This theme includes a large variety of examples, which are critical components in many different aspects of life, including cellular bioenergetics, transport and signalling processes, infection processes, cell motility and cellular defence mechanisms.
Our research groups use and develop a range of advanced structural and biophysical tools to gain insights into the structure and mechanism of these important proteins.
Institutes, centres and initiatives
This Research Theme is associated to the following institutes, centres and initiatives:
- Centre for Structural Biology
- MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection
- Research Complex at Harewell
Academic staff in this area
Dr Michael J Baker
Dr Michael J Baker
Teaching Fellow
Dr Morgan Beeby
Dr Morgan Beeby
Associate Professor in Structural Biology
Dr Konstantinos Beis
Dr Konstantinos Beis
Reader in Membrane Protein Structural Biology
Professor Doryen A Bubeck
Professor Doryen A Bubeck
Professor in Structural Immunology
Professor Bernadette Byrne
Professor Bernadette Byrne
Associate Dean (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) for FoNS
Dr Tanai Cardona Londono
Dr Tanai Cardona Londono
Visiting Reader
Professor Alfonso De Simone
Professor Alfonso De Simone
Visiting Professor
Dr Tiago R Dias da Costa
Dr Tiago R Dias da Costa
Associate Professor in Bacterial Pathogenesis
Professor Alain A M Filloux
Professor Alain A M Filloux
Visiting Professor
Dr Theodoros Karamanos
Dr Theodoros Karamanos
Advanced Research Fellow
Professor Steve Matthews
Professor Steve Matthews
Professor of Chemical and Structural Biology
Professor Thomas K Meier
Professor Thomas K Meier
Visiting Professor
Dr Sarah L Rouse
Dr Sarah L Rouse
UKRI Future Leaders Fellow
Professor Bill Rutherford FRS
Professor Bill Rutherford FRS
Chair in Biochemistry of Solar Energy
Postgraduate research
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