Staff Research Interests

Academic Staff that contribute to research in the Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, are listed below with keywords outlining their research and a link to their web-pages. Within the department are several collaborative research groups and projects. Where appropriate, links the these pages are provided next to the lead academic, and also provided at the bottom of the page.

Name	Research Keywords
Dr Richard Badge	Actively mobile DNA in human, primate & rodent genome dynamics
Dr Christopher D. Bayliss	Localised hypermutation as mechansim of adaptation in bacterial pathogens
Dr Sandra Beleza	Human population genetics, phenotype-genotype correlations, admixture mapping, skin and eye color, host-pathogen interactions in Helicobacter pylori infection
Professor Anthony J. Brookes	Technologies and informatics for research and healthcare. Professor Brookes is head of the Bioinformatics group. See the bioinformatics research page for on going work in the group.
Professor Raymond Dalgleish	Genetics & informatics of inherited human diseases
Dr Sinead Drea	The evolution of fruit and seed development in plants
Professor Yuri E. Dubrova	Genetic risk of human exposure to ionising radiation & other mutagens
Dr Steven Foster	The DNA damage response (DDR); DNA replication; genome stability; cancer; ageing
Professor Flaviano Giorgini	Neurogenetics of neurodegenerative & protein misfolding diseases
Dr Mark Goodwin	Bioethics, open educational resources & HE in developing countries
Dr Richard Gornall	Taxonomic and evolutionary studies in flowering plants; special interest in the Saxifragaceae; population genetics and molecular ecology of aquatic plants
Dr Rob Hammond	Evolution of complex social traits, the roles of gene expression in rates of evolution, and the dynamics and resolution of social conflicts within animal societies.
Professor Pat Heslop-Harrison	Genome evolution and biodiversity, repetitive DNA and molecular cytogenetics in diploid and polyploid species
Dr Colin Hewitt	Teaching and Learning: Programme development and assessment. Immunogenetics: ligands of Leucocyte Receptor Complex gene products. Conservation Genetics: Genotyping and sexing of a reintroduced population of Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Dr James Higgins	Investigating the mechanisms of meiotic crossover control in diploid and polyploid plants
Dr Edward J. Hollox	Consequences & evolutionary causes of structural variation in genomes
Professor Mark A. Jobling	Molecular, evolutionary & cultural effects on human genetic diversity
Professor Julian Ketley	Molecular genetics of Campylobacter
Professor Ed Louis	Quantitative genetics of complex traits in yeast, genome stability, telomeres and subtelomeres
Dr Cas Kramer	Genetics Education, Science Communication, Outreach & Public engagement
Professor Charalambos Kyriacou	Evolutionary & neurogenetic studies of behavioural genes in Drosophila
Dr Eamonn Mallon	The role of epigenetics in social insect biology - Social Epigenetics Lab
Dr Celia May	Dynamics of the human genome: mutation and recombination
Dr Julie Morrissey	Molecular genetics of Staphylococcus aureus & Streptococcus pneumoniae
Professor Marco Oggioni	Molecular genetics of Streptococcus pneumoniae and drug resistance
Prof Carlo Rivolta	Molecular genomics of hereditary diseases and cancer
Dr Ezio Rosato	Genes, Neurons & complex behaviours
Dr Nicola J. Royle	Molecular genetics of telomeres in cancer and ageing
Dr Nicola Suter-Giorgini	Teaching & learning in genetics & health education
Dr Christopher Talbot	Adverse reactions to radiotherapy, Alzheimer's disease, nystagmus, copy number variation, human disease genetics
Professor David Twell	Plant reproductive and developmental genetics, evolution of germline regulatory networks and pollen biology
Dr Turi King	Y chromosome types and paternally inherited surnames, and the use of genetics to study archaeology, anthropology and history.

Staff in the Department of Genetics and Genome Biology (GGB) also contribute to many of the cross-departmental Research Themes in the College of Life Sciences including:

Cancer; Cardiovascular; Genome Science; Microbial Science; Molecular and Cellular Bioscience; Neuroscience and Behaviour; Population Science; Respiratory Sciences; Research underpinning learning & teaching RESULT