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.

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.