Department of Biochemistry
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An internationally competitive research programme; themes include cell signalling and control of gene expression, to molecular microbiology, plant molecular biology and biofuel research, cancer and cardiovascular biology
The Department of Biochemistry is a member of the School of Biological Sciences and is one of the largest departments in Cambridge - around 400 research and support staff - with an internationally competitive research programme. The Department’s research contributes to the themes that describe the research in the School. We have attracted many outstanding independent research fellows with funding from the Wellcome Trust, British Heart Foundation, BBSRC and MRC, and several of our senior staff have been seconded to prestigious fellowships. The Department houses facilities funded by Wellcome Trust, BBSRC and MRC for modern biomolecular research, including an 800MHz NMR facility, modern X-ray laboratories, core facilities for mass spectrometry and plasmon resonance, advanced services for protein and nucleic acid sequencing. We have collaborated with the Department of Genetics in establishing the Systems Biology Centre, adjacent to the Sanger Building, which houses array technologies, proteomics and informatics, and we have established metabolomics elsewhere in the Department. We also participate in the new Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research. These new developments underpin research in a range of different biological processes from molecular enzymology, through cell signalling and control of gene expression, to molecular microbiology, plant molecular biology and biofuel research, cancer and cardiovascular biology.
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Towards ultrahigh-throughput phenotypic screening using microfluidic droplets and functionalised polyacrylamide beads
Natural evolution has yielded small molecules and macromolecules with a diverse array of activities, many of which have been harnessed by human society to advance industry and medicine. However, evolution is primarily ... -
How bacteria tune mixed positive/negative feedback loops to generate diverse gene expression dynamics
Bacteria are constantly sensing their environment, and must respond as it changes. Some of their most common systems for sensing and responding to change are alternative sigma factors. These are a type of transcription ... -
Nutraceutical modulation of lipotoxicity and the development of a tool to monitor palmitate induced sub-cellular dysfunction.
Nutraceutical modulation of lipotoxicity and the development of a tool to monitor palmitate induced sub-cellular dysfunction. - by Dean Frederick Ashley. Over 64.3% of the UK are currently overweight or obese according to ... -
Plant cell membranes
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