Professor Neil Bulleid - University of Glasgow

Neil’s main research interest is the maturation of proteins within the endoplasmic reticulum of mammalian cells and in particular the processes of protein folding, disulphide bond formation and glycosylation. The ability of cells to correctly fold and assemble proteins is the final stage in protein synthesis. Protein folding requires a subset of proteins able to either catalyse folding reactions or act as molecular chaperones preventing non-productive protein aggregation. Neil previously completed his PhD in Glasgow, and carried out his post-doctoral studies at the University of Kent and HHMI in Dallas, USA. He was awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship to join the University of Manchester where he became a Professor in Biochemistry.