Professor Christine Slingsby

Professor of Structural Biology
Deputy Head of Research

Research Interests

• The origin of the vertebrate eye lens
• Interactions of crystallins, refractive index and transparency
• The structure of alpha-crystallin and related small heat shock proteins
• Changes to eye lens crystallins in cataract
• The role of small heat shock proteins in neuromuscular systems
• Small heat shock proteins in aging and disease

Contact details

tel: 020 7631 6832
email: c.slingsby@mail.cryst.bbk.ac.uk

Office location

Room G54b, Department of Biological Sciences