Dr David Whitworth

PhD, FRSB, SFHEA

Module Coordinator

• BR12010 - Metabolism
• BR12210 - Molecular Laboratory Skills
• BR13720 - Molecular Biochemistry
• BR22920 - Practical Skills for Biochemists

Additional Lecturer

• BR12010 - Metabolism

Coordinator

• BR22920 - Practical Skills for Biochemists
• BR12210 - Molecular Laboratory Skills
• BR12010 - Metabolism
• BR13720 - Molecular Biochemistry

Lecturer

• BR26620 - Proteins and Enzymes
• BR22920 - Practical Skills for Biochemists
• BR12010 - Metabolism
• BR15320 - Biochemistry and the Cellular Basis of Life
• BR12510 - Biological Thought and Discovery

Grader

• BR36440 - Research Project
• BR36400 - Research Project

Tutor

• BR12010 - Metabolism
• BR12210 - Molecular Laboratory Skills
• BR22920 - Practical Skills for Biochemists

Course Builder

• BR13720 - Molecular Biochemistry

Moderator

• BR12210 - Molecular Laboratory Skills
• BR20620 - Applied Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics
• BRM4920 - Frontiers in the Biosciences

My research focuses on the myxobacterial predator Myxococcus xanthus and how it preys upon other microbes. We are studying natural myxobacterial isolates using a variety of genomic, proteomic and phenotypic techniques to identify the genes conferring antimicrobial activity. Particular topics of interest include the predatory vesicles shed by myxobacteria, and myxobacterial signalling pathways and how they alter behaviour in response to a changing environment. In particular, I am interested in the social and predatory myxobacteria, and how they use two-component signalling pathways to co-ordinate group behaviour.