Dr Vilaiwan Fernandes
Title of Research Project Making a Neuron: applying lessons from development to direct neuronal reprogramming. Website
Nurturing the future leaders in biomedical research
Nurturing the future leaders in biomedical research
Dr Helen Weavers
Title of Research Project Targeting immune system resilience to curb collateral damage and extend healthy ageing
Professor Tatjana Saulka-Spengler
Fellow 2013-2018 Research Interests Decoding gene regulatory circuits controlling multipotency of neural crest Other Information Elected member of the Institute, 2018
Dr Melina Schuh
Fellow 2014-2019 Research Interests Mechanisms of aneuploidy in human oocytes Other Information EMBO Young Investigator Award, 2013 Biochemical Society Early Career Award, Cells, 2014 ERC starting grant (ChromOocyte), 2014 EMBL Alumni John Kendrew Young Scientist Award, 2015 Binder Innovation Award,…
Dr David I Strutt
Fellow 1998-2003 Research Interests Understanding how during animal development cells become polarized in developing tissues or organs in a co-ordinated fashion. Using the cuticle of the fruit fly, Drosophila, as the model system and a variety of genetic and cell…
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,…
Dr Vincent T Cunliffe
Fellow 1997-2002 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.…
Professor Ian J Jackson
Fellow 1986-1991 Research Interests Genetics of disease and variation, including pigmentation and eye disorders. Mouse models of human genetics. Other Information Genetics Society, Balfour Lecturer – 1986 Elected member of the Institute – 1996 President International Mammalian Genome Society –…
Professor Robert Klose
Fellow 2011-2019 Research Interests Understanding how CpG islands and chromatin regulate gene expression and development in mammals. Other Information Elected EMBO Young Investigator 2010 Francis Crick lecture, 2015 Elected to membership of the Institute 2016 Named Chair and Professor of…
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…