Current Fellows

Dr Shoba Amarnath

Categories: Cancer
Institution: Newcastle University

Title of Research Project

Translating co-receptor biology to Immuno-therapeutics in Cancer

Dr Shoba Amarnath

Title of Research Project Translating co-receptor biology to Immuno-therapeutics in...

Dr Tom Baden

Categories: Neurobiology, Sensory
Institution: University of Sussex

Title of Research Project

Anisotropic retinal circuits for processing of colour and space in nature.

Other Information

Granted Wellcome Trust Investigator Award, 2020
Awarded Nature Research Award for Driving Global Impact, 2020
Awarded the Boehringer Ingelheim FENS research Award, 2022
Voted onto the IBRO PERC Committee, 2022

Dr Tom Baden

Title of Research Project Anisotropic retinal circuits for processing of...

Dr Elizabeth Ballou

Categories: Cell Biology, Microbiology, Pathogens
Institution: University of Exeter

Title of Research Project

Investigating how cross-kingdom microbial partnerships impact fungal pathogenesis of the causative agents of Mucormycosis

Dr Elizabeth Ballou

Title of Research Project Investigating how cross-kingdom microbial partnerships impact...

Dr David Bending

Categories: Immunology
Institution: University of Birmingham

Title of Research Project

Regulation of T cell receptor signalling dynamics during T follicular helper cell responses

Dr David Bending

Title of Research Project Regulation of T cell receptor signalling...

Dr Tanmay Bharat

Categories: Immunology, Infection
Institution: University of Oxford

Title of Research Project

In situ structural studies of the functional organisation and inhibition of the BAM complex in Gram-negative bacteria

Dr Tanmay Bharat

Title of Research Project In situ structural studies of the...

Professor Timothy Blower

Categories: Biochemistry, DNA/RNA, Infection, Molecular Biology, Pathogens, Structural Biology
Institution: Durham University

Title of Research Project

BREX and phage-bacteria interactions.

Professor Timothy Blower

Title of Research Project BREX and phage-bacteria interactions.

Dr Amanda Chaplin

Categories: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Cancer, DNA/RNA, Molecular Biology, Structural Biology
Institution: University of Leicester

Title of Research Project

Cryo-EM studies of human DNA repair complexes: DNA-PK and interacting partners

Dr Amanda Chaplin

Title of Research Project Cryo-EM studies of human DNA repair...

Professor J Ross Chapman

Categories: Biochemistry, Cancer, Cell Biology, Immunology
Institution: University of Oxford

Title of Research Project

DNA double-strand break repair mechanisms in immunity and oncogenesis.

Other Information

Head of Genome Integrity Laboratory.

Professor J Ross Chapman

Title of Research Project DNA double-strand break repair mechanisms in...

Dr Rebecca Corrigan

Categories: Infection
Institution: University of Sheffield

Title of Research Project

Analysis of the role of (p)ppGpp in staphylococcal infection using zebrafish as a model organism

Dr Rebecca Corrigan

Title of Research Project Analysis of the role of (p)ppGpp...

Professor James Davies

Categories: Genetics /Epigenetics, Genomics
Institution: University of Oxford

Title of Research Project

Using base pair mapping of genome architecture to interrogate the mechanisms by which enhancers control transcription

Professor James Davies

Title of Research Project Using base pair mapping of genome...

Dr Marco Di Antonio

Categories: Cancer, Chemical biology, DNA/RNA, Genetics /Epigenetics, Genomics, Medicinal Chemistry
Institution: University College London

Title of Research Project

Unravelling epigenetic pathways leading to chemo-resistance in ovarian cancer with a light-controlled CRISPR-based platform

Dr Marco Di Antonio

Title of Research Project Unravelling epigenetic pathways leading to chemo-resistance...

Professor Mark Dodding

Categories: Cell Biology
Institution: University of Bristol

Title of Research Project

A new chemical biology approach to target molecular motors for the manipulation of cytoskeleton and organelle dynamics

Professor Mark Dodding

Title of Research Project A new chemical biology approach to...

Professor Sherif El-Khamisy

Categories: Cancer, Cell Biology, Diagnostics, DNA/RNA, Genetics /Epigenetics, Genomics, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology, Neurology
Institution: University of Sheffield

Title of Research Project:

The repair of oxidative and topoisomerase induced chromosomal strand breaks and human disease

Other Information:

Moved to University of Sheffield, 2014.
Awarded Professorship, 2015.
Elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016.
Extended Fellowship until September 2022.
Elected to membership of the Institute 2018.

Professor Sherif El-Khamisy

Title of Research Project: The repair of oxidative and topoisomerase...

Professor Susana Godinho

Categories: Cancer, Cell Biology, Imaging
Institution: Queen Mary University of London

Title of Research Project

Regulation of paracrine signalling by centrosome amplification

Professor Susana Godinho

Title of Research Project Regulation of paracrine signalling by centrosome...

Professor Ravindra Gupta

Categories: Immunology, Infection
Institution: University of Cambridge

Title of Research Project

Cell cycle regulation in Macrophages

Professor Ravindra Gupta

Title of Research Project Cell cycle regulation in Macrophages

Dr Anthony Khawaja

Categories: Data Modelling and Big Data, Epidemiology, Genomics
Institution: University College London

Title of Research Project

Translating genomic discovery into clinical prediction tools for glaucoma

Dr Anthony Khawaja

Title of Research Project Translating genomic discovery into clinical prediction...

Dr Joanne Konkel

Categories: Immunology
Institution: University of Manchester

Title of Research Project

Atypical monocytes at the oral mucosa; revisiting myeloid cell development and function at a unique barrier site

Dr Joanne Konkel

Title of Research Project Atypical monocytes at the oral mucosa;...

Professor Yogesh Kulathu

Categories: Biochemistry
Institution: University of Dundee

Title of Research Project

Regulation and function of protein FUBlylation

Professor Yogesh Kulathu

Title of Research Project Regulation and function of protein FUBlylation

Dr Rebecca Lawson

Institution: University of Cambridge

Title of Research Project

Computational neurodevelopment: a new framework for understanding autism spectrum disorder.

Dr Rebecca Lawson

Title of Research Project Computational neurodevelopment: a new framework for...

Dr Tung Le

Categories: Biochemistry, Microbiology, Molecular Biology
Institution: John Innes Centre Norwich

Title of Research Project

The line of duty: How to segregate a giant linear plasmid in antibiotic-producing Streptomyces

Dr Tung Le

Title of Research Project The line of duty: How to...

Dr James Lee

Categories: Gastrointestinal, Immunology, Infection, Musculoskeletal
Institution: The Francis Crick Institute

Title of Research Project

From SNPs to biology in inflammatory diseases

Dr James Lee

Title of Research Project From SNPs to biology in inflammatory...

Dr Michelle Linterman

Categories: Immunology
Institution: Babraham Institute

Title of Research Project

Tertiary lymphoid structures in health and disease

Other Information

Awarded ERC Cog grant, 2022

Dr Michelle Linterman

Title of Research Project Tertiary lymphoid structures in health and...

Professor Yanlan Mao

Categories: Ai, Cancer, Cell Biology, Data Modelling and Big Data, Gastrointestinal, Hepatology, Imaging, Molecular Biology, Regeneration
Institution: University College London

Title of Research Project

Mechanochemical regulation of tissue growth and morphogenesis

Other Information

Awarded L’oreal UNESCO Women in Science Fellowship, 2018.

Received Biophysical Society Early Career Mechanobiology Award 2019.

Elected to EMBO Young Investigator programme, 2019.

Awarded BSCB Women in Cell Biology Early Career Medal, 2020.

Received Royal Microscopical Society Life Sciences Medal, 2021.

Awarded MRC Senior Non-Clinical Fellowship, 2022

Professor Yanlan Mao

Title of Research Project Mechanochemical regulation of tissue growth and...

Professor Joseph Marsh

Categories: Ai, Data Modelling and Big Data, Genetics /Epigenetics, Genomics, Molecular Biology, Proteomics
Institution: University of Edinburgh

Title of Research Project

The dominant-negative effect in protein complexes: implications for human genetic disease

Other Information

Awarded Royal Society of Edinburgh Patrick Neill Medal, 2019.
ERC Consolidator Grant, 2020.

Professor Joseph Marsh

Title of Research Project The dominant-negative effect in protein complexes:...

Dr Will McEwan

Categories: Cell Biology, DNA/RNA, Immunology, Infection, Molecular Biology, Neurology, Pathogens
Institution: University of Cambridge

Title of Research Project

Protein-level knockdown as a new frontier for biological and biomedical sciences

Dr Will McEwan

Title of Research Project Protein-level knockdown as a new frontier...

Professor James Nathan

Institution: University of Cambridge

Title of Research Project

The interplay between metabolism and oxygen sensing

Granted Wellcome Trust Investigator Award, 2020
Awarded Nature Research Award for Driving Global Impact, 2020
Awarded the Boehringer Ingelheim FENS research Award, 2022
Voted onto the IBRO PERC Committee, 2022

Professor James Nathan

Title of Research Project The interplay between metabolism and oxygen...

Professor Rickie Patani

Categories: Neurology
Institution: University College London

Title of Research Project

Identifying therapeutically targetable RNA binding proteins in ALS

Professor Rickie Patani

Title of Research Project Identifying therapeutically targetable RNA binding proteins...

Dr Tomás Ryan

Categories: Immunology, Molecular Biology, Neurology
Institution: Trinity College Dublin

Title of Research Project

Gone or Misplaced? Retrieving Infant Memories in Adults.

Dr Tomás Ryan

Title of Research Project Gone or Misplaced? Retrieving Infant Memories...

Dr Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri

Categories: Cardiovascular, Cell Biology, Endocrinology, Genetics /Epigenetics, Metabolism (inc diabetes and obesity), Molecular Biology, Physiology, Reproductive/Foetal
Institution: University of Cambridge

Title of Research Project

Biomarkers of materno-fetal health: role of placental endocrine mediators in normal and obese pregnancies

Other Information

Awarded the Hans Sigrist Prize, 2020

Dr Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri

Title of Research Project Biomarkers of materno-fetal health: role of...

Dr Hayley Sharpe

Categories: Biochemistry, Cancer, Cell Biology, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Proteomics
Institution: Babraham Institute

Title of Research Project

Receptor tyrosine phosphatase signalling mechanisms in health and disease.

Dr Hayley Sharpe

Title of Research Project Receptor tyrosine phosphatase signalling mechanisms in health...

Dr Christopher Stewart

Categories: Data Modelling and Big Data, DNA/RNA, Gastrointestinal, Infection, Microbiome, Molecular Biology, Paediatrics, Pathogens, Proteomics
Institution: Newcastle University

Title of Research Project

Using stem cell derived “mini guts” to investigate microbiome-host interaction in early life

Dr Christopher Stewart

Title of Research Project Using stem cell derived “mini guts”...

Dr Stephan Uphoff

Categories: Biochemistry, Biophysics, DNA/RNA, Genetics /Epigenetics, Imaging, Infection, Molecular Biology, Molecular Biophysics, Pathogens
Institution: University of Oxford

Title of Research Project

Resolving oxidative stress response mechanisms in bacteria during infection and antibiotic treatment.

Dr Stephan Uphoff

Title of Research Project Resolving oxidative stress response mechanisms in...

Dr Stineke Van Houte

Categories: Immunology, Infection
Institution: University of Exeter

Title of Research Project

Developing new tools to tackle antibiotic resistance

Dr Stineke Van Houte

Title of Research Project Developing new tools to tackle antibiotic...