Research group leaders
There are 19 research groups in the Wellcome Centre.
Bungo Akiyoshi
Understanding the mechanism of chromosome segregation
Robin Allshire
Epigenetic mechanisms mediating antifungal resistance
Jeyaprakash Arulanandam
Structural biology of cell division
Adrian Bird
Understanding proteins that stabilise cell identity
Dhanya Cheerambathur
Role of microtubule cytoskeleton in building and regenerating the neural connectome
Atlanta Cook
Structural biology of macromolecular complexes in RNA metabolism and transcriptional silencing
Owen Davies
Structural biology of meiosis
Bill Earnshaw
The role of non-histone proteins in chromosome structure and function during mitosis
Patrick Heun
Establishment and maintenance of chromatin identity
Georg Kustatscher
Proteome dynamics: The role of synthesis and degradation in regulating protein levels
Adele Marston
Orienting Chromosomes during Mitosis and Meiosis
Donal O'Carroll
Regulation of gene expression by non-coding RNA and RNA modification
Hiro Ohkura
The meiotic spindle and chromosomes in oocytes
Juri Rappsilber
Cellular Tomography
Ken Sawin
Cell polarity and cytoskeletal organisation
Matthew Swaffer
Effects of cell size on gene expression, biosynthesis and cell function
David Tollervey
RNA Processing and Quality Control
Julie Welburn
Mechanistic cell biology of cell division and cell architecture in health and disease
Marcus Wilson
Investigating the reading writing and erasing of epigenetic marks
Emeritus Centre Members
Emeritus Professors Jean Beggs and Malcolm Walkinshaw.