Christopher Wilkinson

Christopher Wilkinson is a Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences at Royal Holloway, University of London, affiliated with the Department of Biological Sciences and the Centre for Biomedical Sciences. His research focuses on centrosomes and cilia in early vertebrate development using zebrafish embryos and cell lines.

• UN Sustainable Development Goals contributions: Human health, disease mechanisms
• Techniques: Confocal microscopy, time-lapse imaging, molecular biology

His work investigates how mutations in centrosome/cilium proteins link to inherited diseases like Bardet-Biedl syndrome, primary microcephaly, and dwarfism. Recent studies include aggresome effects on centrosomes (linked to Parkinson's disease), centrosome overduplication in melanoma, and otolith formation mechanisms.

His publications address ciliogenesis inhibition in neurodegenerative diseases, centrosome regulation in cancer, and biomineralization processes. Research spans cell biology, developmental genetics, and disease modeling.

Projects were funded by Parkinson's UK, Royal Society, and University of London Central Research Fund, focusing on centrosome function, cilia control, and antibody costs for protein studies.