Diagram represents a network of applications by Institute for Life Sciences Members for collaborative projects.
Institute for Life Sciences

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Our strength lies in our interdisciplinary collaborative network which is made up of over 430 academic members from across all the University’s faculties.

Dr Eamonn Reading

Associate Professor-Molecular Bioscience

Research interests

  • Membrane proteins
  • Mass spectrometry
  • Multidrug efflux pumps

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Edd James

Associate Dean Infrastructure

Research interests

  • Antigen processing and presentation
  • Regulation of T cell responses in anti-tumour responses

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Edilson Arruda

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Healthcare modelling and optimisation
  • Optimisation under uncertainty
  • Markov decision processes

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Elisa Fadda

Associate Professor in Pharmacology
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Dr Elisabeth Schroeder-Butterfill

Head of Department

Research interests

  • Care in later life
  • Long-term care
  • Older people's social and support networks

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Emily Brookes

Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences

Research interests

  • Enhancer regulation of gene expression
  • Cortical development
  • Topological genome organisation

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Emily Gwyer Findlay MSci PhD FHEA

Assoc Professor in Biomedical Sciences

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Emily Swindle PhD

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Mast cells
  • Viral induced exacerbations of respiratory diseases
  • Asthma
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Dr Emma Palmer-Cooper PhD, CPsychol, FHEA, AFBPsS

Lecturer B

Research interests

  • Metacognition in Psychosis and other serious mental health conditions
  • Creativity and Wellbeing
  • AI and Digital Mental Health

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Emma Tompkins

Prof of Geog, Environment & Development

Accepting applications from PhD students

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