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Institute for Life Sciences

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

Interested in joining us? Please see details about current academic recruitment opportunities here.

Professor Jonathan Essex

Professor

Research interests

Molecular simulations of biological systems
Computer aided drug discovery
Method development in molecular simulations

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Jonathan

Email: J.W.Essex@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 2794

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Dr Jonathan Swann

Professor of Biomolecular Medicine

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Jonathan

Email: J.Swann@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Jonathan West BSc, PhD, FHEA, MRSC

Associate Professor of Biomicrofluidics

Research interests

Thrombosis prediction at the point of care
Microfluidic HDX for investigating protein dynamics
Droplet microfluidics for time-resolved serial crystallography

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Jonathan

Email: J.J.West@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 3460

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Dr Jorn Cheney

Lecturer in Natural Sciences

Research interests

Locomotion
Wing morphing
Tissues and tissue mechanics

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Jorn

Email: J.Cheney@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Jorn Lakowski

Lecturer

Research interests

Retinal Disease Modelling
Retinal Development
Drug Screening

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Jorn

Email: J.Lakowski@soton.ac.uk

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Professor Judith Holloway BSc (Hons), PhD, PGCert, PFHEA, NTF

Research interests

HACASE: A simple effective educational model for session design: Prof Holloway has designed an educational model for teaching which is applicable across any teaching activity. Current research activity is evaluating its effectiveness in clinical teaching including allergy to different learners from patients to undergraduates and multi-professional healthcare professionals.
MSc Allergy education: Prof Holloway's team explore innovations and the effectiveness of teaching on the MSc Allergy, to disseminate their experiences for the benefit of other courses around the University and more widely.
Allergy bitesize education (short e-courses for CPD): Prof Holloway has led the development of short e-courses, including an Anaphylaxis Toolkit which provide Gain and Train learning for healthcare professionals on how to effectively teach patients this important topic.

Connect with Judith

Email: J.Holloway@soton.ac.uk

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