James Hutchins
Professional summary
Personal details
Nationality: British
Hometown: Leicester, England
Town of residence: Montpellier, France
Research interests
• Regulation of the replication and segregation of chromosomes during the cell cycle.
• Discovery and characterisation of protein complexes using proteomics, data-exploration and functional studies.
• Elucidation of intracellular signalling pathways, especially involving protein phosphorylation.
Current position
Oct 2012 - present: CNRS Researcher, Institute of Human Genetics, Montpellier, France - in the group of Dr. Marcel Méchali.
Career background
July 2010 - Sept 2012: Postdoctoral Researcher at the CNRS Institute of Human Genetics, Montpellier, France - in the group of Dr. Marcel Méchali. Funding (Feb 2011-Sept 2012) by FRM Research Fellowship.
May 2004 - June 2010: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna, Austria - in the group of Dr. Jan-Michael Peters. Project: 'MitoCheck' - a proteomic characterisation of human mitosis.
Nov 2000 - April 2004: Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Dundee School of Medicine (Biomedical Research Centre) in the group of Dr. Paul R. Clarke. Projects: (1) checkpoint regulation of mitotic entry in Xenopus; (2) control of Ran GTPase during the cell cycle.
Ph.D. degree: University of Dundee, UK.
Thesis title: "The decision to enter mitosis: regulatory roles of Cdc25C phosphorylation in Xenopus". Defended: Nov 2000. Supervisor: Dr. Paul R. Clarke.
Postgraduate studies in biochemistry & cell biology
School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester. Sept 1996 - Sept 1998.
Bachelor's degree - University of Bristol, UK.
B.Sc. (Hons.) Biochemistry with Study in Industry, 1996.
Jul 1994 - Aug 1995: Industrial study year with Glaxo R&D, London.
Online profiles
• Academia.edu • Google Scholar
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