Current Fellows
Dr Shoba Amarnath
Title of Research Project
Translating co-receptor biology to Immuno-therapeutics in Cancer
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
Dr Elizabeth Ballou
Title of Research Project
Investigating how cross-kingdom microbial partnerships impact fungal pathogenesis of the causative agents of Mucormycosis
Dr David Bending
Regulation of T cell receptor signalling dynamics during T follicular helper cell responses
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 Timothy Blower
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 Amanda Chaplin
Title of Research Project
Cryo-EM studies of human DNA repair complexes: DNA-PK and interacting partners
Professor J Ross Chapman
DNA double-strand break repair mechanisms in immunity and oncogenesis.
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Head of Genome Integrity Laboratory.
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 Andrew Davidson
Title of Research Project
Bridging the diagnostic gap: realising non-coding variant identification and classification in the clinic.
Professor James Davies
Using base pair mapping of genome architecture to interrogate the mechanisms by which enhancers control transcription
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 Sarah Dimeloe
Title of Research Project
Co-operative metabolic synthesis as a fourth signal for T cell priming
Professor Mark Dodding
A new chemical biology approach to target molecular motors for the manipulation of cytoskeleton and organelle dynamics
Dr Rebecca Drummond
Title of Research Project
Exploring how host immunity and co-infection influence fungal environmental adaptation in the CNS.
Professor Sherif El-Khamisy
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 Susana Godinho
Regulation of paracrine signalling by centrosome amplification
Professor Ravindra Gupta
Cell cycle regulation in Macrophages
Professor Anthony Khawaja
Title of Research Project
Translating genomic discovery into clinical prediction tools for glaucoma
Other Information
Promoted to Professor of Ophthalmology, 2023
Dr John Knight
Title of Research Project
Harnessing the divergent roles of elongation dependency for cancer therapy
Dr Joanne Konkel
Atypical monocytes at the oral mucosa; revisiting myeloid cell development and function at a unique barrier site
Professor Yogesh Kulathu
Regulation and function of protein FUBlylation
Professor Rebecca Lawson
Title of Research Project
Computational neurodevelopment: a new framework for understanding autism spectrum disorder.
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
Dr James Lee
From SNPs to biology in inflammatory diseases
Dr Michelle Linterman
Tertiary lymphoid structures in health and disease
Other Information
Awarded ERC Cog grant, 2022
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 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.
Dr Will McEwan
Protein-level knockdown as a new frontier for biological and biomedical sciences
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
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
Professor Rickie Patani
Identifying therapeutically targetable RNA binding proteins in ALS
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 Elizabeth Rosser
Title of Research Project
Extrafollicular B cells in the immunopathology of Juvenile-Idiopathic Arthritis Associated Uveitis.
Dr Tomás Ryan
Gone or Misplaced? Retrieving Infant Memories in Adults.
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
Dr Hayley Sharpe
Receptor tyrosine phosphatase signalling mechanisms in health and disease.
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
Dr Kirby Swatek
Title of Research Project
Irreversible inactivation of ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins
Dr Stephan Uphoff
Resolving oxidative stress response mechanisms in bacteria during infection and antibiotic treatment.
Dr Stineke Van Houte
Developing new tools to tackle antibiotic resistance
Dr Helen Weavers
Title of Research Project
Targeting immune system resilience to curb collateral damage and extend healthy ageing
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 Nicola Whiffin
Title of Research Project
Bridging the diagnostic gap: realising non-coding variant identification and classification in the clinic.