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Dan Mulvihill acquired expertise in cell cycle and cytoskeleton research during his PhD (co-supervised by Profs Iain Hagan and David Glover FRS) and subsequent postdoctoral position in the lab of Prof. Jerry Hyams, where he used fission yeast to study the function of the actin associated motor proteins, myosins. In 2003 he was awarded a BBSRC David Phillips Fellowship and established his own group at the University of Kent to continue research on these conserved molecular motor proteins. In 2012 he was awarded a 4-year Royal Society Industry fellowship to work with Cairn Research Ltd to develop rapid multi-dimensionlive cell imaging systems. Researchers within his lab are investigating the regulation and function of the actomyosin cytoskeleton in eukaryotes. To do this they use a variety of cross discipline approaches to elucidate how differences in the kinetic and physical properties of the actomyosin cytoskeleton, relate to its cellular properties to uncover cellular functions. Recent studies include discovering a novel regulatory mechanisms by which formin nucleation affects recruitment of tropomyosin (an actin regulator) and subsequently modulates myosin activity, as well as exploring how cell cycle and stress dependent phosphoregulation affects the motor activity and function of myosin motors.
Dan is a member of the Cell Biology, Cancer Targets and Therapies Group and the Kent Fungal Group.
Research Career
- 1999 PhD Cell Biology, Universities of Dundee and Manchester.
- 1999-2003 Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dept of Biology, UCL, London.
- 2003 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute, Heidelberg.
- 2003-2008 BBSRC David Phillips Research Fellow, University of Kent.
- 2008-2010 Lecturer in Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Kent
- 2010-2013 Senior Lecturer in Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Kent
- 2013 – present, Reader in Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Kent
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