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Mike Hannon's research interests cover anti-cancer metallo-drugs, bioinorganic chemistry and chemical biology. His group are exploring synthetic nanosized cylinders that bind strongly in the major groove of DNA or at DNA junctions and which induce remarkable intramolecular DNA coiling that is unprecedented with synthetic agents. This offers the possibility of coiling and immobilising specific genes. The work is underpinned by a programme on design of sophisticated metallo-supramolecular nanoscale architectures in one-pot reactions from commercial agents. Professor Hannon's group offers opportunities for doctoral research in the following areas:

Imaging chemistry for biology and medicine
Molecular probe design
Bioinorganic chemistry
Metal-based drugs
DNA recognition
Biological chemistry and chemical biology
Supramolecular chemistry

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Doug Browning

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Christopher Bunce

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Dylan Owen

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Iain Styles

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Andrea V Jackson

  • University of Leeds

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Jane A McKeating

  • University of Oxford

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  • University of Strathclyde

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José M. Quintela

  • Universidade da Coruña

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Lenka Zerzankova

  • Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic
  • University of Greifswald

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Z Guo

  • Imperial College London

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Y. Zhang

  • Universität Bonn

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Z Wu

  • China Textile University
  • Wuhan University of Technology

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Stanley W. Botchway

  • Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

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Jan Reedijk

  • Leiden Institute of Chemistry

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Andrew D Ward

  • Central Laser Facility
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Víctor Blanco

  • Universidade da Coruña

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Giampaolo Barone

  • Sezione di Chimica Farmaceutica e Biologica

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Aron F. Westendorf

  • University of Greifswald

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MK Tse

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Patrick J. Bednarski

  • University of Greifswald

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Carlos Peinador

  • Universidade da Coruña

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