Sarah Dennison is a Research Associate in the School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences. After graduating from University of Wales, Bangor in Environmental Biology in 1999, Sarah undertook postgraduate research in biochemistry/biophysics. Sarah has spent the last seven years investigating the biological activity of antimicrobial peptides using an number of techniques such as Langmuir Blodgettry and antimicrobial assays. Sarah has produced over 23 publications and 37 conference proceedings from her PhD research and parallel collaborative work

Dennison, Sarah Rachel, Phoenix, Adam J and Phoenix, David Andrew (2012) Effect of salt on the interaction of Hal18 with lipid membranes. European Biophysics Journal, 41 (9). pp. 769-776. ISSN 0175-7571 Mura, Manuela, Dennison, Sarah Rachel, Zvelindovsky, Andrei V. and Phoenix, David Andrew (2013) Aurein 2.3 functionality is supported by oblique orientated α-helical formation. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, 1828 (2). pp. 586-594. ISSN 00052736 Dennison, Sarah Rachel, Morton, Leslie Hugh Glyn, Shorrocks, Andrea Julie, Harris, Frederick and Phoenix, David Andrew (2009) A study on the interactions of Aurein 2.5 with bacterial membranes. Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces, 68 (2). pp. 225-230. ISSN 09277765 Dennison, Sarah Rachel, Harris, Frederick, Morton, Leslie Hugh Glyn and Phoenix, David Andrew (2013) Antimicrobial activity of aurein 2.5 against yeasts. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 346 (2). pp. 140-145. ISSN 03781097