Featured academics
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Rob Knight
A pioneer of microbiome science, Knight co-founded the American Gut and Earth Microbiome Projects and built the QIIME and UniFrac tools used by thousands of laboratories worldwide. His centre partners with industry and clinicians to translate microbial data into advances in human health, from infant development to cancer therapy response.
Gene Yeo
Yeo studies how RNA binding proteins control cell fate in development and neurodegenerative disease. His laboratory pioneered CRISPR based RNA targeting and single cell methods for mapping protein and RNA interactions, spawning biotechnology companies and international consortia that are turning RNA biology into therapies for ALS and repeat expansion disorders.
Rommie Amaro
Amaro builds atomic level computer simulations of viruses and enzymes, including the SARS-CoV-2 spike model recognised with the Gordon Bell Special Prize. Her open datasets and methods are used by drug discovery teams worldwide, and she leads multi institution collaborations connecting supercomputing centres, experimental laboratories and pharmaceutical partners.