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 Area of Current 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 Area of Current 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…
Dr David I Strutt
Fellow 1998-2003 Area of Current 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…
Professor Daan van Aalten
Fellow 2007-2011 Area of Current 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…
Dr Vincent T Cunliffe
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…
Professor Ian J Jackson
Fellow 1986-1991 Area of Current 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…
Professor Robert Klose
Fellow 2011-2019 Area of Current 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…
Professor Mark J Buttner
Fellow 1994-1998 Area of Current Research Interests The cellular and developmental biology of the filamentous, antibiotic-producing bacteria Streptomyces. Fundamental aspects of bacterial transcription. The regulatory networks and cyclic nucleotide signalling events that control sporulation in Streptomyces. Other Information Appointed Group…