Grant reviewer for the Leverhulme Trust

Grant reviewer for the Medical Research Council

Grant reviewer for the Wellcome Trust

Grant reviewer for BBSRC

Reviewer for Applied and Environmental Microbiology

My research focuses on the structure, mechanism and physiological roles of integral membrane transporter proteins that function in multidrug efflux in bacterial pathogens and parasites that afflict both livestock and humans, as well as those that play important roles in nutrient uptake and herbicide resistance in plants. This research has important implications for both global food security and human health. Current emphasis is placed on inner membrane antiporters of the major facilitator superfamily (MFS) involved in multidrug resistance in Escherichia coli.

My laboratory utilises a comprehensive range of state-of-the-art techniques to answer important questions pertaining to the structure and mechanism of membrane transporters.  These include X-ray crystallography, fluorescence spectroscopy and transport assays using whole cells, inverted vesicles and purified protein reconstituted into proteoliposomes.

BBC3034 Biomolecular Structure - Module Coordinator

CHM2009 Enzymology

BSC1009 Introductory Skills for Biosciences - Chemistry

GEN1005 Chemistry

BBC3031 Cell Signalling

BBC8046 Advanced Molecular Biology

BBC3025 Honours Project

BBC8001 MSc Research Project: BMSF/Biotechnology