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 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

Dr Francesco Aprile
Chemical Biology / Biophysics / Antibody Discovery / Protein Aggregation
Prof Alan Armstrong

Prof Alan Armstrong
Catalysis / Chemical Biology / Organic Chemistry
Prof Chris Braddock

Prof Chris Braddock
Catalysis / Synthesis / Organic Chemistry
Prof Fernando Bresme

Prof Fernando Bresme
Biophysics / Materials Chemistry / Computational Chemistry
Dr Nick Brooks

Dr Nick Brooks
Biophysics / Chemical Biology / High Pressure
Prof Tony Cass

Prof Tony Cass
Electrochemistry / Biosensors / Aptamers
Dr Marco Di Antonio

Dr Marco Di Antonio
Chemical Biology / DNA / Epigenetics / Nucleic Acids Structures
Dr Lorenzo Di Michele

Dr Lorenzo Di Michele
DNA Nanotechnology / Soft Matter / Synthetic Biology
Prof Joshua Edel

Prof Joshua Edel
Biophysics / Nanomaterials / Sensors
Prof Matt Fuchter

Prof Matt Fuchter
Synthesis / Materials Chemistry / Medicinal Chemistry
Dr Alex Ivanov

Dr Alex Ivanov
Nanotechnology / Biosensors / Biophysics
Prof Alexei Kornyshev

Prof Alexei Kornyshev
Chemical Physics / Electrochemistry / Energy Conversion
Dr Marina Kuimova

Dr Marina Kuimova
Spectroscopy / Sensors / Molecular Imaging
Dr Phillip Miller

Dr Phillip Miller
Catalysis / Flow Chemistry / Molecular Imaging
Prof Philip Parsons

Prof Philip Parsons
Organic Synthesis / Methodology / Natural Products / Cascade Reactions
Dr Maxie Roessler

Dr Maxie Roessler
Enzyme catalysis / EPR spectroscopy / Mechanisms
Dr Ben Schumann

Dr Ben Schumann
Glycan / Carbohydrate Chemistry / Proteomics / Cell Biology / Enzymology
Prof John Seddon

Prof John Seddon
Liquid Crystals / Membrane Biophysics / Soft Matter
Prof Alan Spivey

Prof Alan Spivey
Synthesis / Chemical Biology / Organic Chemistry
Prof Richard Templer

Prof Richard Templer
Cleantech innovation
Prof Ramon Vilar

Prof Ramon Vilar
Bioinorganic Chemistry / Chemical Biology / Supramolecular Chemistry
Dr Louise Walport

Dr Louise Walport
Chemical Biology / Peptide Chemistry / Biophysics
Prof Keith Willison

Prof Keith Willison
Biophysics / Chemical Biology / Protein Folding
Dr James Wilton-Ely

Dr James Wilton-Ely
Nanomaterials / Sensors / Medical Imaging
Dr Rudiger Woscholski

Dr Rudiger Woscholski
Chemical Biology / Molecular Imaging / Biological Chemistry
Prof Sophia Yaliraki

Prof Sophia Yaliraki