Welcome to the Research Group of Professor Mike Hannon

Ongoing Collaborations

The MARCY Network..

 

Professor Kevin. Chipman, Biosciences, University of Birmingham: biological studies of effects of cylinders in cellular systems

Dr. Nik Hodges, Biosciences, University of Birmingham: biological studies of effects of cylinders in cellular systems

Professor Roland Sigel, University of Zurich:  non-covalent recognition of RNA

Professor Miquel Coll and Dr Roland Boer, CSIC, Barcelona:  Crystallographic studies on non-covalent DNA recognition

Professor Einar Sletten, University of Bergen,  Norway: NMR studies on DNA binding.

Professor Virtudes  Moreno and Dr. Maria-Jose Prieto,  University of Barcelona, Spain: AFM studies on DNA binding

Professors Anna  Grandas and Enrique Pedroso, University of Barcelona, Spain: Oligonucleotide-cylinder conjugates

Dr. Per Lincoln and Professor Bengt  Norden, Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden: Non-covalent DNA binding

Professor Victor Brabec and Dr Jarek Malina, Institute of Biophysics, Brno: Biophysical and molecular biology techniques for studying cylinder-DNA interactions

Professor Carmen Navarro and Dr. Adoracion (Dori) Quiroga, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain: steroidal, non-classical, anti-cancer metallo-drugs 

Dr Felix Zamora, , Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain: AFM studies on DNA binding

Professor Janice Aldrich-Wright, University of New South Wales, Australia:  non-covalent metallo-drugs

Professor Keith Fox, University of Southampton: Biophysical and molecular biology techniques

Dr Jorge Navarro, Universidad of Granada       Spain:  non-covalent DNA recogntion by platinum squares

Professor José Ruiz, University of Murcia, Spain:  platinum metallo-drugs

Professor Alison Rodger, Warwick: Circular and linear dichroism applied to: drug DNA complexes; steroidal metallo-drugs; synthetic biomolecular arrays.

Professor Raymond Ziessel and Dr Frank Camerel:  Gelation and liquid crystal studies

Dr. Chris Bunce, Biosciences, University of Birmingham: biological studies of cylinders and steroidal drugs

Professor Steve Busby, Biosciences, University of Birmingham: molecular biology studies of DNA recognition

Dr Helen Cooper, Biosciences, University of Birmingham: FT-ICR mass spectrometry

Dr. Robin May, Biosciences, University of Birmingham:  Imaging

Professor Ela Claridge, Computer Science, University of Birmingham:  Imaging

Dr. Zoe Pikramenou, University of Birmingham: Binding of metal complexes to cyclodextrins. Luminescent arrays. Nanoscale supramolecular wires.

Dr. Louise Male: Birmingham: X-ray crystallographic studie 

Dr Josephine Bunch, University of Birmingham:  mass spectrometry imaging

Dr. Floriana Tuna, University of Manchester, UK.  Magentism studies

Professor Catalina Achim, Carnegie Mellon University, UK.  Magnetism and Mossbauer studies

  

COST D39

working group: D39/0002/07  "Metallo-drugs that act through non-covalent interactions”

 Participants

1.      Michael HANNON      University of Birmingham      United Kingdom

2.      Zoe PIKRAMENOU    University of Birmingham      United Kingdom

3.      Bernhard LIPPERT      University of Dortmund         Germany

4.      Jens MULLER    University of Munster   Germany

5.      Anna GRANDAS        University of Barcelona         Spain

6.      Virtudes MORENO Universidad de Barcelona Spain

7.      Félix ZAMORA  Universidad Autonoma de Madrid  Spain

8.      Jorge NAVARRO        Universidad de Granada         Spain

9.      Per LINCOLN    Chalmers University of technology Sweden

10.    Bengt NORDéN  Chalmers University of Technology          Sweden

11.    Roland K.O. SIGEL     University of Zurich      Switzerland

12.    Eva FREISINGER       University of Zurich      Switzerland

13.    Einar SLETTEN University of Bergen     Norway

 

COST D31

working group D31/0001/04   "Optical and electro-active molecular wires organised by aqueous cyclodextrin-assembly of metallounits"

Participants

1.      Zoe PIKRAMENOU    University of Birmingham      United Kingdom

2.      René Marcel WILLIAMS       Universiteit van Amsterdam  Netherlands

3.      Michael HANNON      University of Birmingham      United Kingdom

4.      Patrick UNWIN  University of Warwick  United Kingdom

5.      Julie MACPHERSON  University of Warwick  United Kingdom

6.      Robert J. FORSTER    Dublin City University Ireland

7.      Martin FEITERS         University of Nijmegen Netherlands

8.      Frank TRäGER  Universität Kassel         Germany

9.      Frank HUBENTHAL   University of Kassel     Germany

10.    Konstantina YANNAKOPOULOU         NCSR "Demokritos"     Greece

11.    Irene MOUSTAKALI-MAVRIDIS NCSR "Demokritos"     Greece

12.    Glezos NIKOS    NCSR "Demokritos"     Greece

13.    Luisa DE COLA Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster       Germany

 

COST D31

working group D31/0008/04  "Functional Helicates"

Participants

1.      Nicholas C. FLETCHER       Queen's University        United Kingdom

2.      Markus ALBRECHT   RWTH Aachen    Germany

3.      Michael HANNON      University of Birmingham      United Kingdom

4.      Claude PIGUET University of Geneva    Switzerland

5.      Raymond ZIESSEL     CNRS         Strasbourg France

6.      Manuel R. BERMEJO and ROSA PEDRIDO   University of Santiago de Compostela         Spain

7.      Arne LüTZEN    University of Oldenburg         Germany

8.      Alan WILLIAMS         Université de Genève    Switzerland

 

Previous collaborations:

 

COST D20 Non-covalent DNA recognition working group COST D20/0010/02

Seven partner collaboration allowing exchange of ideas and results on non-covalent DNA recognition with Profs Moreno (Barcelona), Sletten (Bergen), Norden and Lincoln (Chalmers), Lippert (Dortmund), Arphalati (Turku) and Houlton (Newcastle).

 

Drs. Irene Mavridis and Dina Yannakopolou , Demokritos Research Institute, Athens: Rotaxanated metallo-supramolecules. Supramolecular materials and their surface immobilisation.

Dr. Benson Kariuki: Birmingham: X-ray crystallographic studies

COST D20/007/01;  Six partner collaboration on hormonal metal complexes with chemists, Prof Jaouen (Paris, France) Prof. Osella (Alessandria, Italy) and Prof Alberto (Zurich, Switzerland) and biologists Dr. Vessieres and Prof Magdelenat (Paris, France) and Prof. Leclerq (Brussels, Belgium)

Professor Jan Reedijk, University of Leiden, Netherlands:  Metallo-drugs and their DNA binding

Professor K. Rissanen, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland: X-ray crystallographic studies on p-assembled metallo-supramolecular arrays

Professor Zijan Guo, Nanjing University, China:  DNA binding of copper terpy complexes

Dr. D. Kurth, MPI Potsdam, Germany: Incorporation of metallo-supramolecular arrays in polyelectrolyte thin films. Luminescent materials.

Professor Jon Preece and Dr. M. Manickam University of Birmingham; liquid crystal studies

Professor W.-T. Wong University of Hong Kong: Incorporation of metal clusters into supramolecular arrays

Professor Alain Van Dorselaer, Dr Emmanuelle Leize-Wagner:  mass spectrometry

Dr Mark Rodger, University of Warwick:  molecular modeling

Dr. C. Sacht Rhodes University, South Africa: Characterisation of platinum drug-DNA interactions.

 Dr. J. MacPherson and Professor P. Unwin, Warwick: Scanning probe microscopies applied to drug DNA complexes. Scanning probe microscopies and surface immobilisation techniques for nanoscale supramolecular wires.

Drs Nat Alcock, Bill Errington and Guy Clarkson, Warwick: X-ray crystallographic studies.

Dr. Paul Taylor, Warwick: Dendrimer chemistry and its application in the development of enzyme mimics.

Dr. Andy Marsh and Professor Dave Haddleton, Warwick: Supramolecular and macromolecular chemistry; using supramolecular chemistry to control the precise microstructure of polymers.