Professor Mathias Gautel, FMedSci, Head of School

Mathias Gautel is a Professor of Molecular Cardiology. His research interests include molecular mechanisms of muscle disease and signal transduction in cardiac muscle sarcomeres. Professor Gautel was appointed as Professor of Molecular Cardiology in 2002, and was awarded the British Heart Foundation Chair of Molecular Cardiology at King’s in 2008. He heads British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence Muscle Cell Biology theme and was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2010.

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Professor Franca Fraternali, Head of Department, Randall Centre for Cell & Molecular Biophysics

Franca Fraternali is a Professor of Bioinformatics & Computational Biology. Her research interests include structural bioinformatics of proteins and nucleic acids, protein structure prediction, molecular dynamics of folded and misfolded proteins, systems biology and the statistical analysis of protein interaction networks. 

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Professor Fiona Watt, FRS, FMedSci, Head of Department, Centre for Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine

Fiona Watt is a Professor of Regenerative Medicine. Her main research interests are in the role of stem cells in adult tissue maintenance and how the differentiated state of adult tissues is maintained. Professor Watt was awarded as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2000 and the Royal Society in 2003, She is also the current Executive Chair of the Medical Research Council. 

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Louise Smith, School Manager

Louise leads the professional services team and operational support structure for delivering School strategic objectives.