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Mike Webb

Mike WebbMike Webb is a Professor of Biological Chemistry at the University of Leeds. Prior to appointment to the University in 2007 as a lecturer in Chemical Biology, he obtained a PhD at the University of Cambridge with Prof. Chris Abell (2004) and undertook post-doctoral work with Prof. Steve Benkovic (Penn State, 2004-6) and Prof. Alison Smith (Cambridge Plant Sciences, 2006-7).

Post-Doctoral Research Associates

Asif Fazal

Asif Fazal is a BBSRC-funded PDRA working with Dr Ryan Siepke and Mike on enzymes of natural product biosynthesis

Asif Fazal

Darren Machin is a BBSRC-funded PDRA working with Mike on new strategies for protein modification

PhD students

Charlie Stevenson
Charlie Stevenson is a BBSRC-funded student working with Mike, Bruce Turnbull and Dani Ungar (York) on engineered bacterial toxins from October 2019.

Jodie Foster
Jodie Foster is an EPSRC-funded student who is working with Megan Wright and Mike on unusual protein phosphorylation.

Jake Wheeler

Jake Wheeler is a BBSRC-funded PhD student working with Mike, Richard Bayliss and Megan Wright to develop new probes of histidine phosphorylation in eukaryotes.

Alexandra Tamasanu
Alexandra Tamasanu is a BBSRC/GSK-funded PhD student working with Mike and Bruce Turnbull on new methods for conjugate vaccine production.

Michael Brigham
Michael Brigham is a BBSRC-funded PhD student working with Ryan Seipke, Glyn Hemsworth and Mike on natural product biosynthesis.

Jake Fowler
Jake Fowler is a UoL-funded PhD student working with Paul Taylor and Mike on phylogenetic analysis of protein evolution and adaptation.

Lawrence Collins
Lawrence Collins is a EPSRC CDT-funded PhD student working with Mike, Stuart Warriner and Frank Sobott on automated approaches to protein labelling optimisation.

Jacob Webb
Jacob Webb is a BBSRC/Syngenta-funded PhD student working with Megan Wright and Mike on function of fungicides.

Ollie France
Ollie France is a PhD student working with Paul Beales and Mike on vesicle encapsulation.

Maryam Ishmael
Maryam Ishmael is a PhD student working with Bruce Turnbull and Mike on strategies to interface proteins and synthetic materials.

Undergraduate and MSc students

Dan Clark
Dan Clark is a MChem student working with Mike on new strategies for protein modification.

Duncan Carr
Duncan Carr is a MNatSco student working with Mike and Christos Pilotas on strategies to understand protein dynamics