Current Fellows
Dr Shoba Amarnath
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...
Professor Tom Baden
Title of Research Project
Anisotropic retinal circuits for processing of colour and space in nature.
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MIT Technology Review, Europe. “Innovators under 35″, 2016
Eppendorf & Nature. Young European Investigator Award, 2017
Elected Fellow, Royal Society of Biology (FRSB), 2019
Granted Wellcome Trust Investigator Award, 2020
Awarded Nature Research Award for Driving Global Impact, 2019
Awarded the Boehringer Igeleim FENS research Awards, 2022
Voted onto the IBRO PERC Committee, 2022
Elected Member of EMBO, 2023
Professor Tom Baden
Title of Research Project Anisotropic retinal circuits for processing of...
Dr Elizabeth Ballou
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
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...
Professor Tanmay Bharat
Title of Research Project
In situ structural studies of the functional organisation and inhibition of the BAM complex in Gram-negative bacteria
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Awarded International Prize Scholarship, Vallee Foundation, USA, 2018
Awarded John Kendrew Award, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany, 2019
Selected for a Philip Leverhulme Prize for Biological Sciences, Leverhulme Trust UK, 2020
Selected as an EMBO Young Investigator, 2020
Awarded Eppendorf Young European Investigator Award, 2021
Awarded Colworth Medal, The Biochemical Society, 2022
Awarded Fleming Prize, The Microbiology Society, 2023
Finalist for the Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists UK , 2024
Professor Tanmay Bharat
Title of Research Project In situ structural studies of the...
Professor Timothy Blower
BREX and phage-bacteria interactions.
Professor Timothy Blower
Title of Research Project BREX and phage-bacteria interactions.
Dr Alexander Borodavka
Title of Research Project
From Single Molecules to Whole Viruses: A New View on Viral Assembly and Replication in Cells.
Dr Alexander Borodavka
Title of Research Project From Single Molecules to Whole Viruses:...
Dr Amanda Chaplin
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
DNA double-strand break repair mechanisms in immunity and oncogenesis.
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Head of Genome Integrity Laboratory.
Professor J Ross Chapman
Title of Research Project DNA double-strand break repair mechanisms in...
Dr Rebecca Corrigan
Title of Research Project
Analysis of the role of (p)ppGpp in staphylococcal infection using zebrafish as a model organism
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Awarded a Wellcome Trust Discovery Award, 2024
Dr Rebecca Corrigan
Title of Research Project Analysis of the role of (p)ppGpp...
Dr Andrew Davidson
Title of Research Project
Bridging the diagnostic gap: realising non-coding variant identification and classification in the clinic.
Dr Andrew Davidson
Title of Research Project Bridging the diagnostic gap: realising non-coding...
Professor James Davies
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
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...
Dr Sarah Dimeloe
Title of Research Project
Co-operative metabolic synthesis as a fourth signal for T cell priming
Dr Sarah Dimeloe
Title of Research Project Co-operative metabolic synthesis as a fourth...
Professor Mark Dodding
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...
Dr Rebecca Drummond
Title of Research Project
Exploring how host immunity and co-infection influence fungal environmental adaptation in the CNS.
Dr Rebecca Drummond
Title of Research Project Exploring how host immunity and co-infection...
Professor Sherif El-Khamisy
The repair of oxidative and topoisomerase induced chromosomal strand breaks and human disease
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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
Regulation of paracrine signalling by centrosome amplification
Professor Susana Godinho
Title of Research Project Regulation of paracrine signalling by centrosome...
Professor Ravindra Gupta
Cell cycle regulation in Macrophages
Professor Ravindra Gupta
Title of Research Project Cell cycle regulation in Macrophages
Professor Anthony Khawaja
Title of Research Project
Translating genomic discovery into clinical prediction tools for glaucoma
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Promoted to Professor of Ophthalmology, 2023
Professor Anthony Khawaja
Title of Research Project Translating genomic discovery into clinical prediction...
Dr John Knight
Title of Research Project
Harnessing the divergent roles of elongation dependency for cancer therapy
Dr John Knight
Title of Research Project Harnessing the divergent roles of elongation...
Dr Joanne Konkel
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
Regulation and function of protein FUBlylation
Professor Yogesh Kulathu
Title of Research Project Regulation and function of protein FUBlylation
Professor Rebecca Lawson
Title of Research Project
Computational neurodevelopment: a new framework for understanding autism spectrum disorder.
Professor Rebecca Lawson
Title of Research Project Computational neurodevelopment: a new framework for...
Professor Tung Le
Title of Research Project
The line of duty: How to segregate a giant linear plasmid in antibiotic-producing Streptomyces
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Promoted to Professor, 2024
Professor Tung Le
Title of Research Project The line of duty: How to...
Dr James Lee
From SNPs to biology in inflammatory diseases
Dr James Lee
Title of Research Project From SNPs to biology in inflammatory...
Dr Michelle Linterman
Tertiary lymphoid structures in health and disease
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Awarded ERC Cog grant, 2022
Dr Michelle Linterman
Title of Research Project Tertiary lymphoid structures in health and...
Professor Yanlan Mao
Mechanochemical regulation of tissue growth and morphogenesis
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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
Title of Research Project
The dominant-negative effect in protein complexes: implications for human genetic disease
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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
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
The interplay between metabolism and oxygen sensing
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
Professor James Nathan
Title of Research Project The interplay between metabolism and oxygen...
Dr Joana Neves
Title of Research Project
Regulation of Innate Lymphoid Cell differentiation & function in intestinal health and disease
Other Information
Awarded a research grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, 2023
Awarded a research grant from BBSRC/NC3R, 2023
Dr Joana Neves
Title of Research Project Regulation of Innate Lymphoid Cell differentiation...
Professor Rickie Patani
Identifying therapeutically targetable RNA binding proteins in ALS
Professor Rickie Patani
Title of Research Project Identifying therapeutically targetable RNA binding proteins...
Dr Srikanth Ramaswamy
Title of Research Project
A tale of two neuromodulators: how histamine and serotonin shape social interactions in mice and human brains
Dr Srikanth Ramaswamy
Title of Research Project A tale of two neuromodulators: how...
Dr Elizabeth Rosser
Title of Research Project
Extrafollicular B cells in the immunopathology of Juvenile-Idiopathic Arthritis Associated Uveitis.
Dr Elizabeth Rosser
Title of Research Project Extrafollicular B cells in the immunopathology...
Dr Tomás Ryan
Gone or Misplaced? Retrieving Infant Memories in Adults.
Dr Tomás Ryan
Title of Research Project Gone or Misplaced? Retrieving Infant Memories...
Professor Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri
Title of Research Project
Biomarkers of materno-fetal health: role of placental endocrine mediators in normal and obese pregnancies
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Awarded the Hans Sigrist Prize, 2020
Professor Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri
Title of Research Project Biomarkers of materno-fetal health: role of...
Dr Hayley Sharpe
Receptor tyrosine phosphatase signalling mechanisms in health and disease.
Dr Hayley Sharpe
Title of Research Project Receptor tyrosine phosphatase signalling mechanisms in health...
Professor Christopher Stewart
Title of Research Project
Using stem cell derived “mini guts” to investigate microbiome-host interaction in early life
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Microbiology Society Fleming Prize, 2022
NOSTER & Science Microbiome Prize, 2023
Elected to the Royal Society UK Young Academy, 2023
Applied Microbiology International WH Pierce Prize, 2023
Neonatal Society Rising Star, 2024
Promoted to Professor, 2024
Professor Christopher Stewart
Title of Research Project Using stem cell derived “mini guts”...
Dr Kirby Swatek
Title of Research Project
Irreversible inactivation of ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins
Dr Kirby Swatek
Title of Research Project Irreversible inactivation of ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like...
Dr Stephan Uphoff
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
Developing new tools to tackle antibiotic resistance
Dr Stineke Van Houte
Title of Research Project Developing new tools to tackle antibiotic...
Dr Helen Weavers
Title of Research Project
Targeting immune system resilience to curb collateral damage and extend healthy ageing
Dr Helen Weavers
Title of Research Project Targeting immune system resilience to curb...
Dr Fiona Jane Whelan
Title of Research Project
Accessory gene driven competition within the cystic fibrosis lung microbiota
Other Information
Promoted to Senior Lecturer, 2024
Awarded AMS Springboard Award, 2024
Dr Fiona Jane Whelan
Title of Research Project Accessory gene driven competition within the...
Dr Nicola Whiffin
Title of Research Project
Bridging the diagnostic gap: realising non-coding variant identification and classification in the clinic.
Dr Nicola Whiffin
Title of Research Project Bridging the diagnostic gap: realising non-coding...