Staff Lead researcher Professor Lindy Holden-Dye BSc, MSc, PhD, FRSB, FBPhS Head of School Research interests Neuropharmacology Invertebrate neuroscience Connect with Lindy Email: l.m.holden-dye@soton.ac.uk Other researchers VO Professor Vincent O'connor Professor of Neurochemistry Research interests Molecular mechanism of synaptic function and dysfunction Synaptic degeneration Connect with Vincent Email: v.m.oconnor@soton.ac.uk HM Professor Hywel Morgan MBE Director of Inst for Life Sciences (Int) Connect with Hywel Email: hm@ecs.soton.ac.uk Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups IT Innovation We develop and apply advances in IT technology, working with academic and industrial partners. Plants and Food Security We study the response of plants to the environment at the molecular, whole plant and ecological levels. This includes interactions with nematodes, insects and microbes.