Home Research Centres and groups Molecular and Cellular Biology Research Group Molecular and Cellular Biology Research Group Themes Health, Wellbeing and Education Summary Molecular and Cellular Biology is at the core of understanding fundamental biological processes. We use our expertise in biochemistry, genetics, molecular and cell biology, immunology, microbiology, systems biology and bioinformatics to characterise molecular and cellular functions and signalling. Our aim Researching the functions of molecules and cells is crucial for our understanding of biology at its fundamental level. It allows for the development of new knowledge of gene inheritance, protein function, cellular behaviour and metabolic control to tackle disease treatment and biotechnological applications. Researchers in the Molecular and Cellular Biology Research Group are investigating the role of molecules in a range of cells and organisms, with special focus on mitochondrial functions, exosomes and microvesicles in cellular signalling, membrane transporters in prokaryotes, developing microbes for food and biotechnology applications, host-microbiome interactions, space biology and ageing. Individual areas of expertise are as follows: Dr Gavin McStay - mitochondrial biology, programmed cell death Dr Arthur Hosie - molecular microbiology; solute transporters Dr Sarah Williams - immunology, exosomes and cellular interactions Dr Ahmad Haidery - microvesicles in health and disease Trust Diya - lipidomics and nutrition Dr Samina Naseeb - yeast genetics and biotechnology, synthetic biology Dr Chloe Heys - molecular microbiology, gut microbiomes, host-microbe interactions Dr Willian da Silveira - transcriptomics (bioinformatics, systems biology, space biology ageing) Dr Rebecca Shears - parasitology, vaccines, pollution and pneumococcus Researchers within Molecular and Cellular Biology Research Group Trust Diya Lecturer Trust is biomedical scientist whose core discipline is histology and cytology. His main area of interest is lipidomics and nutrition with a focus on the effects of flavonoids on adipogenesis. Dr Ahmad Haidery Senior Lecturer Ahmad's profile Dr Chloe Heys Senior Lecturer I am a Lecturer in Microbiology for Biological and Biomedical Sciences with an extensive background in Zoology. I am fascinated by the microbiome and how an individual’s collective microbes can work together to influence the host. Chloe's profile Dr Willian Da Silveira Lecturer Dr da Silveira is a Lecturer in Molecular Genetics and Genomics at Staffordshire University. His main area of interest is Ageing, System Biology and Space Omics. Willian's profile
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