Research
Research Interest 1
Genetic and molecular analysis of gene regulation and signaling. Currently we are utilising both proteomics and transcriptomics to investigate regulatory mechanisms in eukaryotes, using Aspergillus nidulans, which is a well developed model system.
Research grants
Characterisation and Manipulation of MEL production
CRODA (UK)
September 2015 - October 2016
Developing of understanding of the genetic elements for biosurfactant production by a basidiomycete yeast
CRODA (UK)
February 2015 - August 2015
2014 allocation - Wellcome ISSF non clinical fellowships
WELLCOME TRUST (UK)
May 2015 - October 2018
Exploring the self-assembly and heterologous engineering of bacterial CO2-fixing machinery
LEVERHULME TRUST (UK)
October 2016 - September 2019
Control of Hyphal Gowth
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
July 2016 - June 2019
Prioritised expression of stress-related proteins in environmental thermoadaptive responses of animals
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL
January 2016 - December 2019
Sensing and the biological response in plants (SENSIBLE).
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
April 2006 - March 2010
Characterising the molecular basis of cell proliferation in plants and its potential for manipulating plant growth and development.
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
November 1998 - June 2003
YEAR 1 (part2) Wellcome Trust ISSF Non-Clinical Fellowships
WELLCOME TRUST (UK)
October 2012 - March 2023
CIC BioGUNE studentships
CIC BIOGUNE (SPAIN)
October 2013 - September 2017
Glasshouse facilities for plant based research at the University of Liverpool.
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
October 2002 - November 2004
Regulated Transcript Stability
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
July 2007 - June 2010
Exploring the transcriptome of Aspergillums nidulans
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
July 2010 - December 2013
Co-ordination of nitrate and nitrogen metabolite signalling at the level of transcript stability.
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
April 2001 - April 2004
Proteomic lead analysis of nitrogen regulation and signalling in aspergillus nidulans.
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
November 2003 - October 2006
Tools for motif recognition in fungi
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
April 2009 - July 2010
Regulating nitrogen metabolism in Aspergillus?proteomes, transcriptomes and RNA stability.
ROYAL SOCIETY (CHARITABLE)
November 2006
Genomically-integrated responses in environmental stress adaptation in teleost fish.
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL
May 2000 - October 2005
Liverpool GeneMill
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
September 2014 - September 2015
Research collaborations
Steven Roberts
The University of Lancaster
Fungal molecular biology - ion transporters
Neil Hall
BBSRC grant - A. nidulans transcriptome sequencing
Prudence Wong
identification of motifs involved in gene regulation.