Former Fellows
Professor Nicholas B La Thangue
Professor Tomoyuki Tanaka
Fellow 2005-2010
Area of Current Research Interests
Mechanisms regulating chromosome duplication and segregation in the cell division cycle.
Other Information
Awarded Professorship December 2007.
Awarded the Hook Medal from the British Society for Cell Biology, 2007.
Elected an EMBO member, 2008.
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2009.
Elected a Member of the Institute, 2011.
Professor Colin W Taylor
Fellow 1992-1997
Area of Current Research Interests
Intra-cellular calcium signaling: specifically the regulation of calcium entry pathways, the structure and function of intra-cellular calcium channels, signalling receptors and G-proteins.
Other Information
Appointed Reader, Department of Pharmacology 1995 Elected a Member of the Institute, 1998.
Awarded ScD by the University of Cambridge, 1999.
Appointed Professor of Cellular Pharmacology, 1.10.01.
Biochemical Society, Council 2002-2005.
Elected member of Academia Europaea, 2013.
Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator 2014.
Elected Fellow Academy of Medical Sciences, 2016.
Dr Sarah Teichmann
Fellow 2010-2015
Area of Current Research Interests
Bioinformatics and network biology for unraveling regulation of T helper cell differentiation
Other Information
Elected as EMBO member 2012.
Moved to EMBL-EBI & Wellcome Trust Sanger Inst, 2013
Fellowship extended to 31 December 2015.
EMBO Gold Medal 2015.
Elected Fellow Academy of Medical Sciences 2015.
Head of Cellular Genetics, WSI 2016.
Elected a Member of the Institute 2016.
Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, 2020.
Professor Christopher Thompson
Fellow 2006-2012
Area of Current 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, 2017.
Professor Kostas Tokatlidis
Fellow 2001-2003
Area of Current Research Interests
Molecular mechanisms of mitochondria biogenesis with particular emphasis on the targeting, membrane translocation and assembly processes for membrane proteins using yeast. Role of Tim proteins as chaperones.
Oxidative folding and redox signalling in mitochondria in health and disease. Peptide-based pharmaceutical targeting of mitochondria for theranostic applications
Other Information
Resigned fellowship, 30 September 2003.
Appointed Associate Professor, University of Crete in the Institute of Biology & Molecular Biology, 1.10.03.
Consumables expenditure extended until 1.10.04.
Elected a Member of the Institute, 2005.
Elected EMBO member 2013.
Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award, 2013.
Moved to University of Glasgow, 2013.
Cathcart Chair, University of Glasgow, 2013
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2016.
Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, 2020
Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, 2021
Director of Research, School of Molecular Biosciences, University of Glasgow, 2022
Elected member of Academia Europaea (MAE), 2022
Dr Cathy Tournier
Fellow 2001-2006
Area of Current Research Interests
MAPK signalling in cancer.
Other Information
Fellowship extended to 16.2.07.
Elected a Member of the Institute, 2007.
Promoted to Senior lecturer 2012.