Hoskisson Lab in the Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Strathclyde
Orchid ID: 0000-0003-4332-1640
Paul A Hoskisson - Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair in Engineering Biology and Professor of Molecular Microbiology
I've always been curious about all aspects of biology and as a child always had jars and tanks of tadpoles, frogs, snakes, lizards, fish, insects and plants around my parents home - the interest fostered, if not positively encouraged, by my Dad and Grandfather. As far back as I can remember I always wanted to be a scientist - so I'm essentially living the dream!
I still have tanks of frogs, fish and snakes around my own home and I'm still hooked on all things alive. My other interests include Travelling (often to photograph reptiles, amphibians and birds), Cricket (Lancashire CCC and England), Everton Football Club and beer. Curriculum Vitae here
Career summary
Whilst I was an undergraduate in Applied Microbiology at Liverpool John Moores University I discovered the Actinobacteria through the lectures of Dr George Sharples and Dr Glyn Hobbs - I was then hooked! I realised that these fascinating and complex bacteria would enable me to look at developmental and evolutionary biology on an agar plate and work on something useful too - as actinobacteria are important industrial organisms producing many of our antibiotics and other drug molecules (immumnosuppresives, anticancer agents and anti-helminthics) in addition to producing a range of industrial enzymes and chemicals.
I graduated in 1997 and wanted to continue to work in this area. After a brief sojourn in industry, working on the development of novel Influenza vaccines, I returned to Liverpool John Moores University in 1998 to carry out a PhD with Dr George Sharples and Dr Glyn Hobbs on antibiotic production and sporulation in the actinobacterium Micromonospora. Here I was focussing on the physiology and biochemical cues that trigger physiological and morphological differentiation.
After three-years, in 2001, I moved to the laboratory of Dr Mark Buttner at the John Innes Centre in Norwich as a post-doctoral researcher to work on the identification of novel developmental loci in Streptomyces coelicolor - here I essentially retrained as a molecular geneticist, learning a huge amount amount genetics and molecular biology.
In 2004 I moved to the laboratory of Prof Maggie Smith, who at that time was based in the University of Aberdeen (now in the University of York), to work on a fascinating bacteriophage resistance system in Streptomyces coelicolor called Phage Growth Limitation (Pgl). After two and a half fantastic years working with Maggie, I moved to take up a lectureship position at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow and to start my own research laboratory in 2007.
Since 2007 I have been based at the University of Strathclyde developing my research interests with fantastic students and post-docs (See people & projects) and collaborators. I am lucky to have a great group of collaborators who help us to do cool science including Prof Matt Hutchings, Prof Maggie Smith, Dr Neil Hunt, Dr Glenn Burley, Prof Gilles van Wezel, Dr Ryan Seipke, Dr Lorena Fernandez-Martinez, Dr Seba Rigali, & Dr Philip Aldridge.
Orchid ID: 0000-0003-4332-1640
Paul A Hoskisson - Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair in Engineering Biology and Professor of Molecular Microbiology
I've always been curious about all aspects of biology and as a child always had jars and tanks of tadpoles, frogs, snakes, lizards, fish, insects and plants around my parents home - the interest fostered, if not positively encouraged, by my Dad and Grandfather. As far back as I can remember I always wanted to be a scientist - so I'm essentially living the dream!
I still have tanks of frogs, fish and snakes around my own home and I'm still hooked on all things alive. My other interests include Travelling (often to photograph reptiles, amphibians and birds), Cricket (Lancashire CCC and England), Everton Football Club and beer. Curriculum Vitae here
Career summary
Whilst I was an undergraduate in Applied Microbiology at Liverpool John Moores University I discovered the Actinobacteria through the lectures of Dr George Sharples and Dr Glyn Hobbs - I was then hooked! I realised that these fascinating and complex bacteria would enable me to look at developmental and evolutionary biology on an agar plate and work on something useful too - as actinobacteria are important industrial organisms producing many of our antibiotics and other drug molecules (immumnosuppresives, anticancer agents and anti-helminthics) in addition to producing a range of industrial enzymes and chemicals.
I graduated in 1997 and wanted to continue to work in this area. After a brief sojourn in industry, working on the development of novel Influenza vaccines, I returned to Liverpool John Moores University in 1998 to carry out a PhD with Dr George Sharples and Dr Glyn Hobbs on antibiotic production and sporulation in the actinobacterium Micromonospora. Here I was focussing on the physiology and biochemical cues that trigger physiological and morphological differentiation.
After three-years, in 2001, I moved to the laboratory of Dr Mark Buttner at the John Innes Centre in Norwich as a post-doctoral researcher to work on the identification of novel developmental loci in Streptomyces coelicolor - here I essentially retrained as a molecular geneticist, learning a huge amount amount genetics and molecular biology.
In 2004 I moved to the laboratory of Prof Maggie Smith, who at that time was based in the University of Aberdeen (now in the University of York), to work on a fascinating bacteriophage resistance system in Streptomyces coelicolor called Phage Growth Limitation (Pgl). After two and a half fantastic years working with Maggie, I moved to take up a lectureship position at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow and to start my own research laboratory in 2007.
Since 2007 I have been based at the University of Strathclyde developing my research interests with fantastic students and post-docs (See people & projects) and collaborators. I am lucky to have a great group of collaborators who help us to do cool science including Prof Matt Hutchings, Prof Maggie Smith, Dr Neil Hunt, Dr Glenn Burley, Prof Gilles van Wezel, Dr Ryan Seipke, Dr Lorena Fernandez-Martinez, Dr Seba Rigali, & Dr Philip Aldridge.