Christopher Mulligan

Dr. Christopher Mulligan joined the School of Biosciences in May 2017. Chris obtained a degree in Biochemistry from the University of York (2004). Chris performed his thesis research with Dr. Gavin Thomas at the University of York (2004-2008) and subsequently took up a postdoctoral position in the same lab (2008-2011). Here, Chris studied the structure and function of transporters involved in the uptake of virulence factors into human pathogens. Following his time in York, Chris obtained a visiting fellow position in Dr. Joseph Mindell’s lab in the Membrane Transport Biophysics Section of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Maryland, USA. During his time at NIH (2011-2017), Chris studied the structure and mechanism of transport protein families involved in a number of key cellular functions, including neurotransmission and metabolic regulation.