Molecular Basis of Cell Function Expert Review Group

This expert review group shortlists candidates for Investigator Awards, Collaborative Awards, Principal Research Fellowships, Senior Research Fellowships, Research Career Development Fellowships and Sir Henry Dale Fellowships.

Its remit includes:

  • the fundamentals of gene expression (alternative splicing, imprinting, methylation, transcription, translation, DNA repair and DNA replication)
  • chromosome structure/biology and the fundamental biology of mitosis and meiosis
  • biochemistry
  • chemistry and chemical biology
  • biophysics
  • structural biology
  • proteomics
  • bioinformatics
  • mathematical modelling
  • nanotechnology.

Members are listed below. Additional experts will join the panel as necessary.

Members 

Professor Helen Walden (Chair)

University of Glasgow

Professor Pavel Baranov

University College Cork, Ireland

Professor Imre Berger

University of Bristol

Dr Chun-wa Chung

GlaxoSmithKline

Professor Victoria Cowling

University of Dundee

Professor Ulrike Eggert

King's College London

Professor Nick Gilbert

University of Edinburgh

Professor Andrew McAinsh

University of Warwick

Professor Joanna Morris

University of Birmingham

Dr Matthew Neale

University of Sussex

Professor Ewa Paluch

University of Cambridge

Professor Ana Pombo

Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany

Professor Stefan Raunser

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Germany

Professor Anne Willis

University of Cambridge

Professor Nikolay Zenkin

University of Newcastle

Professor Xiaodong Zhang

Imperial College London

Manager 

Emma Ralph

Team Manager, Genetics and Molecular Science

Wellcome Trust

We expect members to comply with our Conflict of Interest Policy [PDF 137KB].