Baya ga magungunan nucleic acid, Dr. Hickerson kuma yana sha'awar haɓaka ƙananan ƙwayoyin cuta don magance cututtukan fata. Don wannan, ƙungiyarta tana aiki tare da ayyukan haɗin gwiwa guda uku tare da Sashin Gano Magunguna da Cibiyar Nazarin Halittu ta ƙasa, duka a cikin Jami'ar.
Farfesa Irwin McLean
Irwin McLean farfesa ne na ilimin halittar dan adam a Jami'ar Dundee. Ƙungiyar bincikensa ta gano abubuwan da ke haifar da cututtuka na mutane fiye da 20, ciki har da yawancin cututtuka na keratin da kuma haɗin ginin tsarin tsarin epithelial. Musamman ma, yana da sha'awa mai tsawo game da kwayoyin halittar cututtukan fata irin su epidermolysis bullosa simplex (EBS) da ci gaban jiyya don wannan da cututtukan keratin masu alaƙa. Dangane da bincikensa, Irwin ya ci ko an ba shi lambobin yabo da kyaututtuka da yawa na duniya. Ya yi laccoci a duk faɗin duniya kuma an ba shi lambar yabo ta Buchannan ta Royal Society don bayar da gudummawa ta musamman ga ilimin likitanci a cikin 2015.
A cikin 2015, dakin gwaje-gwaje na Irwin ya ƙaura zuwa Sashen Kimiyyar Halittu da Gano Drug, Kwalejin Kimiyyar Rayuwa, Jami'ar Dundee, saboda kusancinsa da Sashin Gano Drug wajen haɓaka maganin cututtukan fata. Har ila yau, Irwin yana da kusanci da Ma'aikatar Kiwon Lafiya ta Ƙasa kuma yana riƙe da Muƙamai na Mashawarcin Likitanci na NHS a cikin Genetics na ɗan adam da kuma a cikin ilimin cututtukan fata. An zabe shi a matsayin Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2005), Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (2009) da Fellow of the Royal Society (2014). Irwin yana aiki tare da ƙungiyoyi masu ba da shawara na haƙuri DEBRA, PC Project da sauransu don sadar da tallafin haƙuri, ganewar asali na ƙwayoyin cuta da kuma rajista na abubuwan da aka ayyana ta hanyar gado don ba da damar gwajin asibiti na sabbin magungunan ƙwayoyin cuta.
Dr. Michael Conneely
Michael Conneely ya sami digirin digirgir a fannin Physics daga Jami'ar Dundee inda ya mai da hankali kan aikace-aikacen duban dan tayi don isar da hanyoyin warkewa a cikin jiki. A cikin shekaru uku da suka gabata ya yi aiki a matsayin ɓangare na ƙungiyar Hickerson da ke haɓaka fasahar zamani ex vivo samfurin fata don amfani a cikin kimantawa na bayarwa da ingancin magungunan warkewa. Bangaren baya-bayan nan na wannan aikin ya haɗa da haɗin gwiwa tare da Cibiyar Nazarin Halittu ta Ƙasa, wani kayan aiki na duniya da ke amfani da sabon abu a cikin dandamali na mutum-mutumi da na atomatik, don tsara tsarin al'adun fata masu yawa don amfani da babban abun ciki (HCS) aikace-aikace.
Dokta Conneely kuma yana yin wasu ayyuka da yawa da suka haɗa da: daidaita sabbin dabarun tarihi don amfani da nama na fata, ba da damar sabbin hanyoyin bincikar tsarin fata da martani ga abubuwan motsa jiki; da kuma yin aiki don inganta jin daɗin haƙuri a cikin rayuwarsu ta yau da kullun ta hanyar daidaita haɗin gwiwa tare da abokan aiki a cikin Physics da Injiniya suna kallon yuwuwar da ƙirar takalman sanyaya.
