Research Institute of Membrane and Systems Biology

IMSB Overview

The Institute is one of three research institutes in the Faculty of Biological Sciences at Leeds. It contains forty six academic staff (including independent research fellows) within two Research Groups – Integrative Membrane Biology and Cardiovascular & Sports Sciences. Interests are broad-ranging, from fundamental studies on the structures and functions of membrane proteins, to physiological questions in the mammalian cardiovascular and nervous systems - all the way to studies of health, exercise and disease in humans. Research in the Institute is well-funded from numerous sources and there is an exciting and interactive environment for modern research relating to animal and human health, as well as access to cutting-edge research equipment including one of the first automated planar patch-clamp systems in academia. Research space is either recently refurbished to a high standard or due to be refurbished with a completion date of early 2008. The Faculty and the University as a whole operate low-wall principles for research groupings, centres and institutes with the aim of encouraging cross-disciplinary research and integrative approaches to big scientific questions. This places the Institute in a powerful scientific environment that encourages and supports research and research-training at the highest level.

Professor Jim Deuchars, Institute Director
Contact: Mrs Debbie Jones, Institute Secretary

Matters regarding Undergraduate Teaching contact the Undergraduate School Matters regarding Postgraduate Teaching contact individual staff/supervisors of the Postgraduate School

Leeds-China Membrane Biology Initiative takes a further step

The UK-China Membrane Biology Initiative led by the University of Leeds recently celebrated its first birthday by successfully hosting the 2nd international symposium on "Membrane Biology: Structure, Signalling and Neuroscience" at the University of Leeds on May 7-8, 2008

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