Former Fellows
Professor Ian Adams
Research Interests
Entry of mouse primordial germ cells into meiosis.
Other Information Elected a Member of the Institute, 2008
Appointed a Member of the Institute’s Scientific Advisory Committee, 2014
Professor Ian Adams
Fellow 2002-2007 Research Interests Entry of mouse primordial germ cells...
Professor Victoria J Allan
Fellow 1994-2000
Research Interests
Microtubule protein motors: their regulation, diversity and function; their role in membrane trafficking.
Other Information
Granted a one-year extension to 30.9.00
Appointed Lecturer 1.10.00
Elected a Member of the Institute, 2001
Promoted to Senior Lecturer from 1.10.02
Promoted to Professor of Cell Biology, August 2007
Professor Victoria J Allan
Fellow 1994-2000 Research Interests Microtubule protein motors: their regulation, diversity...
Professor Jeffrey W Almond
Fellow 1984-1985
Research Interests
Has worked in the vaccines industry since 1998. General interest in the pathogenesis and immunobiology of infectious diseases and in human vaccine research and development. Broader interest and expertise in the Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals industry.
Other Information
Presenter of the 6th Sir Henry Dale Lecture, 1984
Winner of the SGM Fleming Award 1985
Resigned fellowship on appointment as Professor of Microbiology, University of Reading, 1985
Winner, Univ Section, Toshiba Year of Invention, 1988
Visiting Research Fellow, CIBA-GEIGY, 1989-1990
Head, School of Animal & Microbial Sciences, 1990-1994
Elected a Member of the Institute, 1993
Member of SEAC (Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee) 1995-2000
Appointed Vice President of R&D (France) Pasteur Mérieux Connaught, 1999
Appointed Vice President Discovery & External R & D, Aventis Pasteur, 2001
Senior Vice President for Research & External R & D, Aventis Pasteur, 2003
Elected Fellow of Academy of Medical Sciences, 2007
Appointed to MRC Council 2008-12
Retired from Sanofi Pasteur, October 2013
Retired from MRC Council, 2014 (after 6 years in post)
Visiting Professor of Microbiology at University of Reading 1998-present
Visiting Professor at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, 2013-present
Professor Jeffrey W Almond
Fellow 1984-1985 Research Interests Has worked in the vaccines industry...
Professor, Cynthia Andoniadou
Fellow 2016- 2021
Research Interests
Regulation of stem cell potential in mammalian endocrine organs (pituitary gland and adrenal medulla)
Other Information:
Elected to membership of the Institute, 2021
Promoted to Professor, 2024
Executive Committee member for the European Society for Endocrinology 2022-2026
Congress Chair for the European Congress of Endocrinology 2022-2026
Starling Medal 2022 (Society for Endocrinology)
Professor, Cynthia Andoniadou
Fellow 2016- 2021 Research InterestsRegulation of stem cell potential in...
Professor Hilary L Ashe
Fellow 2002-2007
Research Interests
Gene expression and cell signalling dynamics in Drosophila.
Other Information
EMBO Young Investigator Award, 2003
Elected a member of the Institute, 2008
Promoted to Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, 2013
Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, 2014
Professor Hilary L Ashe
Fellow 2002-2007 Research Interests Gene expression and cell signalling dynamics...
Professor Daan van Aalten
Fellow 2007-2011
Research Interests
Dissecting the links between O-GlcNAc and intellectual disability
Other Information
Awarded professorship June 2006
Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2010
Elected a Member of the Institute, 2012
Awarded Novo Nordisk Foundation “Laureate” grant, 2022
Professor Daan van Aalten
Fellow 2007-2011 Research Interests Dissecting the links between O-GlcNAc and...