Diagram represents a network of applications by Institute for Life Sciences Members for collaborative projects.
Institute for Life Sciences

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Our strength lies in our interdisciplinary collaborative network which is made up of over 430 academic members from across all the University’s faculties.

Professor Jo Slater-Jefferies PhD, MBA, CMgr, MCMI

CEO-National Biofilms Innovation Centre
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Professor Joanna Sofaer

Professor of Archaeology

Research interests

  • The role of cultural and community assets in health and wellbeing
  • The relationship between heritage and wellbeing
  • The social value of archaeology 

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Joanne Turney

Professor of Fashion and Textiles

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Professor Joerg Wiedenmann

Professor of Biological Oceanography

Research interests

  • Coral Reef Biology and Ecology
  • Coral Bleaching
  • Nutrient biology of coral reefs

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Joern Werner

Reader in Structural Biology
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Professor John Holloway PhD, FHEA

Associate V-P Interdisciplinary Research

Research interests

  • Human genetics
  • Epigenetics
  • Respiratory Disease

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor John Mcbeth MA, PhD

Professor

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Professor Jon Dawson

Prof Fellow of Regenerative Medicine
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Professor Jonathan Essex

Professor

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Jonathan Swann

Professor of Biomolecular Medicine

Accepting applications from PhD students

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