Andy bates 

Biography

 I graduated with a degree in Chemistry from the University of Cambridge, and was then awarded a PhD in synthetic organic chemistry by the University of Nottingham. Since then, I have worked in biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Leicester and the National Institutes of Health, MD, USA before coming to Liverpool as a lecturer in 1994.I graduated with a degree in Chemistry from the University of Cambridge, and was then awarded a PhD in synthetic organic chemistry by the University of Nottingham. Since then, I have worked in biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Leicester and the National Institutes of Health, MD, USA before coming to Liverpool as a lecturer in 1994.

Research Interest

 The study of supercoiling, knotting and linking of DNA in cells, and of the enzymes that regulate these features, the topoisomerases. In particular, I am interested in the mechanism of action of the type II topoisomerases, including DNA gyrase.