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

Our people

Our strength lies in our interdisciplinary collaborative network which is made up of over 380 academic members from across all the University’s faculties.

Professor Ying Cheong

Professor of Reproductive Medicine
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Dr Ysobel Baker

Royal Society University Research Fellow

Research interests

  • DNA chemistry
  • Nucleic acid chemistry
  • Nucleic acid therapeutics

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Yuning Zhang PhD

Lecturer in Psychology

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Yury Bogdanov

Lecturer in Transgenic Technologies

Research interests

  • Tumour microenvironment
  • Neurotransmitters in Cancer
  • GABA and GABA receptors

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Zehor Belkhatir

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Design of estimation and control techniques, with convergence guarantees, for finite and infinite-dimensional systems
  • Robust predictive modelling and analysis of high-dimensional data (e.g., network, time-series, imaging)
  • The cross-over between artificial intelligence and mathematics for interpretable and robust computational algorithmic designs

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Zoë Walters

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Target Prioritisation and Validation
  • Epigenetics and genomics
  • Cancer 

Accepting applications from PhD students

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