People
Mike Webb
Mike 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
Darren Machin is a BBSRC-funded PDRA working with Mike on new strategies for protein modification.
Charlie Stevenson is a EPSRC-funded PDRA working with Mike on transpeptidases.
PhD students
Jodie Foster is an EPSRC-funded student who is working with Megan Wright and Mike on unusual protein phosphorylation.
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 is a BBSRC/GSK-funded PhD student working with Mike and Bruce Turnbull on new methods for conjugate vaccine production.
Michael Brigham is a BBSRC-funded PhD student working with Ryan Seipke, Glyn Hemsworth and Mike on natural product biosynthesis.
Jake Fowler is a UoL-funded PhD student working with Paul Taylor and Mike on phylogenetic analysis of protein evolution and adaptation.
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 is a BBSRC/Syngenta-funded PhD student working with Megan Wright and Mike on function of fungicides.
Ollie France is a PhD student working with Paul Beales and Mike on vesicle encapsulation.
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 is a MChem student working with Mike on new strategies for protein modification.
Duncan Carr is a MNatSco student working with Mike and Christos Pilotas on strategies to understand protein dynamics