Nicholas Barnes

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  • Professor of Neuropharmacology, Pharmacy

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

Nicholas Barnes’s research focuses on the neurotransmitter and local hormone 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT, serotonin), from cellular and molecular approaches investigating the 5-HT receptors and the transporter, SERT, to proof of concept clinical investigations assessing the potential therapeutic utility of manipulating the 5-HT system.

Professor Barnes is also a member of the working group that advises the UK Government on issues concerning the misuse of drugs and polysubstance abuse. He has successfully supervised 18 PhD researchers.

1990 …2024

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Stephen Wood

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Nikos Batis

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Carl Krynicki

  • Psychology - Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology, Honorary Research Fellow

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Suzanne Higgs

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Christopher Bunce

  • Biosciences - Professor of Translational Cancer Biology and Director of Research

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Saaeha Rauz

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Edward Palmer

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Keith Brain

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Dagmar Scheel-Toellner

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Tim Dafforn

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Jose Romero

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Chloe Thomas

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David Thickett

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Jo Parish

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Hisham Mehanna

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Andrew Southam

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John Williams

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Babu Naidu

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Gary Reynolds

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Tina Tang

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Richard Moakes

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Thomas Pinkney

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Martin Wilson

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Xiaoxuan Liu

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Neale Harrison

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Richard Grainger

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John Suckling

  • Cambridge and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
  • University of Cambridge
  • NHS Foundation Trust

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J. F.W. Deakin

  • University of Manchester
  • Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Giuseppe Lazzarino

  • University of Catania

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Giacomo Lazzarino

  • Catholic University of Rome

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Barbara Tavazzi

  • Catholic University of Rome

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Carmine M. Pariante

  • King’s College London

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Paola Dazzan

  • King’s College London
  • South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

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Nusrat Husain

  • University of Manchester
  • Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

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Joanna Sajkowska-Kozielewicz

  • Medical University of Warsaw

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Thomas R E Barnes

  • Imperial College London

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Stephen M Lawrie

  • University of Edinburgh
  • Western General Hospitals NHS Trust

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Omar Qureshi

  • Celentyx Ltd

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Angela Maria Amorini

  • Catholic University of Rome

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Christos Pantelis

  • University of Melbourne
  • Melbourne Health

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Lianne Schmaal

  • University of Melbourne

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Shôn Lewis

  • University of Manchester
  • Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Neale Harrison

  • Celentyx Ltd

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Reuben M Tooze

  • St. James's University Hospital
  • St James's Institute of Oncology
  • University of Leeds

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Annalisa Giordano

  • King’s College London

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Peter B Jones

  • University of Cambridge
  • NHS Foundation Trust
  • Cambridge and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

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Andrew J. Watson

  • Imperial College London

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Filippo Andreetta

  • Neurosciences CEDD, GlaxoSmithKline Medicine Research Centre, Verona, Italy.

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Eileen M. Joyce

  • Imperial College London

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Andrzej Kutner

  • Medical University of Warsaw
  • Pharmaceutical Research Institute

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Jayanta Chatterjee

  • Affective Disorders Service, Caludon Centre

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Sok Hui Choo

  • Albany Molecular Research Inc.

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Antonio Fernandez

  • Universidad de Murcia
  • University of Edinburgh

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Muzaffer Kaser

  • Cambridge and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

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Tobias Rowland

  • Caludon Centre

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Golam M Khandaker

  • University of Cambridge
  • Cambridge and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
  • University of Bristol

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Georg Romer

  • University of Muenster

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Stefano Signoretti

  • S. Camillo Hospital

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Aaron Ng

  • Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

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Cheng Guo

  • Albany Molecular Research Inc.
  • University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

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David R Westhead

  • University of Leeds

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shon lewis

  • University of Manchester

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Marlene Rosen

  • University of Cologne

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Andrew Robinson

  • Heartlands Hosp

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Jennifer Naginskaya

  • Albany Molecular Research Inc.

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Fatima Batool

  • University of Cambridge

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Joseph Kambeitz

  • University of Cologne

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Colin Chu

  • University of Bristol
  • Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London
  • University College London
  • NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Ophthalmology

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Richard J Drake

  • University of Manchester
  • Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Matthew A Care

  • University of Leeds

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André Schmidt

  • University of Basel

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Naghmeh Nikkheslat

  • King’s College London

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William G Earley

  • Albany Molecular Research Inc.

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Anthony S David

  • King’s College London

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Chong-yang Chen

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Anita Riecher-Rössler

  • University of Basel

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Udo Dannlowski

  • University of Muenster

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Frauke Schultze-Lutter

  • Heinrich-Heine-Universität
  • Airlangga University
  • Universita degli Studi di Bari
  • University of Bern
  • Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

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Heping Xu

  • Queen's University, Belfast

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Nuria Manzanares-Teson

  • Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Eleanor Hickman

  • University of Birmingham

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Katharine Chisholm

  • Aston University

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Gary Donohoe

  • National University of Ireland, Galway

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Christina Andreou

  • University of Basel
  • University of Lübeck

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Jörg Hamann

  • University of Amsterdam

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Ben Watkins

  • University of Birmingham

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Andrew G. Leach

  • University of Manchester

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Daniel Gallacher

  • University of Warwick

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Jonathan D Wierschke

  • Albany Molecular Research Inc.

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Gerald Langman

  • Birmingham Heartlands Hospital

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Sharon Barrans

  • St James's Institute of Oncology

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Andrew S Jack

  • Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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Amy S Newman

  • Celentyx Ltd

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Liaqat Masih

  • Albany Molecular Research Inc.

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Graham K. Murray

  • Cambridge and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
  • University of Cambridge

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Alessandro Bertolino

  • Universita degli Studi di Bari
  • University of Muenster

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Adele Ferro

  • Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
  • Università degli Studi di Milano and oINFN-Milan

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James T. R. Walters

  • Cardiff University

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Marc Vendrell

  • University of Edinburgh

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Raimo K.r. Salokangas

  • University of Turku

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Domenico Giacco

  • Queen Mary, University of London
  • University of Warwick

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Jamie Cowley

  • Celentyx Ltd

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Zhenjun Zhang

  • Albany Molecular Research Inc.

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Kristen N Ryan

  • Albany Molecular Research Inc.

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Rebekka Lencer

  • University of Lübeck
  • University of Muenster

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Emma Knox

  • University of Manchester
  • Keele University

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David D Manning

  • Albany Molecular Research Inc.

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Peter Jones

  • University of Cambridge

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Nikolaos Koutsouleris

  • University of Munich
  • Max-Planck Institute of Psychiatry
  • King’s College London
  • Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich
  • University of Muenster

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Max Birchwood

  • University of Warwick

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Paolo Brambilla

  • Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
  • Università degli Studi di Milano and oINFN-Milan
  • University of Milan
  • University of Birmingham

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Alexandra Stainton

  • Centre for Youth Mental Health

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Ester B M Remmerswaal

  • University of Amsterdam

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Martijn A Nolte

  • University of Amsterdam

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K Lewis

  • Langford House
  • University of Bristol

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Steven J Cooper

  • University of Liverpool

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Richard Smallman

  • University of Manchester

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Danuta M. Lisiecka-Ford

  • University of Cambridge

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Nicholas Capewell

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

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Julian Wenzel

  • University of Cologne

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Stephan Ruhrmann

  • University of Cologne

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Graham Dunn

  • University of Manchester

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Christos Davatzikos

  • University of Pennsylvania

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Stefan Borgwardt

  • University of Lübeck
  • University of Basel

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Lana Kambeitz-Ilankovic

  • University of Munich
  • University of Cologne
  • Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich
  • Universita degli Studi di Bari
  • Heinrich-Heine-Universität
  • Airlangga University
  • University of Bern

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Richard Drake

  • University of Manchester

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Imran B Chaudhry

  • University of Manchester
  • Lancashire Care Early Intervention Service

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Andrew Dick

  • Imperial College London
  • University of Bristol

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