Biography:
- 1974 BSC (First Class) Biochemistry, University of St Andrews
- 1979 MRC-funded PhD, University of Edinburgh
- 1978-1980 MRC-funded Postdoctoral Research Associate (Hales Lab) University of Cambridge
- 1980-1983 JDRF Research Fellow (Steiner lab), University of Chicago
- 1983-1994 Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader, University of Birmingham
- 1994-present MacLeod-Smith Professor of Biochemistry, University of Aberdeen
Additional publications:
- Cho, CH-H., Hannam, NR-F., Docherty, FM., Docherty, HM., Lima MJ., Trotter, MWB., Docherty, K. and Vallier, L. (2012) Inhibition of activin/nodal signalling is necessary for pancreatic differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells. Diabetologia 55, 3284-3295.
- Lima, MJ., Docherty, HM., Chen, Y., Vallier, L. and Docherty, K. (2012) Pancreatic transcription factors containing protein transduction domains drive mouse embryonic stem cells towards endocrine pancreas . PLoS One 7, e36481.
- Petrighi Polidori, G., Lomax, MA. and Docherty, K. (2012) Palmitate enhances the differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells towards white adipocyte lineages. Mol Cell Endocrinol 361, 40-50
- Lima, MJ., WDocherty,HM., Chen, Y. and Docherty, K. (2012) Efficient Differentiation of AR42J Cells towards Insulin-Producing Cells using Pancreatic Transcription Factors in Combination with Growth Factors. Mol Cell Endocrinol 358, 69-80.
- Lima, MJ., Muir, KR., Docherty, HM., Drummond, R., McGowan, N., Forbes S., Heremans, Y., Forbes SJ., Heimberg, H., Ross, JA., Casey, J. and Docherty, K., (2013) Suppression of Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transitioning Enhances Ex Vivo Reprogramming of Human Exocrine Pancreatic Tissue towards Functional Insulin Producing