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 an EIC-funded PDRA working with Mike on the IMProGlyco project.

Lawrence Collins is an IAA/MRC-funded PDRA working on the new ACROPATH collaboration with Riken and JAMSTEC led by Professor Paul Beales.

Kristian Hollie is an EIC-funded PDRA who will be working with Mike on the IMProGlyco project.

PhD students

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

Kin-On (Anton) Choy is a PhD student working with Professor Paul Taylor and Mike on the evolution of pterin biosynthesis.

Diana Gaman is a PhD student working with Dr Briony Yorke and Mike on the time-resoluved studies of photoproteins.

Calum MacRae is a PhD Student working with Professor Paul Beales and Mike on the ACROPATH project.

Amy Smith is a BBSRC-YBDTP student working with Dr Jamie Blaza (York), Professor Dani Ungar (York), Dr Chris Macdonald (York) and Mike on structural aspects of Golgi processing.

Undergraduate and MSc students

Isobel Smith is an MNatSci student working with Mike to develop new strategies for sortase-mediated protein labelling.

Kora Franklin is an MNatSci student working with Mike to develop new strategies for sortase-mediated protein labelling.

Oliver Ashworth is an MNatSci student working with Mike and Adam Clayton to develop new strategies to optimise sortase-mediated protein labelling.