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Professor Loranne Agius
Professor of Metabolic Biochemistry
+44 (0) 191 208 7033
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Dr Phillip Aldridge
Senior Lecturer
+44 (0) 191 208 3218
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Dr Kai Alter
Senior Lecturer
+44 (0) 191 208 8394
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Dr Catherine Arden
Newcastle University Research Fellow
+44 (0) 191 208 3868
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Professor Lyle Armstrong
Professor of Cellular Reprogramming
+44 (0) 191 241 8695
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Professor Helen Arthur
Professor of Cardiovascular Biology
+44 (0) 191 241 8648
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Professor Caroline Austin
Professor of Molecular Biology
+44 (0) 191 208 8864
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Professor Stuart Baker
Professor of Movement Neuroscience

Dr Simon Bamforth
Lecturer
+44 (0) 191 241 8764
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Professor Melissa Bateson
Professor of Ethology
+44 (0) 191 208 5056
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Dr David Bolam
Senior Lecturer
+44 (0) 191 208 8711
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Dr Lee Borthwick
Senior Lecturer
+44 (0) 191 208 3112
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Professor Michael Briggs
Professor of Skeletal Genetics
+44 (0) 191 241 8820
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Dr Bill Chaudhry
Senior Lecturer
+44 (0) 191 241 8681
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Dr Timothy Cheek
Reader in Cell Signalling
+44 (0) 191 208 7010
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Professor Zofia Chrzanowska-Lightowlers
Director of Institute
+44 (0) 191 208 8028
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Dr Gavin Clowry
Senior Lecturer
+44 (0) 191 208 5981
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Professor Che Connon
Professor of Tissue Engineering
T: 0191 241 8623 (Internal 18623) M: 0793 1093 063
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Professor Nicola Curtin
Professor of Experimental Therapeutics
+44 (0) 191 208 4415
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Dr Richard Daniel
Senior Lecturer
+44 (0) 191 208 3239
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Dr Owen Davies
Wellcome Trust and Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellow
+44 (0) 191 208 7371
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Professor Christopher Dennison
Professor of Biological Chemistry
+44 (0) 191 208 7127
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Professor David Elliott
Professor of Genetics
+44 (0) 191 241 8694
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Dr Joanna Elson
+44 191 241 8630
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Professor T. Martin Embley
Professor of Evolutionary Molecular Biology
+44 (0) 191 208 7702
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Professor Jeff Errington
Director of the Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology (CBCB)
+44 (0) 191 208 3235
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Dr Sasha Gartside
Senior Lecturer
+44 (0) 191 208 7633
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Dr Michael Gray
Reader in Cellular Physiology
+44 (0) 191 208 2779
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Dr Laura Greaves
Newcastle University Research Fellow
+44 (0) 191 208 6291
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Professor Tim Griffiths
Professor of Cognitive Neurology
+44 (0) 191 208 6648
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Dr Judith Hall
Reader in Molecular Urology
+44 (0) 191 208 8346
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Professor Muzlifah Haniffa
Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow in Clinical Science, Lister Institute Prize Fellow, Professor of Dermatology and Immunology
0191 208 7632
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Professor Colin Harwood
Professor of Molecular Microbiology
+44 (0) 191 208 3221
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Professor Deborah Henderson
Professor of Cardiac Development
+44 (0) 191 241 8644
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Professor Mary Herbert
Professor of Reproductive Biology
+44 (0) 191 213 8213
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Professor Jonathan Higgins
Professor of Eukaryotic Molecular Cell Biology and Director for Non-Clinical Fellowships
+44 (0) 191 208 7431
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Professor Barry Hirst
Professor of Cellular Physiology
+44 (0) 191 208 6993
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Professor Robert Hirt
Professor of Evolutionary Parasitology
+44 (0) 191 208 6963
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Dr Seamus Holden
Sir Henry Dale Fellow (Group leader)
+44(0)1912083230
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Dr Jun-yong Huang
Lecturer
+44 (0) 191 208 7244
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Dr Gavin Hudson
Senior Lecturer
+44 (0) 191 241 8650
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Professor Anya Hurlbert
Professor of Visual Neuroscience
+44 (0) 191 208 7638
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Professor Andrew Jackson
Professor of Neural Interfaces
+44 (0) 191 208 6685
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Dr Michael Jackson
Senior Lecturer
+44 (0) 191 241 8677
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Professor Brendan Kenny
Professor of Medical Microbiology
+44 (0) 191 208 7960
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Dr Anjam Khan
Senior Lecturer
+44 (0) 191 208 7066
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Dr Viktor Korolchuk
Reader in Molecular Cell Biology
+44(0)191 208 1221
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Dr Sukhbinder Kumar
Newcastle University Research Fellow
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Professor Jeremy Lakey
Professor of Structural Biochemistry
+44 (0) 191 208 8865
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Professor Majlinda Lako
Prof of Stem Cell Science
+44 (0) 191 241 8688
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Dr Fiona LeBeau
Lecturer
+44 (0) 191 208 5729
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Professor Rick Lewis
Prof of Structural Biology
+44 (0) 191 208 5482
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Professor Robert Lightowlers
Director, ICaMB and Professor of Molecular Neuroscience
+44 (0) 191 208 8028
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Professor John Loughlin
Prof of Musculoskeletal Research
+44 (0) 191 241 8988
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Dr Elisabeth Lowe
Newcastle University Research Fellow
+44 (0) 191 208 8796
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Professor John Lunec
Gillespie Prof of Molecular Oncology
+44 (0) 191 208 4420
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Professor David Lydall
Professor of Genome Stability
+44 (0) 191 208 5318
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Professor Derek Mann
Dean of Research and Innovation
+44 (0) 191 208 3851
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Professor Jelena Mann
Professor of Epigenetics
+44 (0) 191 208 5902
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Dr Laura Maringele
Lecturer (Genome Instability)
+44 (0) 191 2088146
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Dr Annette Meeson
Lecturer
+44 (0) 191 241 8856
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Professor Brian Morgan
Professor of Yeast Molecular Biology
+44 (0) 191 208 7694
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Professor Heath Murray
Professor of Bacterial Genetics
+44 (0) 191 208 3233
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Dr Thomas Nicholls

Professor Fiona Oakley
Prof of Fibrosis Biology
+44 (0) 191 208 3852
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Professor Tracy Palmer
Professor of Microbiology
+44 (0)191 208 3219
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Dr Manolis Papamichos Chronakis
Newcastle University Research Fellow
+44 (0) 191 208 8785
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Professor Jeffrey Pearson
Professor of Molecular Physiology
+44 (0) 191 208 6996
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Professor Neil Perkins
Deputy Dean-Biosciences Institute
+44 (0) 191 208 8866
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Professor Christopher Petkov
Professor in Comparative Neuropsychology
+44 (0) 191 208 3467
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Dr Helen Phillips
Lecturer
+44 (0) 191 241 8698
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Dr Katarzyna Pirog
Lecturer in Musculoskeletal Genetics
+44(0) 191 241 8622
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Dr Colline Poirier
Newcastle University Research Fellow
0191 208 8210
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Professor Janet Quinn
Deputy Dean-Biosciences Institute
+44 (0) 191 208 7434
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Dr Claudia Racca
Senior Lecturer
+44 (0) 191 208 8716
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Professor Jenny Read
Professor of Vision Science
+44 (0) 191 208 7559
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Professor Adrian Rees
Professor of Auditory Neuroscience
+44 (0) 191 208 6956
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Dr Louise Reynard
Lecturer
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Dr Gavin Richardson
Newcastle Uni Research Fellow (Cardio)
+44 (0)191 241 8615
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Dr Daniel Rico Rodriguez
NU Research Fellow - Chromatin, Immunity and Bioinformatics
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Dr Claire Rind
Reader in Invertebrate Neurobiology
+44 (0) 191 208 6681
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Dr Josana Rodriguez Sanchez
Senior Lecturer
+44(0)1912088143
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Professor Candy Rowe
Professor of Animal Behaviour and Cognition, Director of NUAcT Fellowship Scheme
+44 (0) 191 208 8671
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Dr Julian Rutherford
Lecturer
+44 (0) 191 208 6282
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Dr Paula Salgado
Lecturer in Macromolecular Crystallography
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Dr Mauro Santibanez Koref
Senior Lecturer
+44 (0) 191 241 8693
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Dr Gabriele Saretzki
Lecturer in Ageing Research
+44 (0) 191 208 1214
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Professor Evelyne Sernagor
Professor in Retinal Neuroscience
+44 (0)191 208 8541/8686
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Dr Daryl Shanley
Senior Lecturer
+44 (0) 191 208 1105
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Dr Mohammed Shoaib
Senior Lecturer
+44 (0) 191 208 7839
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Dr Ruchi Shukla
Newcastle University Research Fellow
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Dr John Skelhorn
Lecturer in Animal Cognition
+44 (0) 191 208 5142
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Dr Tom Smulders
Reader in Evolutionary Neuroscience
+44 (0) 191 208 5790
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Dr Demetris Soteropoulos
Lecturer (Motor Systems Neuroscience)
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Professor Konstantinos Stellos
Prof of Cardiovascular Medicine & Epitranscriptomics
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Dr Henrik Strahl von Schulten
Senior Lecturer
+44 (0) 191 208 3240
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Dr Gordon Strathdee
Lecturer in Genome Instability
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Professor Michael Taggart
Chair of Reproductive Sciences
+44 (0191) 208 6988
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Professor Alexander Thiele
Professor of Visual Neuroscience
+44 (0) 191 208 7564
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Professor David Thwaites
Professor of Epithelial Physiology
+44 (0) 191 208 8559
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Professor Andrew Trevelyan
Professor of Network Neuroscience
+44 (0) 191 208 5732
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Professor Matthias Trost
Professor of Proteomics
+44 (0) 191 208 7009
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Professor Bert van den Berg
Prof of Membrane Protein Structural Biology
+44 (0) 191 208 8122
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Dr Elizabeth Veal
Reader in Molecular Biology
+44 (0) 191 208 7596/7444 (lab)
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Professor Joris Veltman
Dean of Biosciences Institute
0191 2418611
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Professor Waldemar Vollmer
Prof of Bacterial Biochemistry
+44 (0) 191 208 3216
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Professor Thomas von Zglinicki
Professor of Cellular Gerontology
+44 (0) 191 208 1104
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Dr Quoc Vuong
Senior Lecturer
+44 (0) 191 208 6183
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Dr Nick Watkins
Senior Lecturer
+44 (0) 191 208 6991
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Dr Andreas Werner
Reader in Molecular Biology
+44 (0) 191 208 6990
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Dr Simon Whitehall
Senior Lecturer
+44 (0) 191 208 5989
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Dr Caroline Wilson
Newcastle University Research Fellow

Dr Ian Wilson
Lecturer
+44 (0) 191 241 8689
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Professor David Young
Professor of Musculoskeletal Biology
+44 (0) 191 241 8831
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Professor Nikolay Zenkin
Professor of Molecular Biology
+44 (0) 191 208 3227
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