John Heckels

Biography

Professor John Heckels graduated from the University of Newcastle on Tyne in with a BSc in Chemistry. He was then awarded a studentship in the Microbiological Research Laboratory, Newcastle under the supervision of Professors Ron Archibald and Sir James Baddiley and was awarded his PhD in for studies on the linkage between teichoic acid and peptidoglycan in Staphylococci. He was then appointed to a University Demonstratorship in the laboratory and continued research on the structure of bacterial cells walls.   Professor John Heckels graduated from the University of Newcastle on Tyne in with a BSc in Chemistry. He was then awarded a studentship in the Microbiological Research Laboratory, Newcastle under the supervision of Professors Ron Archibald and Sir James Baddiley and was awarded his PhD in for studies on the linkage between teichoic acid and peptidoglycan in Staphylococci. He was then appointed to a University Demonstratorship in the laboratory and continued research on the structure of bacterial cells walls.  

Research Interest

Medicine