Research in human health and disease

Research groups and labs

• Bioanalytical Chemistry

  Development of fundamental and applied bioanalytical mass spectrometry-based instrumentation to improve our understanding of disease pathogenesis and may enable the identification of candidate biomarkers for improved disease diagnostic or prognostic monitoring, or novel targets for therapeutic intervention.

• Flegg Lab

  Using mathematics and statistics to answer questions in biology and medicine. In particular, developing mathematical models in areas such as wound healing, tumour growth and infectious disease epidemiology.

• Human Nutrition

  Addressing the global challenges of improving health and preventing chronic disease, whilst addressing food security and the need for a more environmentally sustainable food system.

• Maher Lab – Structural Bioinorganic Chemistry

  A research lab using a combination of bioinorganic chemistry, biochemistry, biophysics and structural biology to assemble a holistic view of how trace elements are used by biological systems.

• Mathematical Biology Group

  Mathematical, statistical and computational methods are crucial in many areas of modern biological research. Conversely technological advances in biology allow more data, often of a novel type or at a finer resolution, to be collected resulting in new challenges that are motivating research in mathematics, statistics and computational methods.

• Mechanistic and Structural Enzymology

  The Leung Research Group focuses on the enzymology that involves protein function modulation. We apply a range of biophysical, chemical biology and structural biology techniques to enable our discoveries.