
Biomedical Sciences Research Complex
An interdisciplinary centre for Biomedical Research.World leading science at the interface of biology, chemistry, physics and medicine.
Research
Infection and immunity
BSRC infection biologists’ study basic and applied aspects of viral, bacterial and parasite pathogens. Their research includes fundamental studies of pathogen replication and host interactions, antimicrobial resistance, therapeutic drug design and testing, and clinical and real-time diagnostics.
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Prof Stephen Gillespie
Sir James Black Chair of Medicine School of Medicine
Clinical and molecular biological study of respiratory infection
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- shg3@st-andrews.ac.uk
- 01334 461871
Prof Martin Ryan
Professor of Translational Virology School of Biology
Picornavirus replication and translational virology
Contact
- mdr1@st-andrews.ac.uk
- 01334 463403
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Biophysics
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Dr Bela Bode
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Prof Kishan Dholakia
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Prof Malte Gather
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Dr Janet Lovett
Royal Society University Research Fellow School of Physics and Astronomy
Measuring nanometre distances for structural biology using EPR spectroscopy.
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- jel20@st-andrews.ac.uk
- 01334 463120
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Molecular medicine
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Prof Frank Gunn-Moore
Professor of Molecular Neurobiology, Head of School School of Biology
Molecular development and survival of mammalian neurons
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- fjg1@st-andrews.ac.uk
- 01334 463525
Prof David Harrison
Chair of Pathology, & Director of Development Laboratory Medicine, NHS Lothian School of Medicine
systems and quantitative pathology
Contact
- djh20@st-andrews.ac.uk
- 01334 464826
Dr Silvia Paracchini
Royal Society University Research Fellow School of Medicine
Genetics and epidemiology of neurodevelopmental disorders and cognitive traits
Contact
- sp58@st-andrews.ac.uk
- 01334 463542
Dr Samantha Pitt
Royal Society of Edinburgh Biomedical Fellow School of Medicine
Intracellular calcium dynamics and the molecular function of intracellular ion-channels
Contact
- sjp24@st-andrews.ac.uk
- 01334 463516
Dr Judith Sleeman
Senior Lecturer in Cell and Developmental Biology School of Biology
Structure and dynamics of the mammalian cell nucleus
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- jes14@st-andrews.ac.uk
- 01334 463524
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Chemical biology
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Dr Gordon Florence
Royal Society University Research Fellow School of Chemistry
Synthesis of complex bioactive natural products and organic materials for biomedical applications
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- gjf1@st-andrews.ac.uk
- 01334 463834
Prof Andrew Smith
Royal Society University Research Fellow School of Chemistry
Synthetic methodology development and reaction asymmetry
Contact
- ads10@st-andrews.ac.uk
- 01334 463896
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Integrative science
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Dr Stuart MacNeill
SULSA Reader in Translational Biology School of Biology
Chromosomal DNA replication and genome stability.
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- sam31@st-andrews.ac.uk
- 01334 467268
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