Dr Iain Chalmers
PhD, FHEA

Senior Lecturer

Contact Details

Email: iwc@aber.ac.uk
ORCID: 0000-0001-8674-1181
Office:3.14 Edward Llwyd Building
Phone: +44 (0) 1970 628505
Personal Website: http://bchc.aber.ac.uk
Research Portal Profile (https://research.aber.ac.uk/en/persons/de73e28e-4539-49c1-b6fd-1f35ae95819b)

2022-present

Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Biosciences, Department of Life Sciences, Aberstwyth University, UK

2013-2022
Lecturer in Veterinary Biosciences, IBERS, Aberstwyth University, UK
2010-2013
EU-funded Post-Doctoral Research Associate, IBERS, Aberystwyth University, UK
2008-2009
Research Technician, IBERS, Aberystwyth University, UK
2002-2009
Wellcome Trust PhD programme, under supervision of Dr. Karl Hoffmann, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, UK
1998-2002
BSc (Hons.) Degree in Immunology, Edinburgh University, UK

Degree Programme Coordinator BSc Veterinary Bisociences

My research focuses on the identification and characterisation of helminth proteins essential to the parasites survival in the host. The aim of this research is to discover novel vaccine candidates/drug targets and to also gain a deeper understanding of host/parasite interactions. Using bioinformatic approaches, my research also examines the evolution of gene families (such as the SmVAL family) across parasitic and non-parasitic species.

Use of a cytochrome P450 humanized mouse model to refine schistosomiasis drug discovery. / Davey, Sarah D.; Forde-Thomas, Josephine E.; Hulme, Benjamin J. et al.
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 123, No. 15, e2600197123, 14.04.2026.