Professor Susan Wyllie
Professor (Teaching and Research)
Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, School of Life Sciences
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Dr Susan Wyllie has more than 15 years of experience studying kinetoplastid biology. Specifically, her research has focused on determining the mechanisms of action and mechanisms of resistance of drugs targeting kinetoplastid parasites. Her contributions to the research of the Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research will include:
- Using complementary methodologies in the fields of genomics, chemical proteomics and cell biology to determine the modes of action and specific molecular targets of phenotypically-active compounds
- Developing new genetic and cell biology tools for the study of drug mechanism of action
- Functional characterisation of novel targets
- Developing novel cell-based assays to exploit high value drug targets
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I am available for media commentary on my research.
Kinetoplastid Biology
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Areas of expertise
- Infectious diseases
Awards
| Award | Year |
|---|---|
| National Sciences Prizes awarded since 1990 / C.A. Wright Memorial Medal | 2023 |
| Innovator of the Year | 2022 |
Stories
News
Ingo Hein, Jens Januschke, Stephen Land, Marios Stavridis and Susan Wyllie have been promoted to Personal Chair (Professor) as part of the 2023-24 Annual Review process for academic and research staff.
Press release
Breakthrough research at the University of Dundee may lead to treatments that make two deadly parasitic infections a thing of the past.
News
A collaboration between the research laboratories of Dr Mattie Pawlowic and Dr Susan Wyllie in the Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research at School of Life Sciences has generated a new tool that can be used for studying Cryptosporidium.
