Dr David Whitworth
PhD, FRSB, SFHEA
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Contact Details
- Email: dew@aber.ac.uk
- Office: S22, Cledwyn Building
- Phone: +44 (0) 1970 621828
- Twitter: @whitworth_dave
- Research Portal Profile
Teaching
Module Coordinator
- BR12010 - Metabolism
- BR12210 - Molecular Laboratory Skills
- BR15810 - Biological Molecules
- BR22920 - Practical Skills for Biochemists
Additional Lecturer
Coordinator
- BR15810 - Biological Molecules
- BR22920 - Practical Skills for Biochemists
- BR12210 - Molecular Laboratory Skills
- BR12010 - Metabolism
Lecturer
- BR26620 - Proteins and Enzymes
- BR12210 - Molecular Laboratory Skills
- BR13720 - Molecular Biochemistry
- BR22920 - Practical Skills for Biochemists
- BR15810 - Biological Molecules
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Research
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.