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Principal Investigators

The Institute comprises 22 active research groups. Our Principal Investigators and their research areas are:

Professor Michael Ashford Disordered nutrient homeostasis: links to disease

Dr David Brighty Molecular biology of human retroviral infections

Professor Paul Clarke Cell cycle and apoptosis

Professor Helen Colhoun Public Health

Dr John Dillon Stress responses and biomarkers of liver disease

Dr Albena Dinkova-Kostova Reducing the risk of skin cancer by induction of cytoprotective responses

Professor John Hayes Molecular mechanisms of cancer chemoprevention and control of antioxidant pathways

Dr Colin Henderson Transgenic technology

Professor Kevin Hiom Signalling and repair of DNA damage

Professor Stephen Keyse Stress response

Professor Graham Leese Diabetes and epidemiology

Dr Rory McCrimmon CNS mechanisms that regulate glucose homeostasis in health and disease

Dr David Macfarlane Diabetes

Dr David Meek Regulation of the p53 tumour suppressor network

Professor Andrew Morris (Director), Diabetes

Professor Colin Palmer Lipid signalling in cancer and vascular disease

Dr Ewan Pearson Diabetes and population pharmacogenetic studies

Dr John Sharkey Molecular mechanisms underlying degenerative brain disorders

Dr Gillian Smith The molecular basis for individuality in disease susceptibility and treatment response

Dr Calum Sutherland Insulin signalling and disease

Professor Roland Wolf (Director), Identification and characterisation of genes that determine cellular and individual sensitivity to drugs and environmental agents