Former Fellows

Fellow 1982-1984

Area of Current Research Interests
Solution studies on the structure and dynamics of proteins, protein-protein complexes and protein nucleic acid complexes using a range of NMR spectroscopy methods.

Other Information
Resigned fellowship on appointment as Joint Head of the Biological NMR Group, Max-Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Munich, 1.10.84.
Appointed Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Disease, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, 1988.
Scientific Achievement Award (Biological Sciences) Washington Academy of Sciences, 1989.
Distinguished Young Scientist Award of the Maryland Academy of Sciences, 1990.
Elected Fellow Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), 1990.
Elected Fellow Washington Academy of Sciences, 1991.
Appointed Chief, Protein NMR Section, Laboratory of Chemical Physics, 1991.
Director’s Award, National Institutes of Health, 1992.
National Institutes of Health Lecture, 1993.
Dupont-Merck Young Investigator Award of the Protein Society, 1993.
Appointed to Senior Biomedical Research Service, 1996.
The Harrington Lecture, NIMR, 1996-1997.
Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1999.
Original member, Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) Highly Cited Researchers Database (2001).
Elected a Member of the Institute 2003.
Elected Fellow of the Biophysical Society (USA), 2009.
Hillebrand Award of the Washington Chapter of the American Chemical Society, 2010
Fellow American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2010.
Appointed NIH Distinguished Investigator, 2011.
Elected a Fellow of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance for “Seminal contributions in the field of biological NMR”, 2011.
Royal Society of Chemistry Centenary Prize, 2011.
Biochemical Society 2013 Centenary Award and Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins Memorial Lecture, 2012.
Elected Member of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 2014.
Elected Foreign Member of Academia Europaea, 2015
Biophysical Society Innovation Award, 2020.
Elected Fellow of the Royal Society, 2020.
Biophysical Society Innovation Award, 2020.
Khorana Prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry, 2021.
Awarded honorary doctorate (DSc) from University College London, 2021.
Biopolymers Murray Goodman Memorial Prize, 2021.

Fellow 1986-1991

Area of Current 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 of the Institute, 1996.

Fellow 1989-1994

Area of Current Research Interests
Protein DNA interactions, DNA polymerases, DNA repair, restriction and modification.

Other Information
Promoted to Senior Lecturer from 1.1.91.
Appointed Lister Institute Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne from 1.1.92, the Chair to continue in the Institute’s name until 30.9.94.
Elected a Member of the Institute, 1996.
MRC Senior Research Leave Fellow, 1.10.97-31.3.00.

Fellow 2007-2012

Area of Current Research Interests
The role of ATM and ATR in preventing genomic instability.

Other Information
Nominated EMBO Young Investigator member
Awarded European Research Council (ERC) start up
Moved to IFOM, Milan 2013.
Elected a member of the Institute, 2014.

Fellow 2002-2007

Area of Current Research Interests
Maintenance of epigenetic state, with focus on Spatial organisation of DNA replication, with focus on expression and function of CIZ1 protein variants. Biomarker development based on CIZ1 variant expression in lung cancers.

Other Information
Transferred location of laboratory from Wellcome/CRC Institute, Cambridge, 01.02.02.
Elected a Member of the Institute, 2008.
Royal Society Leverhulme Senior Research Fellow 2019-2020
Founded Cizzle Biotech in 2006, listed 2021 to progress a blood test for the early detection of lung cancer.

Fellow 1999-2003

Area of Current Research Interests
We study the molecular mechanisms of protein sorting in mammalian cells and the fundamental role it plays in cell, tissue and organism-level function. Specifically, our mechanistic dissection of protein sorting within the endosomal network has provided the framework to understand and interpret the de-regulation of endosomal protein sorting observed in a broad array of human diseases. These include cardiovascular disease and neurological disorders, most notably Alzheimer disease and Parkinson disease, as well as metabolic disorders such a type 2 diabetes.

Other Information
Promoted to Professor, 2002.
Elected a Member of the Institute, 2005.
Royal Society Merit Award Holder, 2008.
Biochemical Society Morton Lecture, 2010.
Keith Stanley Lecture, 2011.
Elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, 2020.
Royal Society Noreen Murray Research Professorship, 2021.
Elected Member of EMBO, 2021.

Fellow 1997-2002

Area of Current Research Interests
Control of chromatin activity during vertebrate development. Particular focus is on the role of histone modifying enzymes in transcriptional programming of cell fate decisions in the central nervous system.Control of chromatin activity during vertebrate development. Particular focus is on the role of histone modifying enzymes in transcriptional programming of cell fate decisions in the central nervous system.

Other Information
Appointed Lecturer in Developmental Genetics, 1.10.02.
Elected a Member of the Institute 2003.
Promoted to Senior Lecturer, 2007.