Professor Peter W Taylor
MRC bodies you are a member of:
- Infections & Immunity Board
Main form of employment:
- Professor of Microbiology, University College London School of Pharmacy, 29-39 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AX
Research group/department web page/s:
Personal remuneration:
- UCL
Shareholdings and financial interests in companies
- Lipoxen Ltd. (shares given in lieu of consultancy fees)
Research income during current session [over £50k per grant]
- Maplethorpe Trust: Investigation of potential poly-gamma-D-glutamic (PDGA) depolymerases: identification, isolation, characterisation and cloning of a novel PDGA capsule depolymerase from a mixed culture of soil bacteria. £100,000. 2011-13.
- Bloomsbury Colleges PhD Studentship Award (PI with BW Wren): Role of the gastrointestinal microbiota in the development of Escherichia coli K1 neonatal meningitis. £60,000. 2011-14.
- BBSRC Standard Grant (PI with S. Foster, D. Roper, T. Dafforn): Disruption of cytoplasmic membrane-associated functions in Staphylococcus aureus by epicatechin gallate. £405,826 fEC; BBSRC contribution £324,660. 2011-2014.
- Polyphenon Pharma Inc: Characterisation of the anti-staphylococcal activity of synthetic catechin gallates. £31,000. 2009-2012.
- MRC Research Grant (PI with JC Anderson): Pharmacological evaluation of synthetic galloyl catechin analogues with anti-staphylococcal properties. £681,606 fEC; MRC contribution £545,284. 2009-2012.
Major academic collaborators [national and international]
National
- Professor Paul Luzio, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research
- Professor Simon Foster, University of Sheffield
- Professor Brendan Wren, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- Dr. David Roper, University of Warwick
- Dr. Tim Dafforn, University of Birmingham
International
- Professor Vicente Micol, Miguel Hernandez University. Elche, Spain
- Professor Gunnar Hansson, University of Gothenburg
Un-remunerated involvement with and membership of medical, bio-medical, pharmaceutical, healthcare provision or science or health policy/communication and similar activities/organisations
- None
Political/pressure group associations:
- None
Family:
- None
