Using a wide range of animal and plant model systems and interdisciplinary approaches, we investigate the fundamental mechanisms that govern cell behaviour, tissue organisation, and organismal development.
Our aim is to uncover biological principles and their relevance to health and disease.
Centres, Institutes and Networks
Highlights
Our researchers in this area
Dr Arkhat Abzhanov
Dr Maruf Ali
Dr Michalis Barkoulas
Dr Srinjan Basu
Dr Konstantinos Beis
Professor Tolga Bozkurt
Professor Hugh J M Brady
Professor Stephen G Brickley
Dr Laurence Bugeon
Professor George K Christophides
Professor Andrea Crisanti
Professor Andrea Crisanti
Professor of Molecular Parasitology
Professor Maggie Dallman OBE
Professor Daniel M Davis
Professor Anne Dell CBE FRS FMedSci FAA
Professor Marc S Dionne
Professor Robert G Endres
Dr Giorgio F Gilestro
Professor Stuart M Haslam
Professor Cristina Lo Celso
Professor David Mann
Dr Catherine Mansfield
Emeritus Professor Howard R Morris FRS
Professor Peter J Nixon
Dr Ruben Perez-Carrasco
Dr Sarah L Rouse
Dr Giovanni Sena
Dr Jie Song
Dr Tony D Southall
Dr Katelyn M Spillane
Dr Marco Trizzino
Professor Colin G N Turnbull
Dr Dina Vlachou
Dr Robert O J Weinzierl
Postgraduate research
Interested in studying a PhD at the Department of Life Sciences? Find out more about postgraduate research opportunties.