Brownlee Lab Staff
Colin Brownlee
Colin
Brownlee has worked at the Marine
Biological Association since 1983. His research covers
intracellular regulation, cell signalling and membrane transport in a
range of plant, algal and phytoplankton species. Processes studied include
calcification mechanisms in coccolithophores, control of early development
in brown algae and signalling in diatoms. This work currently receives
funding from NERC, BBSRC EU (Marine Genomics Europe Network of Excellence,
Diatomics Strategic Research Project) and Leverhulme Trust. He has been
a member of the BSRC Plant and Microbial Sciences (1999-2002) and NERC
Marine Sciences (2000-2003) Peer Review Committees.
cbr@mba.ac.uk
John
Bothwell
John
is a BBSRC Postdoctoral Research assistant working on the interactions
between cell polarity, intracellular signalling and progression of the
cell cycle. This project uses the Fucus model algal system and a range
of cell biological approaches, including microinjection, biolistics,
confocal and 2-photon imaging of fluorescent proteins, intracellular
calcium and a range of other probes in vivo. The project is a collaboration
with Prof. AM Hethernigton and Dr. MR McAinsh (Lancaster).
jhboth@mba.ac.uk
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Diedre
McLaughlan
Diedre
is a PhD student studying the response to diatoms to natural light gradients.
This work is being carried out in collaboration with Prof. Richard Geider,
and Dr. Graham Underwood, University of Essex. A key initial aim is to
determine whether benthic motile diatoms adjust their motion to favour
a particular light level or whether they are able to sense and response
to the direction of incident light
Stephanie
Thomson
Stephanie
is a PhD student studying the early cellular events associated with attachment
and settling of Ulva zoospores to a favourable substrate. In particular
this involves the analysis of vesicle exocytosis and cycling during the
first few seconds of attachment and the later signals that lead to metamorphosis
of the zoospore into an adult plant.
SEMT@mba.ac.uk
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Glen
Wheeler
Glen
is funded by the Leverhulme Trust, in collaboration with Drs. Ian Joint
and Karen Tait Plymouth Marine Laboratory working
on the intracellular signals underlying the attraction of zoospores of
the marine alga Ulva intestinalis to bacterial biofilms. Specifically the
response to N-acyl homoserine lactones will be studied in relation to membrane
electrophysiology and calcium signalling.
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Garry
Farnham
Working within the Marine
Genomics Network of Excellence ,
Garry is developing molecular tools for mis-expression of genes in developing
focus zygotes and embryos. This is a collaborative project with Dr.
M Cock Station Biologique, Roscoff,
France. A
major aim is the development of RNAi-based gene knock-down technology for
the control of expression of developmentally important genes.
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Frederic
Verret
Frederic
is a postdoctoral research assistant working on the functional genomics
of diatom plasma membrane ion channels as part of the EU FP6 DIATOMICS
project in collaboration with Dr. Alison Taylor, MBA see
Taylor Lab
. The
work is currently characterising novel ion channel genes that are involved
in intracellular regulation and signalling.
Former lab members (since 2000)
Name |
Current address |
Dr. Francois-Yves Bouget |
Laboratoire Arago, Banyuls sur mer, France fy.bouget@obs-banyuls.fr |
Dr. Florence Corellou |
Laboratoire Arago, Banyuls sur mer, France. corellou@obs-banyuls.fr |
Dr. Helen Goddard |
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Dr. Susana Coelho |
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Dr. Toby Collins |
National Oceangraphy Centre, Southampton |
Dr. Hanne Nielsen |
Dept. Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University, PO Box 260, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark |
Dr. Lorraine Berry |
Department of Invertebrates, Section Malacology, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences |
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