Mark Ashe

Mark Ashe is Professor of Cell Biology at the University of Manchester's Division of Molecular & Cellular Function. He holds a BSc from Liverpool University, DPhil from Oxford University, and completed postdoctoral research at UC Berkeley. His lab investigates translation initiation mechanisms, mRNA localization, and cellular stress responses in yeast, with applications in synthetic biology and biofuel production.

Research areas include:

• Regulation of translation factories in protein synthesis
• Stress-induced translational control pathways
• mRNA interactome mapping
• Yeast-based biofuel production systems

Recent publications focus on protein kinase A signaling, RNA degradation mechanisms, and paralogous translation factors. Articles employ molecular genetics, omics technologies, and high-resolution imaging.

Leads BBSRC-funded projects and ERC Advanced Grant. Supervises postdoctoral researchers and doctoral students in cell biology.