Prof. Peter Cullen University of Bristol, UK

After completing his PhD in 1991 with Professor Alan Dawson (University of East Anglia), studying the role of inositol phosphates in Calcium homeostasis, Peter Cullen moved as a Beit Memorial Research Fellow to the laboratory of Professor Robin Irvine, FRS (The Babraham Institute). Here he purified, cloned and characterized the... read moreRas GTPase-activating protein GAP1IP4BP as a potential receptor for inositol 1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate. In January 1996, he established his own laboratory in Bristol, initially as a Lister Institute Research Fellow, being made full Professor in 2002. His group has a broad interest in the relationship between membrane trafficking and cell signaling, including the role played by inositol-containing second messengers.