Fourth-year PhD student Fahmida Khan loves the Renaissance, that period of European history when philosophy, literature, and the natural sciences blossomed, and art was transformed through the application of new scientific knowledge.

Scientists here have identified the function of a 'mystery protein' that kills healthy brain cells of people with Parkinson's disease.

As Professor of Chemical and Molecular Biology in the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, Professor Sophie Jackson's research involves protein folding and peptide aggregation at the interface of chemistry and biological science.

Researchers here have demonstrated how to determine the elusive motions of proteins that remain disordered.