Our research addresses fundamental questions relevant to human health, ageing and their application to improving public health and for food security.

Our work addresses problems relating to cell interactions and behaviour of relevance to human health and disease, and food supply. Diverse in vivo and cell culture models are employed to address fundamental questions relevant to crop improvement, human health and ageing (especially neurodegenerative disorders, cancer and diabetes), developmental biology, neurobiology, stem cells and regenerative medicine.

Particular attention is given to genetic and epigenetic programming, cell signalling and whole organism biology. We have strong links with the Department of Life Sciences, and the Departments of Health, Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.

Research areas

• Regulation of gene expression and epigenetics
• Molecular mechanisms and cellular pathways of development and disease
• Stem cells, differentiation and reprogramming
• Systems biology and cell signalling
• Neuronal wiring and network function
• Plant growth, development and stress responses

PhDs

There are opportunities for postgraduate research throughout our group. Interested students are encouraged to contact academic staff directly or check our PhD projects on FindAPhD.com.

Find out more about studying for a postgraduate degree at Bath.

People

• Professor David Brown
• Dr James Doughty
• Dr David Gurevich
• Professor Momna Hejmadi
• Dr Shobbir Hussain
• Professor Robert Kelsh
• Dr Julien Licchesi, Deputy Theme Lead
• Professor Adele Murrell
• Dr Nikolas Nikolaou
• Professor Tony Perry
• Dr Julia Sero
• Dr Vasanta Subramanian
• Professor David Tosh
• Dr Keith Vance, Theme Lead
• Dr Gernot Walko
• Professor Andrew Ward
• Dr Rob Williams
• Dr Paul Whitley, Theme Communications Lead

Read about our other research themes

• Evolution and Biodiversity
• Infection and Immunity
• Medical and Industrial Biotechnology

Find out more about research in the Department of Biology & Biochemistry.