Our Principal Investigators in COMPARE

The Centre of Membrane Proteins and Receptors (COMPARE) brings together research groups across disciplines creating a critical mass of specialists with the breadth of knowledge and know-how for the study membrane proteins and receptors.

Our Birmingham Principal Investigators

Professor Davide Calebiro

  • Department of Metabolism and Systems Science
  • COMPARE Co-Director

Professor Dylan M Owen

  • Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy
  • COMPARE Co-Deputy Director 

Professor Shishir Shetty

  • Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy
  • Professor in Liver Tumour Immunology

Dr Caroline Gorvin

  • Department of Metabolism and Systems Science
  • Associate Professor of Receptor Biology

Professor Claudio Mauro

  • Department of Inflammation and Ageing
  • Professor of Metabolism and Inflammation

Dr Steve Thomas

  • Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
  • Associate Professor in Cardiovascular Sciences

Professor Steve Watson

  • Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
  • British Heart Foundation (BHF) Professor in Cardiovascular Sciences and Cellular Pharmacology

 Professor Dirk-Peter Herten

  • Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
  • Chair in Cell Biology of Membrane Proteins

Dr Natalie Poulter

  • Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
  • Assistant Professor for the Birmingham Platelet Group

 Professor Roy Bicknell

  • Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
  • Professor of Functional Genomics

Dr Alexander Brill

  • Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
  • Associate Professor in Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Dr Julie Rayes

  • Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
  • Associate Professor in Cardiovascular Sciences

Dr Michael Tomlinson

  • School of Biosciences
  • Reader in Membrane Protein Biology

Dr Maria Makarova

  • School of Biosciences
  • Assistant Professor in Chemical Biology

Dr Alexander Krull

  • School of Computer Science
  • Lecturer in Data Science and AI

Professor Paula Mendes

  • School of Chemical Engineering
  • Professor of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology

Dr Robert Neely

  • School of Chemistry
  • Associate Professor in Biophysical Chemistry

Professor Teresa Carlomagno

  • School of Biosciences
  • Professor and Academic Lead of HWB - NMR

Our Birmingham Associate Principal Investigators

Dr Andrew Holmes

  • School of Biomedical Sciences
  • Lecturer in Cardiac and Respiratory Physiology

Dr Davor Pavlovic

  • Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
  • Associate Professor in Cardiovascular Sciences

Dr Mark Thomas

  • Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
  • Associate Professor of Cardiology
  • Honorary Consultant Cardiologist

Professor Neil Morgan

  • Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
  • Professor of Cardiovascular Genetics

Dr Katja Gehmlich

  • Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
  • Associate Professor

Dr Pip Nicolson

  • Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
  • Clinical Lecturer in Haematology

Dr James Guggenheim

  • Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
  • Royal Society University Research Fellow
  • Birmingham Fellow

Our External Associate Principal Investigators

  • Professor David Poyner - Professor in Pharmacology (Aston University)
  • Dr Alejandra Tomas - Senior Lecturer at the Section of Cell Biology and Functional Genomics (Imperial College London)
  • Professor Graham Ladds - Professor in Receptor Pharmacology (University of Cambridge)
  • Professor Mark Wheatley - Professor in Biochemical Pharmacology (Warwick University)
  • Professor David Hodson - Robert Turner Professor of Diabetic Medicine (University of Oxford)