Ian Mickleburgh

I studied at University of Leicester and graduated with a BSc (hons) in Biological Sciences (Molecular Biology). At University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, I completed my PhD under the supervision of Prof John Mathers and Dr Ann Curtis, in which I researched the functions of some of the domains of the APC (adenomatous polyposis coli) protein and their interactions with butyrate in colorectal tumour cell lines.

As a postdoc in Prof John Hesketh's group (University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne), I worked on a project looking into the regulation of perinuclear localisation of certain cellular mRNAs, by identifying proteins involved in this process.

I have been doing research at University of Cambridge since 2005 and have worked in the laboratories of Dr Laurence Tiley (Vet Med), Dr Hugh Field (Vet Med) and Prof Chris Smith (Biochem) during this time. This research has included the following projects: Interactions between influenza RNA polymerase and its genomic RNA (Tiley), Production and characterisation of lentivector constructs (Tiley), Helicase/primase inhibitor resitance mutations in Herpes viruses (Field), PTB interactions with FAS pre-mRNA (Smith)

Since 2020, I have been working on my current project aiming to produce a vaccine for universal protection against influenza virus, with Dr Laurence Tiley.