bungo Akiyoshi: Evolutionary cell biology of chromosome segregation
Contact: bungo.akiyoshi@ed.ac.uk

Professor Judith Armitage: Flagellar rotation and intracellular signalling pathways controlling bacterial chemotaxis
Contact: judith.armitage@bioch.ox.ac.uk

Associate Prof Maike Bublitz: Molecular Mechanisms of Membrane Transport Processes
Contact: https://bublitzlab.com

Dr Alfredo Castello: Understanding the role of RNA-binding proteins in virus infection
Contact: alfredo.castellopalomares@bioch.ox.ac.uk

Associate Professor Martin Cohn: Maintenance of genomic stability and DNA repair in humans
Contact: martin.cohn@umu.se

Prof Ilan Davis: The RNA Biology of Neural Stem Cell Development and Synaptic Plasticity
Contact: Ilan.Davis@glasgow.ac.uk

Prof Simon Draper: Vaccine Development and Antibody Immunology
Contact: simon.draper@paediatrics.ox.ac.uk

Prof Kevin Foster: We study social interactions in microbes and other group-living species
Contact: https://www.fosterlab.uk

Professor Elspeth Garman: Methods development for structural biology
Contact: elspeth.garman@bioch.ox.ac.uk

Professor Mark Howarth: Innovating Protein Nanotechnologies for Cancer Analysis and Immune Activation
Contact: mh2186@cam.ac.uk

Professor Jonathan Hodgkin: Genetics of nematode immunity and development
Contact: jonathan.hodgkin@bioch.ox.ac.uk

Dr Tim Nott: Compartmentalisation via liquid-liquid phase separation in cells
Contact: tim.nott@kcl.ac.uk

Bela Novak: Dynamics of cell cycle controls

Associate Prof Catherine Pears: Cell Signalling
Contact: catherine.pears@bioch.ox.ac.uk

Prof Mark Sansom: Emeritus Professor - simulations, modelling & bioinformatics
Contact: mark.sansom@bioch.ox.ac.uk

Prof David Sherratt: Bacterial Chromosome Dynamics
Contact: david.sherratt@bioch.ox.ac.uk

Dr Phillip Stansfeld: Computational Biochemistry of Membrane Proteins
Contact: Phillip.Stansfeld@warwick.ac.uk

Associate Prof John Vakonakis: Structural biology of large cellular assemblies
Contact: ioannis.vakonakis@bioch.ox.ac.uk

Associate Prof Lidia Vasilieva: Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes
Contact: lidia.vasilieva@bioch.ox.ac.uk

Prof Anthony Watts: Resolving structural and functional details of membrane peptides and proteins at high resolution
Contact: anthony.watts@bioch.ox.ac.uk

Prof Nicole Zitzmann: Viruses - Development of host target based antiviral strategies
Contact: nicole.zitzmann@bioch.ox.ac.uk