Bateson Centre members

The Bateson Centre has 39 research groups, including MRC and Wellcome Trust Fellows. It supports joint-training programmes for both non-clinical and clinical researchers plus has a flourishing graduate and post-graduate community.

Bateson Director

Professor Stephen A Renshaw

Head of Division of Clinical Medicine
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

Email: s.a.renshaw@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 2159574

Professor Steve Renshaw

Staff A-Z

Centre members

Dr Meena Balasubramanian

Senior Clinical Lecturer in Musculoskeletal Genetics
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

Genomic Medicine;
Characterisation of zebrafish models for bone fragility and genetic skeletal disorders;
Functional characterisation of rare paediatric neurodevelopmental disorders.

Email: m.balasubramanian@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 9008

MED - Meena Balasubramanian — Dr Meena Balasubramanian

Professor Oliver Bandmann

Professor of Movement Disorders Neurology
Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Population Health

Zebrafish models of Parkinson’s Disease and related disorders

Email: o.bandmann@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 2237

Professor Oliver Bandmann

Dr Mark Bass

Lecturer, School Head of Student Recruitment
School of Biosciences

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Email: mark.bass@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5278

Mark Bass

Dr Anne-Gaelle Borycki

Senior Lecturer
School of Biosciences

Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology

Email: a.g.borycki@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Kyra Campbell

Senior Research Fellow
School of Biosciences

Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology

Email: kyra.campbell@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 4690

Kyra Campbell

Professor James Catto

Professor of Urology
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

Translational application of Molecular Biology to Urological Malignancies

Email: j.catto@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 9002

James Catto, Professor in Urological Surgery

Professor Tim Chico

Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

Studying Arteriogenesis using the Zebrafish

Email: t.j.chico@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 2396

Professor Tim Chico

Professor Sherif El-Khamisy

Professor of Molecular Medicine
School of Biosciences

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Email: S.El-Khamisy@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 2791

Chair in Molecular Medicine, Sherif El-Khamisy

Dr Phil Elks

Senior Research Fellow in Innate Immunity
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

Hypoxia and the host response to infection

Email: p.elks@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 3609

Dr Phil Elks

Dr Iwan Robert Evans

Senior Lecturer
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

Using Drosophila to study macrophage behaviour

Email: i.r.evans@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 3695

Dr Iwan Evans

Dr Alexander Fletcher

School Director of Research and Innovation
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Mathematical biology, morphogenesis, tissue dynamics

Email: a.g.fletcher@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 3846

Professor Andrew Furley

Professor of Developmental Neuroscience, Deputy Head of School,
School of Biosciences

Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology

Email: a.j.furley@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 2354

Professor Andrew Furley

Dr Andrew Grierson

Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience
Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Population Health

Zebrafish models of neurodegeneration

Email: a.j.grierson@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 2277

Dr Catarina M Henriques

Sir Henry Dale Fellow
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

Tissue Repair and Immunity in Ageing (TRIA)

Email: c.m.henriques@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 3647

Dr Heba Ismail

Lecturer in Chronic Disease Biology
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

Cellular mechanisms driving chronic inflammation and tissue damage in musculoskeletal diseases

Email: H.Ismail@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 2390

Dr Simon Johnston

Senior Research Fellow in Infectious Disease
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

Macrophage biology and host pathogen interactions

Email: s.a.johnston@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 2301

Professor Jason King

Professor
School of Biosciences

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Email: Jason.King@Sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 5116

Jason King

Professor Nils P Krone

Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

The systemic consequences of disrupted steroid hormone synthesis and action

Email: n.krone@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 271 7508

Professor Nils Krone

Dr Andrew Lin

Senior Lecturer, School Director of One University
School of Biosciences

Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology

Email: andrew.lin@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 3643

Dr Emily Noël

Lecturer
School of Biosciences

Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology

Email: e.s.noel@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 2311

British Heart Foundation Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellow, Emily Noël

Professor Albert CM Ong

Professor of Renal Medicine
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

Polycystic kidney disease

Email: a.ong@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 9542

Professor Albert Ong

Professor Marysia Placzek

Professor of Developmental Neurobiology
School of Biosciences

Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology

Email: m.placzek@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 2353

Professor Stephen A Renshaw

Head of Division of Clinical Medicine
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

Email: s.a.renshaw@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 2159574

Professor Steve Renshaw

Professor Marcelo Rivolta

Professor of Sensory Stem Cell Biology
School of Biosciences

Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology

Email: m.n.rivolta@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 2385

Marcelo Rivolta

Dr Henry H. Roehl

Senior Lecturer
School of Biosciences

Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology

Email: h.roehl@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 2351

Dr Jovana Serbanovic-Canic

BHF Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellow
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

Role of endothelial mechanoreceptors in endothelial cell dysfunction and atherosclerosis

Email: j.serbanovic-canic@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 9502

Dr Jovana Serbanovic-Canic

Dr Mirre Simons

Sir Henry Dale Senior Fellow
School of Biosciences

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Email: m.simons@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 0111

Dr Anestis Tsakiridis

Lecturer
School of Biosciences

Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology

Email: a.tsakiridis@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 2367

Dr Freek van Eeden

Senior Lecturer
School of Biosciences

Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology

Email: f.j.vaneeden@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 2348

Professor Tanya Whitfield

Professor of Developmental Biology
School of Biosciences

Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology

Email: t.whitfield@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 2350

Prof T Whitfield

Dr Heather L Wilson

Senior Lecturer in Immunity & Cardiovascular Disease
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health

IL-1 biology in inflammation and atherosclerosis

Email: h.l.wilson@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 9560

Dr Martin Zeidler

Reader in Cell Signalling
School of Biosciences

Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology

Email: m.zeidler@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 6093