Chemical Biology and Healthcare
The Chemical Biology and Healthcare theme focusses on the development and application of novel molecular tools and techniques for the study of biology, biomedical understanding and ultimately industrial or clinical benefit. By working closely with our collaborators in the healthcare, pharmaceutical, biotech, personal care and agritech sectors we are transforming our understanding of the mechanisms of disease, developing new platform technologies to support drug discovery science and product innovation pipelines, pioneering new and cost-effective molecular therapies, facilitating the repurposing of drugs and developing quality of life treatments.
The coordinator for this theme is Prof. Ed Tate. For general enquiries about this theme please contact him at e.tate@imperial.ac.uk or feel free to contact any members of the theme listed below for more specific enquiries.
Institutes, centres and initiatives
This research theme is associated to the following institutes, centres and initiatives:
Academic staff
Dr Francesco Aprile
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Dr Francesco Aprile
Chemical Biology / Biophysics / Antibody Discovery / Protein Aggregation
Prof. Alan Armstrong
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Prof. Alan Armstrong
Catalysis / Chemical Biology / Organic Chemistry
Prof. Tony Barrett
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Prof. Tony Barrett
Emeritus Professor
Prof. Chris Braddock
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Prof. Chris Braddock
Catalysis / Synthesis / Organic Chemistry
Prof. Fernando Bresme
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Prof. Fernando Bresme
Biophysics / Materials Chemistry / Computational Chemistry
Dr Nick Brooks
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Dr Nick Brooks
Biophysics / Chemical Biology / High Pressure
Prof. Tony Cass
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Prof. Tony Cass
Senior Research Investigator
Dr Marco Di Antonio
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Dr Marco Di Antonio
Chemical Biology / DNA / Epigenetics / Nucleic Acids Structures
Prof. Joshua Edel
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Prof. Joshua Edel
Biophysics / Nanomaterials / Sensors
Dr Jarvist Moore Frost
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Dr Jarvist Moore Frost
Theoretical chemistry / Machine learning / Photovoltaics / Semiconductors
Prof. Matt Fuchter
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Prof. Matt Fuchter
Synthesis / Materials Chemistry / Medicinal Chemistry
Prof. Ian Gould
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Prof. Ian Gould
Senior Research Investigator
Dr Alex Ivanov
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Dr Alex Ivanov
Nanotechnology / Biosensors / Biophysics
Dr Nazila Kamaly
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Dr Nazila Kamaly
Nanomedicine / Nanopolymerisation / Biomicrofluidics / Biomimetic Models
Prof. David Klug
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Prof. David Klug
Chemical Biology / Chemical Physics / Spectroscopy
Prof. Alexei Kornyshev
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Prof. Alexei Kornyshev
Chemical Physics / Electrochemistry / Energy Conversion / Biophysics
Prof. Marina Kuimova
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Prof. Marina Kuimova
Spectroscopy / Sensors / Molecular Imaging
Dr Phillip Miller
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Dr Phillip Miller
Catalysis / Flow Chemistry / Molecular Imaging
Prof. Philip Parsons
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Prof. Philip Parsons
Organic Synthesis / Methodology / Natural Products / Cascade Reactions
Prof. Nick Quirke
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Prof. Nick Quirke
Emeritus Professor
Dr Maxie Roessler
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Dr Maxie Roessler
EPR Spectroscopy / Bioinorganic Chemistry / Catalytic Mechanisms
Dr Ben Schumann
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Dr Ben Schumann
Glycan / Carbohydrate Chemistry / Proteomics / Cell Biology / Enzymology
Prof. John Seddon
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Prof. John Seddon
Senior Research Investigator
Prof. Alan Spivey
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Prof. Alan Spivey
Synthesis / Chemical Biology / Organic Chemistry
Prof. Richard Templer
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Prof. Richard Templer
Senior Research Investigator
Prof. Ramón Vilar
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Prof. Ramón Vilar
Bioinorganic Chemistry / Chemical Biology / Supramolecular Chemistry
Dr Louise Walport
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Dr Louise Walport
Chemical Biology / Peptide Chemistry / Biophysics
Prof. Keith Willison
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Prof. Keith Willison
Biophysics / Chemical Biology / Protein Folding
Prof. James Wilton-Ely
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Prof. James Wilton-Ely
Sensors & Medical Imaging / Nanomaterials / Sustainable Catalysis
Dr Rudiger Woscholski
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Dr Rudiger Woscholski
Chemical Biology / Molecular Imaging / Biological Chemistry
Prof. Sophia Yaliraki
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Prof. Sophia Yaliraki
Theoretical Chemistry / Self-assembling Systems