Former Fellows

Fellow 2005-2010

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

Fellow 1992-1997

Research Interests
Intra-cellular calcium signalling: 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
Retired September 2022

Fellow 2010-2015

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
Head of Cellular Genetics, WSI 2016-2024
Co-founder and co-leader of Human Cell Atlas International consortium 2016-
FEBS | EMBO Women in Science Award 2023
Co-director of CIFAR Macmillan Research Program: The Multiscale Human 2023-
Co-founder, consultant and CSO of Ensocell Therapeutics 2023-
Feldberg Foundation Prize 2024
Raman Chair of the Indian Academy of Science 2024
VP Translational Research, Respiratory & Immunology, GSK 2024-
Moved to: Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge 2024-
Professor of Stem Cell Medicine, Cambridge Stem Cell Institute and Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge 2024-
Elected into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2025

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, 2017

Fellow 2001-2003

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

Fellow 2001-2006

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