Former Fellows

Fellow 1982-1984

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

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

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

Research Interests

Analysis of the role of (p)ppGpp in staphylococcal infection using zebrafish as a model organism

Other Information

Awarded a Wellcome Trust Discovery Award, 2024

Fellow 2007-2012

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

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

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