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We use cutting-edge molecular techniques to identify genes and neural circuits that are important for vocal communication and learned vocalisations in this species. We also investigate the causes of language disorders in clinical populations to gain insight into the causes of these disorders, but also to understand the genetic factors underlying normal language development. 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Studying such species could provide clues about how human language evolved, and how language abilities are encoded in the brain and the genome.<\/span>","post_excerpt":"Our research group focuses on the study of vocal communication in mammals as a way to understand the biological basis of human speech and language and how this trait evolved.","post_author":"86","post_date":"2022-12-12 16:15:12","post_date_gmt":"2022-12-12 16:15:12","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"neurogenetics-of-vocal-communication","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-11-07 13:05:13","post_modified_gmt":"2025-11-07 13:05:13","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/research\/?post_type=research_group&#038;p=244","menu_order":0,"post_type":"research_group","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","comments":false,"_thumbnail_id":["245","4","2022-12-12 16:15:02","2022-12-12 16:15:02","","Phyllostomus discolor_pale spear-nosed bat_Cr_Sonja Vernes","","inherit","open","closed","","phyllostomus-discolor_pale-spear-nosed-bat_cr_sonja-vernes","","","2022-12-12 16:15:02","2022-12-12 16:15:02","","244","https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2022\/12\/Phyllostomus-discolor_pale-spear-nosed-bat_Cr_Sonja-Vernes.jpg","0","attachment","image\/jpeg","0","245"],"id":244},{"group_members":"<span>Marcus Bischoff (PI)<\/span>\r\n<span>Jianyi Mai (PhD student)<\/span>\r\n<span>Aimee Bebbington (PhD student)<\/span>\r\n<span>Georgia Beeton (PhD student)<\/span>\r\n<span>Cameron Harrison (MSc Res student)<\/span>\r\n<span>Jane Lyon (MSc Res student)<\/span>","publications":"[publications flag='individual' code='mb273' dois='1' max='10' categorise='1']","research_projects":"<ul>\r\n \t<li><span>The mechanistic basis of actomyosin contractility.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span>Tissue-wide coordination of pulsed contractions.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span>Collective cell migration during morphogensis.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span>Coordination of cell behaviour during tissue morhogenesis.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span>Modelling morphogenesis.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","related_theme":[122,199,201],"related_centre":77,"contact":"<h1>Join us<\/h1>\r\n<h2>Are you interested in joining the lab?<\/h2>\r\n<strong>Currently, we have no PhD studentships advertised in the Bischoff lab.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>We currently also offer MSc(Res) projects \u201cinvestigating the coordination of cell behaviours during <em>Drosophila<\/em> morphogenesis\u201d as part of the MSc(Res) Biomedical Sciences degree. <\/strong>More information you can find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.st-andrews.ac.uk\/biology\/prospective\/pgr\/biomedical-sciences-mscres\/\">here<\/a>.\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">St\u00a0Andrews provides a great environment for research and is also a beautiful place to live. The Bischoff lab is keen to help anybody who would like to come to St\u00a0Andrews to study aspects of <i>Drosophila<\/i> morphogenesis or, more generally, development.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Postdoctoral researchers<\/strong> who plan to apply for a fellowship to cover their salary costs are encouraged to get in touch with Marcus to discuss possibilities.<\/p>\r\n<strong>PhD studentships<\/strong> in the lab are advertised on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.findaphd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FindaPhD.com<\/a>. Students with their own funding (or wishing to apply for their own funding) should contact Marcus directly.\r\n\r\n<strong>Master studentships<\/strong> in the lab are advertised on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findamasters.com\/\">FindaMaster.com<\/a> and on the pages of the School of Biology.\r\n\r\n<strong>Undergraduate students<\/strong> wishing to spend the Summer in the lab and who are eligible for vacation studentship funding from the BSDB, Wellcome Trust or other funding bodies should contact Marcus.\r\n\r\nDr. Marcus Bischoff\r\nBiomolecular Sciences Building\r\nUniversity of St\u00a0Andrews\r\nNorth Haugh\r\nSt\u00a0Andrews\r\nFife\r\nKY16 9ST\r\nUK\r\n\r\nTel: 01334 467199\r\n\r\n<a href=\"mailto:mb273@st-andrews.ac.uk\">mb273@st-andrews.ac.uk<\/a>","ID":158,"post_title":"Bischoff Lab","post_content":"<span>The Bischoff lab is interested in how shape and form arise during development. Ultimately, it is the behavior of individual cells, such as cell migration and cell shape change, that underlies the formation of tissues and organs. We aim to understand how cells interpret information to implement different cell behaviours and how different behaviours are coordinated. Furthermore, we study how signalling is transduced into specific activities of the cytoskeleton and how different cytoskeletal activities are coordinated to execute a certain behaviour.<\/span>\r\n<span>To gain insights into the regulation and coordination of cell behaviours, we study the morphogenesis of the adult abdominal epidermis of Drosophila. Employing a combination of in vivo 4D microscopy and sophisticated genetics, we observe and quantify all cell behaviours after experimental manipulation of the system. This allows us to gain a deeper understanding of morphogenetic processes and the underlying cell behaviours.<\/span>","post_excerpt":"We are interested in how shape and form arise during animal development. During morphogenesis, cells interpret complex information and react accordingly to shape tissues and organs. Here, many cell behaviours, such as cell migration and cell shape changes, work together. Despite recent progress, it still remains mysterious how all these behaviours are regulated and coordinated.","post_author":"65","post_date":"2022-09-08 00:10:52","post_date_gmt":"2022-09-07 23:10:52","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"bischoff-lab","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-12-21 10:18:04","post_modified_gmt":"2022-12-21 10:18:04","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/research\/?post_type=research_group&#038;p=158","menu_order":0,"post_type":"research_group","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","comments":false,"_thumbnail_id":["131","4","2022-02-25 13:57:54","2022-02-25 13:57:54","","MB-spreading-histoblast","","inherit","open","closed","","mb-spreading-histoblast","","","2022-02-25 13:57:54","2022-02-25 13:57:54","","94","https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2022\/01\/MB-spreading-histoblast.jpg","0","attachment","image\/jpeg","0","131"],"id":158},{"group_members":"<a href=\"mailto:sam31@st-and.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stuart MacNeill<\/a>\r\nGroup leader\r\n\r\n<a href=\"mailto:liyuan@liyuan\">Liyuan Chen<\/a>\r\nPhD student, 2024-2028\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/keenan@keenan\/\">Keenan Parker<\/a>\r\nMSc(Res) student, 2025-2026\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/jenna@jenna\/\">Jenna Brown<\/a>\r\nMBiol project student, 2025-2026\r\n\r\n<a href=\"mailto:alice@alice\">Alice Zhen<\/a>\r\nHonours project student, 2025-2026\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ellice@ellice\/\">Ellice McKay<\/a>\r\nHonours project student, 2025-2026","publications":"[publications flag='individual' code='sam31' dois='1' max='100' categorise='1']","research_projects":"<header class=\"entry-header\" aria-label=\"Content\">Chromosomal DNA replication requires the complex interplay of a large number of essential and non-essential protein factors in a temporally- and spatially-coordinated manner. Determining how these factors act together to replicate the genome is central to understanding how the integrity of the genome is maintained within, and across, generations and how genetic diseases such as cancer in humans are avoided. The components of the replication machinery are also potential targets for anti-proliferative drugs and can be used as diagnostic markers for the proliferative state.\r\n\r\nThe complexity of the replication machinery favours the use of simple model systems to dissect problems of protein structure, function and regulation. Indeed, much of what we know about the eukaryotic replication apparatus has come from model system studies. In the MacNeill lab, research is primarily focused on dissecting the molecular biology of<span class=\"style3\">\u00a0chromosomal DNA replication and genome stability\u00a0<\/span>using two contrasting genetically-tractable model systems, the eukaryotic fission yeast\u00a0<strong><span class=\"style1\">Schizosaccharomyces pombe<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0and the halophilic archaeon\u00a0<strong><span class=\"style2\">Haloferax volcanii<\/span><\/strong>. In addition to this, we also study the molecular biology of <strong>T5-like bacteriophages (Demerecviridae)<\/strong>, DNA ligase enzymes encoded by diverse bacteriophages and viruses, and carbohydrate-processing enzymes in haloarchaea. We use a variety of methods to address questions of protein structure and function within the chromosome replication apparatus, including genetics and molecular biology, biochemistry, structural biology and bioinformatics.\r\n<h2 id=\"chromosomal-dna-replication-in-eukaryotes\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chromosomal DNA replication in eukaryotes<\/h2>\r\nDNA polymerase delta plays essential roles in eukaryotic chromosomal DNA replication and also in various DNA repair pathways. We are interested in understanding how Pol delta activity in regulated in vivo. Using the fission yeast <strong>Schizosacharomyces pombe<\/strong> as a model system, we are investigating how post-translational modifications affect Pol delta function in vivo, with particular emphasis on modification of the PolD3 and PolD4 subunits of the complex. We have also expressed and purified the four-subunit Pol delta complex from the thermophilic ascomycete fungus\u00a0<strong>Chaetomium thermophilum<\/strong> (Ct) and have determined its structure by cryo-EM in collaboration with Dr\u00a0Ramasubramanian Sundaramoorthy (University of Dundee, work in progress). We have also used X-ray crystallography to obtain an understanding of how <strong>Chaetomium thermophilum<\/strong> PCNA interacts with Ct PolD3, Ct PolD4 and the flap endonuclease Ct Fen1 <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/35942639\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/35942639\/\">at atomic resolution<\/a> (collaboration with Dr Magnus Alphey, University of St Andrews).\r\n<h2 id=\"chromosomal-dna-replication-and-repair-in-archaea\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chromosomal DNA replication and repair in archaea<\/h2>\r\nArchaea constitute the third domain of life on Earth, comprise an estimated 20% of the planet\u2019s biomass and make major impacts on both biosphere and atmosphere.\u00a0We are interested in understanding the enzymes and mechanisms of chromosomal DNA replication and repair in archaeal cells and in what this can tell us about the fundamental processes underlying the maintenance of genetic integrity in all cells. We use the highly tractable halophilic (salt-loving) archaeal organisms\u00a0<strong>Haloferax volcanii<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Haloarcula hispanica<\/strong> as model systems as this provides us with a range of molecular genetic tools for functional analysis in vivo. Previously we have studied <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/21976728\">single-stranded DNA binding proteins<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/19770505\">sliding clamp PCNA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/16420348\">ATP- and NAD-dependent DNA ligases<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/24723920\">MCM helicase<\/a> and an entirely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/26337406\">novel DNA repair factor<\/a> named NreA. We are currently investigating the cellular functions of the four <strong>Haloferax volcanii\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portlandpress.com\/emergtoplifesci\/article-abstract\/2\/4\/493\/77088\/The-archaeal-RecJ-like-proteins-nucleases-and-ex?redirectedFrom=PDF\">RecJ-like proteins<\/a> to\u00a0gain fundamental insights into how these proteins have evolved to safeguard the integrity of the archaeal genome.\r\n<h2 id=\"molecular-biology-of-bacteriophage-t5-replication\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Molecular biology of bacteriophage T5 replication<\/h2>\r\nThe T5-like bacteriophages (<strong>Demerecviridae<\/strong>) are a family of lytic bacteriophages that infect Gram-negative bacteria. The phage particles consist of an icosahedral capsid, a lengthy non-contractile tail and a double-stranded DNA genome with the capacity to encode ~160-180 proteins. A number of these proteins have been identified as being essential for phage DNA replication including a DNA polymerase, primase, DNA ligase and exonuclease. We are interested in understanding the function of the remaining essential proteins and understanding how these interact with one another to facilitate rapid replication of the phage genome during infection. We are characterising individual phage T5 proteins biochemically while at the same time using CRISPR\/Cas genome editing methods to allow us to investigate in vivo function in greater detail. One key target is the DNA ligase encoded by T5-like phages. We have solved the structure of this enzyme (from phage vB_PreS_PR1 DNA, a collaboration with structural biologist Dr Julia Richardson, University of Edinburgh), revealing novel features of DNA ligase biology.\r\n<h2 id=\"dna-ligases-for-biotech-applications\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">DNA ligases for biotech applications<\/h2>\r\n<strong>DNA ligases<\/strong> are essential enzymes in all forms of life and are a cornerstone of recombinant DNA technology. The market leader New England Biolabs alone markets six different ligases in <a href=\"https:\/\/international.neb.com\/tools-and-resources\/selection-charts\/dna-ligase-selection-chart\">15 different formulations<\/a>. In this project, we are exploring the outer limits of DNA ligase sequence space to identify novel enzymes with enhanced properties with commercial potential.\u00a0Building on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/29133882\">recent phylogenetic analysis<\/a>, we are focusing on highly diverged and previously unstudied ATP-dependent ligase enzymes encoded by crAss-like phages present in the human gut, by viruses\u00a0that infect unicellular green algae and\u00a0amoeba, and by early-branching kinetoplastids. Ligase proteins are being expressed and\u00a0purified in recombinant form and the purified enzymes tested for stability and activity on different substrates\u00a0under a range of conditions.\r\n\r\n<\/header>","related_theme":[122,201,200,203],"related_centre":77,"contact":"<span id=\"contact\">Dr Stuart MacNeill<\/span>\r\nSchool of Biology\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.st-andrews.ac.uk\/bsrc\/\">Biomedical Sciences Research Complex<\/a>\r\nUniversity of St Andrews\r\nSt Andrews\r\nKY16 9ST\r\nUK\r\n\r\nT: +44 (0)1334 46 72 68\r\nE: <a href=\"mailto:stuart.macneill@st-andrews.ac.uk\">stuart.macneill@st-andrews.ac.uk<\/a>","ID":154,"post_title":"The MacNeill Lab","post_content":"Research in the MacNeill lab is primarily focused on using molecular genetic tools to probe protein structure, function and regulation in various microbial model systems. In addition to molecular genetic methods, we use biochemistry, structural biology and bioinformatics.\r\n\r\nIn the past our work was focused on dissecting the enzymes and mechanisms of\u00a0DNA replication and genome stability\u00a0in the eukaryotic fission yeast <strong>Schizosaccharomyces pombe<\/strong>\u00a0and the halophilic euryarchaeon\u00a0<strong>Haloferax volcanii<\/strong>. We have also studied the activity of the highly diverged DNA ligase enzymes encoded by\u00a0<strong>crAss-like bacteriophages<\/strong>\u00a0and the function of selected\u00a0carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) in <strong>haloarchaea<\/strong>. We have also worked on the parasitic protozoan\u00a0<strong>Trypanosoma brucei\u00a0<\/strong>and the non-human infectious kinetoplastid model organism <strong>Crithidia\u00a0fasciculata<\/strong> and have contributed to analysis of the mitosome in <strong>microsporidia<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nPresently, the main focus of the lab is the biology of\u00a0<strong>bacteriophage T5<\/strong>. We are studying the structure and function of the unique split DNA ligase encoded by T5 and the SciA endonuclease responsible for the single-stranded DNA nicks in the packaged phage genome, as well as mechanisms of host cell lysis. Future work will expand the cell lysis work into a broader range of coliphage. In addition to the phage work, we are also completing work on the structure and function of eukaryotic DNA polymerase delta using the thermophilic fungus <strong>Chaetomium thermophilum<\/strong> as a model.\r\n\r\n<span>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/macneill.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk\/\">here<\/a> to visit the lab website.<\/span>","post_excerpt":"Research in the MacNeill lab is primarily focused on using molecular genetic tools to probe protein structure, function and regulation in various microbial model systems. 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