Genes and development

The research theme is investigating developmental mechanisms at molecular, genetic and cellular level.

Genes and Development is a research grouping of biomedical scientists investigating the molecular, genetic and cellular developmental mechanisms in a wide range of tissues and systems, including kidneys and nephrocytes, neural development, and male and female reproductive systems.

Genes and Development have now been meeting for around twenty years, holding research seminars, meetings of PIs and retreats.

Theme Lead: 

NameResearch interest
Cobb, Stuart Novel therapies for neurodevelopmental disorders
Davies, JamieOrganogenesis, synthetic biology, databases
Denholm, BarryOrgan development and physiology
Doitsidou, MariaDegeneration of dopaminergic neurons
Gillingwater, TomNew therapies for neurodegenerative diseases
Hardingham, GilesProtective & degenerative signalling in the CNS
Hasel, PhilipAstrocyte subtypes at brain borders
Le Tissier, PaulRegulation of the anterior pituitary gland
Lyons, DavidMechanisms of myelinated axon formation, function and repair
O'Hara, LauraSex steroid receptors in the hypothalamus and pituitary
Pratt, TomRoles of carbohydrates in the developing brain
Romano, NicolaSingle cell information processing in the pituitary
Rosario, RoseanneOvarian biology and female fertility
Sibley, ChrisRegulation of RNA metabolism in neurological disease
Simmen, MartinComputational modelling of nucleosome positions
Telfer, EvelynFollicle and oocyte development
Theil, ThomasPatterning and axon pathfinding in the forebrain
van den Driesche, SanderMale reproductive health and disorders
Zoupi, LidaAxon-myelin interactions in health and neurodevelopmental disorders

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