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Rich Callaghan

Rich Callaghan

  • Position: Head of School of Biomedical Sciences & Professor of Human Disease & Membrane Transport
  • Areas of expertise: Membrane biology; membrane protein function; drug-protein interactions; tumour biology; drug pharmacokinetics; protein and ligand chromatography; protein expression; protein purification.
  • Email: R.Callaghan@leeds.ac.uk
  • Location: 6.108 Astbury
  • Website: LinkedIn | Googlescholar | Researchgate | ORCID

Responsibilities

  • Head of School of Biomedical Sciences
  • Professor of Human Disease & Membrane Transport

Research interests

  • Molecular mechanisms of ABC transporters
  • Functions of ABC transporters in health and disease
  • Multidrug resistance in cancer 
  • Amyloid-peptide clearance in Alzheimer’s disease
  • Tumour micro-environment and resistance
  • Drug delivery systems
<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Any research projects I'm currently working on will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://biologicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>

Qualifications

  • BSc (Honours) University of Melbourne
  • MA University of Oxford
  • PhD University of Oxford

Research groups and institutes

  • Integrative Membrane Biology