Academic Departments

Dr Darren Mernagh

Qualifications: BSc(Hons) Molecular Biology, PhD
Department: School of Pharmacy & Biomedical Science
Address: St Michael’s Bldg, White Swan Road, Portsmouth P01 2DT
Email: Darren.mernagh@port.ac.uk
Telephone: 02392 84 3541

What is your role on the Professional Doctorate?  

Research Supervisor

What is your background?     

PhD is molecular biology and genetics. Principal Lecturer, Deputy Head of School and Head of Biomedical Science (from Oct 2010).

What are your research interests?

Protein-ligand interaction and Expression and Regulation of Proteins, Genetic Engineering 

Publications (up to three)

Pennadam S, Lavigne M, Firman K, Mernagh D, Gorecki D & Alexander C., Control of a Multi-subunit DNA motor by a thermo responsive polymer switch, J Am. Chem. Soc.; 126, 13208-13209, 2004.

Guelle, M , Nika, K, Mernagh, D, Mulloy, B, Forster, M & Gibbs R, Characterisation of Interleukin 7 (IL-7)-glycosaminoglycan interactions, Minerva Biotecnologica, 12, 121-122, 2000.

Orford R, Mernagh D & Guille M, DNA-foot printing using crude embryonic extracts from venous leaves, Methods Mol Biol., 127, 187-98, 1999.

Current Projects:

Site Specific Protein-Adsorption on step bunched nanostructured n-Si(111) surfaces