Prof David Whitworth BA (Oxon), PhD (Warwick), SFHEA, FIBMS
Professor
Contact Details
- Email: dew@aber.ac.uk
- ORCID: 0000-0002-0302-7722
- Office: 2.36 (the room previously known as S22), Cledwyn Building
- Phone: +44 (0) 1970 621828
- Research Portal Profile
Profile
Dave is a Professor of Biochemistry at Aberystwyth and coordinates the Biochemistry degree scheme. He studied for a BA in Biochemistry at Balliol College, Oxford (1991-1995) before completing a PhD in bacterial genetics at the University of Warwick (1999). After two postdoctoral posts and a lectureship at Warwick, Dave moved to Aberystwyth in 2008. He has been a senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2016 and served a term as member of Council for the Microbiology Society. Dave's research interests include bacterial genome evolution and functional genomics (particularly of predatory myxobacteria), and the pedagogy of skills and creativity.
Teaching
Module Coordinator
Coordinator
Tutor
- BRM6160 - MRes Dissertation (B)
- BRS0060 - Integrated Year in Industry
- BRM2860 - MBiol Research Project
- BR17320 - Biological chemistry
- BR27520 - Research Methods
Moderator
Lecturer
- BRM4820 - Field and Laboratory Techniques
- BR26620 - Proteins and Enzymes
- BR17120 - Genetics, Evolution and Diversity
- BR17520 - Cell Biology
- BR36020 - Molecular Biology of Development
- BR14310 - Evolution and the Diversity of Life
- BG16820 - Sgiliau ar gyfer Biolegwyr
Grader
Research
My research focuses on the myxobacterial predator Myxococcus xanthus and how it preys upon other microbes. We are studying natural myxobacterial isolates using a variety of genomic, proteomic and phenotypic techniques to identify the genes conferring antimicrobial activity. Particular topics of interest include the predatory vesicles shed by myxobacteria, and myxobacterial genome evolution.