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Research: Principal Investigators

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Alphabetical list of all PIs

profiles:
Plant evolution and systematics
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, Genomics
Dr Daniel Barker

Dr Daniel Barker





Mass spectrometry and proteomics
Dr Catherine Botting

Dr Catherine Botting





Marine mammal ecology and behaviour
Behavioural biology, Ecological modelling, Marine biology, Population biology

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





Cell death during neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration
Cell signalling, Developmental biology, Neurobiology
Dr Gayle H Doherty

Dr Gayle H Doherty





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

Mr Callan Duck





Molecular biology of negative-strand RNA viruses
Cell biology, Molecular biology, Virology
Prof Richard Elliott

Prof Richard Elliott





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





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

Dr Douglas Gillespie





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 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

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

Dr Sascha Hooker





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





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

Prof Ian Johnston





Fungal genetics and biotechnology
Cell biology, Gene regulation, Microbiology, Molecular biology
Dr Jim Kinghorn

Dr Jim Kinghorn





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

Prof Kevin Laland





Neural networks controlling movement in a simple vertebrate
Neurobiology
Dr Wenchang Li

Dr Wenchang Li





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





Mathematical modelling in population dynamics and spatial ecology
Ecological modelling, Ecology, Environmental modelling, Marine biology, Marine mammals, Population biology, Statistics
Dr Jason Matthiopoulos

Dr Jason Matthiopoulos





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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





Neurophysiology of mammalian spinal motor networks
Cell biology, Cell signalling, Developmental biology, Neurobiology
Dr Gareth Miles

Dr Gareth Miles





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

Dr Patrick Miller





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Cell biology, Developmental biology
Dr Martin Milner

Dr Martin Milner





Bioinformatics and computational chemistry
Dr John Mitchell

Dr John Mitchell





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





Behaviour, genetics & speciation
Ecology, Evolutionary biology, Genomics
Prof Mike Ritchie

Prof Mike Ritchie





Structural biology of influenza viruses
Biophysics, Enzymology, Structural biology, Virology

Dr Rupert Russell





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
Dr Olav Schiemann

Dr 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





Neural control and development of vertebrate locomotion
Cell biology, Cell signalling, Neurobiology
Prof Keith Sillar

Prof Keith Sillar





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, Marine biology, Molecular Biology, Organismal biology, Parasitology, 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





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





Plant subcellular compartmentalisation and metabolic control
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





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

Dr Shiela Unkles





Molecular biology of the archaea
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