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School of the Biological Sciences

 

Professor in Pathophysiology, Department of Veterinary Medicine

John Gibson works on cellular ion and water homeostasis and how it is altered in various pathophysiological conditions. The main focus of current work is the permeability of red blood cells and how these become perturbed in haemoglobinopathies notably sickle cell disease and other red cell conditions. Learn more

 

Research Areas


Ion and water homeostasis
Membrane transport
Red cells
Sickle cells

Techniques


Radioactive tracers
Fluorescence-activated Cell Sorting (FACS)
Oxygen control
 

Areas for Collaboration


Phosphoproteomics
Single cell / few cells mass spectroscopy
 
 

Research Themes