Nurturing the future leaders in biomedical research
Nurturing the future leaders in biomedical research
Fellow 2002-2007 Area of Current 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…
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…
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…
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,…
Fellow 1983-1989 Area of Current Research Interests Membrane transport and transport proteins; drug resistance in cancer and microorganisms; human genetics and disease. Other Information Awarded 1987 Fleming Medal by the Society for General Microbiology. Fellowship extended by 3 years to…
Fellow 2009-2014 Area of Current Research Interests Microcephaly, genome stability, inflammation and growth Other Information MRC Senior Clinical Fellowship 2007-2012. Balfour Lectureship, Genetics Society, 2012. Transferred to Medical Research Council Institute of Genetics October 2011. GSK Prize, Biochemical Society, 2012.…
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…
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…
Fellow 2004-2009 Area of Current Research Interests Research on how viruses interact with and manipulate the host immune system to enable their replication. Discovered the HUSH (Human Silencing Hub) complex, an epigenetic repressor complex that assembles heterochromatin and silences newly…
Fellow 1998-2003 Area of Current Research Interests Interest in inherited human disorders associated with unstable DNA, e.g. myotonic dystrophy and Huntington’s Disease. Studying molecular mechanisms that give rise to somatic and germ line genetic instability. The relation of these factors…