Dr Vilaiwan Fernandes
Title of Research Project Making a Neuron: applying lessons from development to direct neuronal reprogramming. Website
Nurturing the future leaders in biomedical research
Nurturing the future leaders in biomedical research
Dr Elizabeth Rosser
Title of Research Project Extrafollicular B cells in the immunopathology of Juvenile-Idiopathic Arthritis Associated Uveitis. Website
Professor Rickie Patani
Title of Research Project Identifying therapeutically targetable RNA binding proteins in ALS
Professor Anthony Khawaja
Title of Research Project Translating genomic discovery into clinical prediction tools for glaucoma Other Information Promoted to Professor of Ophthalmology, 2023 Website
Professor Stephen J Perkins
Fellow 1983-1986 Research Interests Structure-function relationships in antibodies and complement proteins. Other Information Resigned fellowship on appointment as Wellcome Trust Lecturer, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, 1986 Appointed Wellcome Trust Senior Lecturer, 1989 Appointed Reader in Structural Biochemistry, 14.2.94…
Professor Christopher Thompson
Fellow 2006-2012 Research Interests Identifying and characterizing genes that control cell fate choice and social behavior. Other Information Fellowship extended until 31.08.12 Elected a member of the Institute, 2013 Awarded Wolfson Research Merit Award, 2013 Moved to University College London,…
Professor Jonathan P Fry
Fellow 1983-1988 Research Interests Characterising the steroids present in nervous tissue, studying their levels and source (peripheral endocrine glands and endogenously produced) and the mechanisms which regulate their production. Other Information Appointed Senior Lecturer, 1992 Elected a Member of the…
Professor Josef Kittler
Fellow 2010-2016 Research Interests Miro family proteins as regulators of synaptic bioenergetics and a locus for mitochondrial dysfunction in neurological disease Other Information Extended Fellowship to 31 December 2016 Elected to membership of the Institute, 2016
Professor Emmanuel Boucrot
Fellow 2014-2019 Research Interests Mechanisms of cargo selection and vesicle formation in a novel pathway of endocytosis Other Information Reader, Birkbeck, September 2016 Associate Professor, UCL, September 2016 Elected member of the Institute, 2019 Retired from Science 2021
Professor Shamshad Cockcroft
Fellow 1986-1991 Research Interests Role of lipids in cell signalling, physiology and exocytosis. Disease implications when lipid regulation breaks down. Other Information Promoted to Reader in Physiology & Biochemistry, 1992 Appointed Professor of Cell Physiology from 1.10.94 Elected a Member…