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Alphabetical list of all PIs

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Plant evolution
Biodiversity, Evolutionary biology, Plant biology, Population biology
Prof Richard Abbott

Prof Richard Abbott





Evolutionary Biology: behaviour and speciation in insects
Animal communication, Behavioural biology, Environmental biology
Dr Nathan Bailey

Dr Nathan Bailey





Bioinformatics and evolution
Bioinformatics, Evolutionary biology, Genomics
Dr Daniel Barker

Dr Daniel Barker





Oceanography using animal-borne sensors
Behavioural biology, Ecology, Environmental biology, Environmental modelling, Marine biology, Marine mammals

Dr Lars Boehme





Mass spectrometry and proteomics
Dr Catherine Botting

Dr Catherine Botting





Ecology and biology of zooplankton
Behavioural biology, Ecology, Evolutionary biology, Marine biology
Prof Andrew Brierley

Prof Andrew Brierley





Mode of action and application of novel antimicrobials
Gene regulation, Microbiology, Molecular biology, Proteomics
Dr Peter Coote

Dr Peter Coote





Behavioural ecology and conservation ecology of birds
Animal communication, Behavioural biology, Evolutionary biology, Zoology
Dr Will Cresswell

Dr Will Cresswell





Macroecology and biodiversity patterns
Dr Maria Dornelas

Dr Maria Dornelas





Monitoring populations of harbour (= common) and grey seals in Scotland
Marine mammals, Population biology
Mr Callan Duck

Mr Callan Duck





Ecology, physiology and life history of marine mammals
Behavioural biology, Marine biology, Marine mammals, Zoology
Prof Michael Fedak

Prof Michael Fedak





Evolutionary Developmental Biology
Developmental biology, Evolutionary biology, Genomics, Marine biology, Zoology
Dr Dave Ferrier

Dr Dave Ferrier





Ecology, population genetics, evolution and conservation biology
Biodiversity, Ecological modelling, Evolutionary biology, Statistics
Prof Oscar Gaggiotti

Prof Oscar Gaggiotti





Passive acoustic monitoring of marine mammals
Conservation biology, Marine mammals, Population biology

Dr Douglas Gillespie





Structure and function of carbohydrate processing enzymes
Biophysics, Chemical biology, Enzymology, Molecular Biology, Structural biology
Dr Tracey Gloster

Dr Tracey Gloster





Dr Jonathan Gordon





Mating behaviour, maternity and parentage and population structure
Behavioural biology, Evolutionary biology, Zoology
Dr Jeff Graves

Dr Jeff Graves





Molecular development and survival of mammalian neurons
Biophysics, Cell biology, Cell signalling, Molecular biology, Neurobiology
Prof Frank Gunn-Moore

Prof Frank Gunn-Moore





Environmental and physiological factors affecting marine mammal health and survival.
Marine mammals, Population biology

Population dynamics, ecology and foraging behaviour of seals and cetaceans
Conservation biology, Ecology, Marine biology, Marine mammals, Population biology
Prof Philip Hammond

Prof Philip Hammond





Population and conservation biology
Biodiversity, Ecological modelling, Environmental modelling, Marine biology, Statistics
Prof John Harwood

Prof John Harwood





Osmoregulatory function in fish
Marine biology, Organismal biology, Zoology

Spatial memory, the brain and behaviour
Behavioural biology

Marine mammal ecology
Conservation biology, Ecology, Marine biology, Marine mammals
Dr Sonja Heinrich

Dr Sonja Heinrich





Ecology and behaviour of marine mammals
Behavioural biology, Marine mammals, Zoology
Dr Sascha Hooker

Dr Sascha Hooker





Prof Steve Hubbard

Prof Steve Hubbard





Biochemical and biophysical studies of nitric oxide synthase
Biochemistry, Biophysics, Enzymology
Dr John Ingledew

Dr John Ingledew





Molecular biology of influenza viruses and arenaviruses
Molecular Biology, Virology

Dr David Jackson





Acoustic communication and behaviour in marine mammals
Animal communication, Behavioural biology, Marine biology, Marine mammals
Dr Vincent Janik

Dr Vincent Janik





Dr Mark Johnson





Muscle growth and adaptation in teleost fish
Cell biology, Enzymology, Marine biology, Molecular biology, Organismal biology
Prof Ian Johnston

Prof Ian Johnston





Social learning, cultural evolution and niche construction
Behavioural biology, Evolutionary biology, Zoology
Prof Kevin Laland

Prof Kevin Laland





Statistical and empirical modelling of movement, behaviour and populations

Dr Mike Lonergan





Chromosomal DNA replication and genome stability
Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Structural biology
Dr Stuart MacNeill

Dr Stuart MacNeill





Fish behaviour and evolution
Behavioural biology, Evolutionary biology, Zoology
Prof Anne Magurran

Prof Anne Magurran





Fish and arthropod behaviour and biodiversity
Behavioural biology, Biodiversity, Conservation biology, Ecology, Zoology

Dr Iain Matthews





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Marine mammals, Population biology
Dr Bernie McConnell

Dr Bernie McConnell





Plant evolutionary biology
Biodiversity, Ecology, Evolutionary biology, Plant biology
Prof Thomas Meagher

Prof Thomas Meagher





Acoustic communication and behavioural ecology
Behavioural biology, Marine biology, Marine mammals, Population biology, Zoology
Dr Patrick Miller

Dr Patrick Miller





Bioinformatics and computational chemistry
Dr John Mitchell

Dr John Mitchell





Interactions between people, fishing and the environment
Dr Simon Northridge

Dr Simon Northridge





Fish behavioural ecology
Behavioural biology, Biodiversity, Conservation biology, Ecology, Zoology
Dr Alfredo F. Ojanguren

Dr Alfredo F. Ojanguren





Ecology and dynamics of coastal ecosystems
Biodiversity, Ecology, Environmental biology, Marine biology, Microbiology
Prof David Paterson

Prof David Paterson





Behavioural ecology of marine mammals
Marine mammals, Population biology

Dr Paddy Pomeroy





Mitochondria and flavoproteins: function and regulation
Biochemistry, Biophysics, Enzymology
Dr Rona Ramsay

Dr Rona Ramsay





Viruses and innate immunity
Cell biology, immunology, Molecular biology, Virology
Prof Richard Randall

Prof Richard Randall





The evolution of learning, behaviour and communication
Animal communication, Behavioural biology, Conservation biology, Evolutionary biology, Marine biology, Marine mammals
Dr Luke Rendell

Dr Luke Rendell





Behaviour, genetics & speciation
Behavioural biology, Biodiversity, Ecology, Evolutionary biology, Genetics
Prof Mike Ritchie

Prof Mike Ritchie





Evolution, ecology and social dynamics of animal tool use
Behavioural biology, Ecology, Environmental biology, Evolutionary biology, Population biology, Zoology
Dr Christian Rutz

Dr Christian Rutz





Sensory reactions between organisms
Animal communication, Behavioural biology, Chemical biology, Ecological modelling, Ecology, Environmental modelling, Evolutionary biology, Marine biology, Organismal biology, Plant biology, Statistics, Zoology
Prof Graeme Ruxton

Prof Graeme Ruxton





Picornavirus replication and translational virology
Cell biology, Molecular biology, Virology
Prof Martin Ryan

Prof Martin Ryan





Biological EPR spectroscopy: protein & oligonucleotide complex structure, function & dynamics
Biophysics, Chemical biology
Prof Olav Schiemann

Prof Olav Schiemann





Structure and function of bacterial virulence proteins
Biochemistry, Biophysics, Microbiology, Structural biology
Dr Uli Schwarz-Linek

Dr Uli Schwarz-Linek





Insect behavioural ecology and evolution
Behavioural biology, Ecology, Evolutionary biology, Genomics
Dr David Shuker

Dr David Shuker





Vocal communication in birds and mammals
Animal communication, Behavioural biology, Evolutionary biology, Zoology
Prof Peter Slater

Prof Peter Slater





Structure and dynamics of the mammalian cell nucleus
Cell Biology, Developmental biology
Dr Judith Sleeman

Dr Judith Sleeman





Fish reproductive biology and coevolution
Behavioural biology, Evolutionary biology, Zoology

Molecular parasitology
Biochemistry, Chemical biology, Chemical biology, Enzymology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Parasitology
Dr Terry Smith

Dr Terry Smith





Complex biological networks
Bioinformatics, Ecological modelling, Environmental modelling, Gene regulation
Dr V Anne Smith

Dr V Anne Smith





Immunology and pathology of marine and aquatic organisms.
Biochemistry, Immunology, Marine biology
Dr Valerie Smith

Dr Valerie Smith





Predator life history and trophic interactions
Ecological modelling, Environmental modelling, Marine biology, Statistics
Dr Sophie Smout

Dr Sophie Smout





Regeneration Biology

Dr Ildiko Somorjai





Structural biology of infection and immunity
Biochemistry, Chemical biology, Enzymologoy, Structural biology, Virology
Prof Garry Taylor

Prof Garry Taylor





Foraging, diving behaviour, population dynamics, seals, sealions, fur seals.
Marine mammals, Population biology
Dr Dave Thompson

Dr Dave Thompson





Plant molecular and cellular physiology
Cell biology, Microbiology, Molecular biology, Plant biology
Prof Alyson Tobin

Prof Alyson Tobin





Marine ecology
Biodiversity, Ecology, Marine biology
Prof Chris Todd

Prof Chris Todd





Molecular biology of plant virus-host-vector interactions
Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Virology

Prof Lesley Torrance





Behaviour and acoustic communication in cetaceans
Animal communication, Behavioural biology, Conservation biology, Marine mammals
Prof Peter Tyack

Prof Peter Tyack





Molecular biology of membrane proteins
Biochemistry, Microbiology, Molecular Biology
Dr Shiela Unkles

Dr Shiela Unkles





DNA repair and the CRISPR system
Biochemistry, microbiology, Molecular biology, Proteomics, Structural biology
Prof Malcolm White

Prof Malcolm White





Social insect ecology and animal plant interactions
Behavioural biology, Ecology, Evolutionary biology, Zoology

Prof Pat Willmer