果冻影院 Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment Academic Staff 鈥� 果冻影院

Group Leaders

We address fundamental questions in biology using innovative approaches and technologies. Our research interests span a wide range of inter-related topics, including animal development, stem cell biology, functional and evolutionary morphology, neuroscience, mitochondrial biology and cell signalling. Our research is focused on diverse organisms that span the tree of life, from worms to flies, fish and dinosaurs. CDB is home to several inter-disciplinary research centres including the Centre for Integrative Anatomy and the 果冻影院 Consortium for Mitochondrial Research. We have close links to the Francis Crick Institute, the Natural History Museum and the Sainsbury-Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour.

Bill Andrews

Molecular Laboratory Manager

Professor of Systems and Synthetic Biology

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Wendy Birch

Course Lead for the BSc and MSc module in Forensic Osteology

Neural circuits underlying multisensory integration

Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology and Head of Research Department of Cell & Developmental Biology

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Morphological and functional variation of the mammalian skeleton

Social neuroscience of animal model systems

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Evolutionary History of Reptiles and Amphibians

Biological engineering and computational biology

Morphological evolution of the vertebrate skeleton

Glia Neuron interactions during development

Exploring the roles of motile adipocytes in wound healing and cancer

Neurobiology of Pain, depression and addiction

Understanding chemotaxis and cell migration using experiments, models and mathematics

Function and Regulation of P-type ATPases

Sandra Martelli

Hominoid evolutionary and comparative head, neck and spine anatomy

Cell migration and differentation during development

Alessandro Mongera

Developmental Mechanics

John O'Keefe

The role of the hippocampus in spatial behaviour and memory

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Ca2 signalling through acidic organelles

Glia-to-neuron cell fate plasticity and left-right asymmetric neurogenesis

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Cell adhesion, neuronal circuits, cell to cell signalling pathways

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Synapse formation, synaptic plasticity and synapse degeneration in health and disease

Mitochondria in cellular stress responses in major pathologies

Morphogenesis at interface between two populations

Neural mechanisms for memory in development and adulthood

Forebrain and eye development including nervous system asymmetry

Molecular mechanisms underlying morphological novelties during evolution

Organisation and function of the visual brain

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果冻影院

Group Leaders

Bill Andrews

Wendy Birch

Sandra Martelli

Alessandro Mongera

John O'Keefe

Emeriti Staff

Honorary Staff