Professor James Davies
Title of Research Project Using base pair mapping of genome architecture to interrogate the mechanisms by which enhancers control transcription
Nurturing the future leaders in biomedical research
Nurturing the future leaders in biomedical research
Dr Marco Di Antonio
Title of Research Project Unravelling epigenetic pathways leading to chemo-resistance in ovarian cancer with a light-controlled CRISPR-based platform
Professor Wolf Reik
Fellow 1987-1993 Area of Current Research Interests Epigenetic gene regulation during mammalian development and its deregulation in disease. Particular focus on imprinted genes and their function, mechanisms for gene imprinting, how faults in the mechanisms contribute to disease, and epigenetic…
Professor Grant Stewart
Fellow 2009-2014 Area of Current Research Interests Investigating the role of the RIDDLE syndrome gene in promoting repair of DNA damage Other Information Awarded CR-UK Senior Fellowship, 2011-2017. Elected a member of the Institute 2015. Promoted to Professor of Cancer…
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 Tomoyuki Tanaka
Fellow 2005-2010 Area of Current 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,…
Dr Fiona C Wardle
Fellow 2007-2013 Area of Current Research Interests Transcriptional control of mesodermal cell differentiation in vertebrates Other Information Transferred fellowship to King’s College London, 2010. Fellowship extended to 30.09.13 due to move to KCL. Elected a member of the Institute 2014.
Professor Robert J White
Fellow 1996-2001 Area of Current Research Interests Regulation of RNA polymerase III transcription, its mode of action and control and its role in cell growth and cancer. Other Information Lister Institute-Jenner Fellow. Awarded the ‘Young Scientist of the Year’ award…
Professor Jessica Downs
Fellow 2002-2007 Area of Current Research Interests Interfaces between DNA double strand break repair and chromatin. Other Information Lister Institute-Jenner Fellow. Transferred location from Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge to Reader at University of Sussex, 2007. Elected a Member…
Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald
Fellow 2008-2013 Area of Current Research Interests Translational research programme for prevention of oesophageal adenocarcinoma Other Information Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, 2013. Elected a member of the Institute 2014. Member of the Governing Body for 6 years,…