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Dr. Vidya Chandran Darbari is a Senior Lecturer in Structural Biology and Head of The Centre for Molecular Cell Biology at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). She leads research focused on bacterial membrane-spanning molecular machines, including secretion systems and lipid transporters, using structural biology techniques such as X-ray crystallography and cryo-EM. Her work aims to understand mechanisms of bacterial survival in hostile environments and pathogenesis. Dr. Darbari is affiliated with the School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences at QMUL, where she also teaches courses in biochemistry and structural biology.
Her research interests include bacterial pathogenesis, membrane proteins, and lipid transport mechanisms. Key projects involve studying MCE (mammalian cell entry) proteins and their role in bacterial stress responses and virulence. Collaborative grants include investigations into amyloid structures and type II secretion systems funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
Dr. Darbari supervises PhD students Xiaowei Dong and Joshua Kaplan. She has published extensively on structural biology and bacterial systems, with notable contributions in Nature, Science, and specialized journals such as Molecular Cell and Nucleic Acids Research. Her lab employs interdisciplinary approaches combining structural, biochemical, and cell biological methods.
- Grants: £485k (2023-2027) for amyloid structure studies; £579k (2022-2025) for type II secretion system research.
- Labs: Active in structural biology and molecular cell biology at QMUL.
