Dr. Ryan F. Seipke
- Position: Associate Professor in Molecular Microbiology
- Areas of expertise: microbiology; molecular biology; biochemistry; synthetic biology; bioinformatics
- Email: R.Seipke@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 5604
- Location: 10.133 Garstang
- Website: Seipke Lab Website | Googlescholar | ORCID
Profile
I was awarded a BA in Biology from Adrian College in 2003 and a PhD in Microbiology from Cornell University in 2008. I was a USDA-funded postdoc with Prof. Rosemary Loria in the Department of Plant-Microbe Biology at Cornell University from 2008-2009. I then moved to the University of East Anglia as an MRC-funded postdoc with Prof. Matt Hutchings from 2009-2012 and later a NERC-funded postdoc from 2012-2013. I was appointed to a Lectureship in the Faculty of Biological Sciences at the University of Leeds in 2013, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2020.
Research interests
Research throughout my career has focused on the regulation, biosynthesis, and genomics of natural products produced by Streptomyces species. The lab is grateful for support received from BBSRC, InnovateUK, The Royal Society and Wellcome Trust. Please visit http://www.ryanseipkelab.com/ for more information.
<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Some research projects I'm currently working on, or have worked 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>Primary investigator (PI)
- A standalone cyclase of non-ribosomal peptides
- Genome-scale functional genomics in Streptomyces species using CRISPR interference
Qualifications
- PhD, Cornell University - 2008
- BA, Adrian College - 2003
Professional memberships
- Fellow, Royal Society of Biology
- Fellow, Higher Education Academy
- American Society for Microbiology
- Microbiology Society
- Royal Society of Chemistry
Research groups and institutes
- Protein structure, stability and dynamics
- Infectious diseases