Nikeel Cull

Nikeel was born on the small tropical island of Mauritius. He graduated from Imperial College London with an MSc in Applied Biosciences and Biotechnology. His final-year project involved exploring the structure of two C-type lectins, Dectin-2 and BDCA-2, which play an important role in immune response signalling triggered by glycans expressed on pathogens. Transitioning from the field of Biology to Computational Chemistry. He began his PhD in October 2024 at The University of Manchester as part of the MRC DTP CASE programme. His research, co-supervised by Dr. Cristina Trujillo, and Dr. Sam De Visser, is focused on developing ‘theoceptor’ models for cytochrome P450’s.