Academic/Research staff in Biological Sciences
Dr Selwa Alsam, BSc, MSc, PhD, OCN, CSci, FIBMS, Lecturer in Medical Microbiology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK; Tel: +44 (0)1206 873328; Email:salsam@essex.ac.uk Research interests/activities: Interactions of microorganisms with the blood brain barrier; Hospital-related infections and Infection control.
Dr. Caroline Angus, BSc PhD, Lecturer in Sports and Exercise Sciences, Centre for Sports & Exercise Science, School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex. Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK; Tel: +44 (0)1206 873821; Email: cangus@essex.ac.uk Research interests/activities: Paediatric Exercise; NIRS; Physical Activity and Obesity; Cardiac Rehabilitation
Professor Ralph Beneke, BSc MD PhD, Professor in Sports and Exercise Medicine, Centre for Sports & Exercise Science, School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex. Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK; Tel: +44 (0)1206 872530; Email: rbeneke@essex.ac.uk Research interests/activities: Applied Physiology; Sports Medicine; Integrative Science in Sports and Exercise.
Dr. Paul Bromley, FESC FRSM PhD, Lecturer in Clinical Physiology, Centre for Sports & Exercise Science, School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex. Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK; Tel: +44 (0)1206 874369; Email: pbromley@essex.ac.uk Research interests/activities: Cardiovascular and respiratory physiology; Neurocardiology and autonomic function; Heart failure; Hypertension; Clinical applications of cardiopulmonary exercise testing.
Professor Chris Cooper, BSc PhD, Professor of Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex. Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK; Tel: +44 (0)1206 872752; Email: ccooper@essex.ac.uk Research interests/activities: Blood substitutes; Haem Proteins & Oxidative Stress; Hypoxic-ischaemic damage to the newborn brain; Exercise Science.
Dr Dawn Farrar, BSc, PhD. Senior Research Officer in Molecular Oncology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK; Tel: +44 (0)1206 874665; Email:dfarra@essex.ac.uk. Research interests/activities: Molecular mechanisms of cancer in particular the role of CTCF and BORIS proteins in breast tumourigenesis: Identification of blood biomarkers for diagnosis, prognosis and therapy response in breast cancer.
Professor Nelson Fernandez, BSc PhD, Professor of Immunology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex. Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK; Tel: +44 (0)1206 873330; Email: nelson@essex.ac.uk Research interests/activities: Immunological receptors; Reproductive Immunology and Autoimmunity.
Dr Valerie Gladwell, BMedSc PhD, Lecturer in Sports and Exercise Medicine, Centre for Sports & Exercise Science, School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex. Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK; Tel: +44 (0)1206 873774; Email: vglad@essex.ac.uk Research interests/activities: Applied Physiology and Sports Medicine; The psychological benefits of green exercise including self-esteem and mood;The beliefs and barriers to physical activity.
Dr Murray Griffin, RMN BSc PhD, Teaching Fellow, Centre for Sports & Exercise Science, School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex. Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK; Tel: +44 (0)1206 873336; Email: mgriffin@essex.ac.uk Research interests/activities: Soft outcomes in the Health service; The interface between mental health and exercise; Using the Nintendo Wii as a therapeutic intervention; Green Exercise.
Dr Andrew Harrison, BSc PhD, Lecturer in Bioinformatics, Schools of Biological Sciences and Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex. Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK; Tel: +44 (0)1206 872964; Email: harry@essex.ac.uk Research interests/activities: Bioinformatics; Medical Statistics.
Dr. Neil Kad, BSc PhD, Lecturer in Biophysics, School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex. Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK; Tel: +44 (0)1206 874403; Email:nkad@essex.ac.uk Research interests/activities: Single molecule investigations of biological mechanism. Specializing in the molecular origins of familial cardiomyopathies, development of Parkinson's Disease and how DNA is repaired following tobacco smoke/UV irradiation induced damage, thus having ramifications in cancer and ageing.
Professor Elena Klenova, MSc PhD, (Director of EBSI), School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex. Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK; Tel: +44 (0)1206 874868; Email: klenovae@essex.ac.uk Research interests/activities: Regulation of transcription and molecular mechanisms in tumourigenesis, with a focus on the zinc finger transcription factors, CTCF and BORIS.
Dr Renate (Mucke) Leithauser, MD PhD, Lecturer in Clinical Physiology (Cardiology), Centre for Sports and Exercise Science, School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex. Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK; Tel: +44 (0)1206 873332; Email: rleith@essex.ac.uk Research interests/activities: Exercise in clinical intervention; cardiac fatigue; paediatric exercise science; Exercise Physiology.
Dr. Jody Mason, BSc PhD, Lecturer in Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex. Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK; Tel: +44 (0)1206 873010; Email: jmason@essex.ac.uk Research interests/activities: Design and screening of coiled coil based libraries; Monitoring the folding of natural and designed variants of protein-protein interactions; Generating peptides to bind, reverse, and prevent amyloid fibril formation in Alzheimer’s disease.
Dr Terry McGenity, BSc PhD, Lecturer in Environmental Microbiology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex. Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK; Tel: +44 (0)1206 872535; Email: tjmcgen@essex.ac.uk Research interests/activities: Environmental and medical microbiology; microbial life and survival in extreme environments.
Dr. Metodi Metodiev, BSc PhD, Lecturer in Proteomics, School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex. Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK; Tel: +44 (0)1206 873154; Email: mmetod@essex.ac.uk Research interests/activities: Cell signalling; Proteomics; Biological mass spectrometry; Cancer biology
Dr. Dominic Micklewright, BSc PhD, Lecturer in Sports and Exercise Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex. Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK; Tel: +44 (0)1206 872869; Email: dpmick@essex.ac.uk Research interests/activities: Mood State Disturbance and Recovery; Physiotherapy; Fatigue – Central vs.Peripheral Govenor; Cardiac Rehabilitation.
Professor John Norton, BSc PhD, Professor of Molecular Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex. Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK; Tel: +44 (0)1206 872918; Email: jnorton@essex.ac.uk Research interests/activities: Molecular mechanisms in tumourigenesis; role of Id helix-loop-helix proteins in cell growth and differentiation; development and application of tumour cell markers.
Dr. Gavin Sandercock, BSc PhD, Lecturer in Clinical Physiology (Cardiology), School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex. Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK; Tel: +44 (0)1206 872043; Email: gavins@essex.ac.uk Research interests/activities: Cardiac autonomic function; Cardiovascular disease prevention and rehabilitation; Paediatric exercise physiology; Paediatric obesity and its relation to fitness and activity levels; Measures of overtraining and overrearching syndrome in athletes.
Professor Glyn Stanway, BSc PhD, Professor in Virology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex. Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK; Tel: +44 (0)1206 873308; Email: stanwg@essex.ac.uk Research interests/activities: Picornaviruses; Interactions between viruses and cell receptors; RNA structures involved in replication; Molecular analysis of rhinoviruses.
Dr. Matthew Taylor, BSc PhD, Lecturer in Sports Science, School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex. Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK; Tel: +44 (0)1206 872818; Email: mtaylor@essex.ac.uk Research interests/activities: Gait analysis; Sports Biomechanics.
Dr Corrine Whitby, BSc PhD, Lecturer in Environmental Microbiology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex. Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK; Tel: +44 (0)1206 872062; Email: cwhitby@essex.ac.uk Research interests/activities: Analysis of hospital acquired infections (HAIs) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
Professor Mike Wilson, BSc PhD, Professor in Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex. Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK; Tel: +44 (0)1206 872538; Email: wilsmt@essex.ac.uk Research interests/activities: Blood substitutes; Cytochrome Oxidase; Nitric Oxide; Haem Proteins and Oxidative Stress; Exercise Science.