Background    Research Interests & Recent publications    Contact    Links
 

  Background
 

Curriculum Vitae     1980-1984     BSc (Hons) Applied Science Class I, Sheffield City Polytechnic UK 1984-1987     PhD, Department of Physiology, University of Liverpool UK 1987-1998     Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge UK 1998-present  Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Newcastle UK

  Research Interests & Recent publications

Cell communication, particularly the role of intracellular calcium ions in stimulus-secretion coupling in excitable cells. Current research is focused on two specific projects; firstly, the mechanism of generation and physiological role of unitary calcium release events from non-muscle ryanodine receptors and, secondly, the role of trp in capacitative calcium entry in electrically excitable cells.

Bennett, D.L., Cheek, T.R., Berridge, M.J., DeSmedt, H., Parys, J.B., Missiaen, L. & Bootman, M.D. (1996). Expression and function of ryanodine receptors in non-excitable cells. J. Biol. Chem. 271, 6356-6362.

Combettes, L., Cheek, T.R. & Taylor, C.W. (1996) Regulation of inositol trisphosphate receptors by luminal Ca²⁺ contributes to quantal Ca²⁺ mobilisation. EMBO J. 15, 2086-2093.

Bennett, D.L., Bootman, M.D., Berridge, M.J. & Cheek, T.R. (1998) Ca²⁺ entry into PC12 cells initiated by ryanodine receptors or inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors. Biochem. J. 329, 349-357.

A complete list of publications is available here
 

  Contact

Dr Tim Cheek
Department of Physiological Sciences
The Medical School
Framlington Place
Newcastle NE2 4HH
Phone/Fax:    +44 (0)191 222 7010
t.r.cheek@ncl.ac.uk
 

  Links

An Unofficial History of Duxford Airfield       [my non-academic site]

Manchester United FC    [AP's on-line vidiprinter can be found here]

   The Sweeney
 

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