Computational Research

Dr. Peyton joined the University of Bradford in Sept 2016 as a Lecturer in Biophysical Chemistry within the Department of Chemistry and Biosciences. Her background has spanned formulation and analytical chemistry in the pharmaceutical and FMCG industries, NMR method development, protein and peptide synthesis, and computational biophysics. Her main focus of research is post-translational modifications that trigger deleterious conformations in peptides and proteins and the use of novel and non-natural amino acids in peptide drug design.

Name: Dr. Andrew Tedder

Research Interests:

Evolutionary ecology; Life-history evolution; Population genomics; Ancient DNA; Bioinformatics.

Biography:

Andrew completed his PhD at the University of Glasgow under the supervision of Prof. Barbara Mable on the consequences of mating system shifts in the Brassicaceae. This work was in collaboration with Dr Stephen Ansell at the Natural History Museum, London.

He then moved on to work with Prof. Kentaro Shimizu at the University of Zurich, where his work focused on adaptation to heterogenious environments (primarily adaptation to alpine environments) and the evolution of androdioecy. This was followed by a move to Stockholm University, where Andrew worked with Dr Tanja Slotte on population genomics.

Andrews current work focuses on mating-system evolution in the Brassicaceae and ancient DNA techniques using a variety of sample materials.

Orchid ID: 0000-0002-7378-4673

Dr Poterlowicz teaches computational biology, medical genetics and statistics and acts as a personal tutor to first year students on the biomedical science undergraduate programme. He is a research active academic with interest in the identification of novel genomics biomarkers that influence tissue development and disease. He is involved in international scientific collaborations (MRC UK-China Stem Cell Partnership Initiative grant) and his research is regulatory published in peer-review journals. Dr Poterlowicz actively involved with international focus groups that aim to develop and provide bioinformatics and medical informatics training for biomedical science students and staff. He is an Associate Member of the EpiGenSys and a Member of the Royal Society of Biology.

Name: Dr. Beverly Stewart

Research Interests:

Simulation of polymeric systems with application in sensing technologies; Simulation of electron/energy transfer systems based on functionalised polymers; Simulation of polymers as organic cores for nanoparticles.

Characterisation Expertise:

Application of molecular dynamic and quantum mechanical methods to the study of functionalised polymeric systems using computational chemical software; molecular     orbital/surface visualization for electron/energy transfer at both ground and excited states both in the bulk and at the single molecule level.

Orcid iD.: 0000-0003-1455-8462

Name: Dr. Colin Seaton

Research Interests:

Crystal Engineering: Crystallisation, Polymorphism, Multi-component crystals (co-crystals, salts, solid solutions); Chiral Resolution; Crystal Morphology; Phase Diagrams for Crystallisation Design; Development of Computational Methods to Model Crystalline Materials

Characterisation Expertise:

Crystal Structure Determination by X-ray diffraction (single crystal and powder); Thermal Analysis; Optical Microscopy; Crystallisation Studies (Nucleation, Polymorph/Co-crystal/Salt screening); Computational Chemistry - optimisation through evolutionary algorithms, lattice energy calculations, crystal structure prediction, intermolecular interactions

Orcid iD.: 0000-0003-4094-720X