Institute of Developmental Sciences

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Professor Chris Byrne

Professor of Endocrinol & Met
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Mr Christopher Hurt

Associate Professor
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Dr Claude Chan

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests

  • - cancer immunotherapy
  • - production of recombinant antibodies 
  • - production of recombinant proteins for cancer treatment and antibody stucture study 
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Dr Colleen Deane

Lecturer in Muscle Cell Biology
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Dr Constantinos Savva MD, MSc, PhD, MRCP

Associate Professor of Medical Oncology

Research interests

  • The comprehensive evaluation of the immunometabolic phenotype of tumour microenvironment in breast cancer.
  • Investigation of the underlying biology and immunomodulatory effects of anti-PD1 and metformin combination using targeted transcriptomics and multiplex immunohistochemistry in a breast tumour murine model.

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Cornelia Blume

Lecturer B

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Professor Cyrus Cooper

Prof Rheumatology Clinical Epidemiology

Research interests

  • Key research contributions have been:
  • discovery of the developmental influences which contribute to the risk of osteoporosis and hip fracture in late adulthood
  • demonstration that maternal vitamin D insufficiency is associated with sub-optimal bone mineral accrual in childhood
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Dr Dakshat Trivedi PhD

Research Fellow

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Dr Dan Muller

Clinical Research Fellow
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Dr Danielle Schoenaker BSc, MSc, FHEA, PhD

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Preconception health
  • Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
  • Maternal, paternal and child health

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