Our Dynamic Molecular Cell Biology students
Our current students are investigating a large range of scientific questions within the field of dynamic molecular cell biology. Beneath are a selection from each of the year cohorts (most recent intake at the top) and the projects that they are undertaking. Beneath them, in black and white, are some of our ex-students, and where they have moved on to.
Current students
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Jack Collier
Investigating RNA Polymerase II CTD phosphorylation and its role in transcription regulation with Alan Cheung.
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Beck Chatwin
Investigation of the influence of circadian rhythm on bone repair, regeneration and ageing with Chrissy Hammond.
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Kincaid Ingram
Investigating the influence of the endolysosomal network in Alzheimer’s disease with Pete Cullen.
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Neve Prowting
Investigating the role of autophagy in regulating cell fate outcomes in the breast with Bethan Lloyd Lewis and Jon Lane.
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Shreya L. Balaji
Molecular characterization of the human DNA repair factor CtIP and its interactions with DNA and partner proteins with with Mark Dillingham.
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Beth Dean
Defining the relationship between the mTORC1-autophagy pathway and focal adhesions with Berni Carroll.
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Henry "Harry" Young
Investigation into the effects of elevated oxidative stress on wound healing in vivo using Drosophila with Helen Weavers.
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Anne George
Investigating how inflammatory cells influence nerves, melanocytes, and adipocytes in wound healing with Paul Martin.
Past students
By now we have several years of alumni; below are a selection of our ex-students and where they have moved on to.
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Tom MacVicar
Dysfunctional mitochondria and novel protein involvement in mitophagy with Jon Lane (2009-2013) - he was awarded a prestigous EMBO fellowship to postdoc with Thomas Langer in Cologne.
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Laura Carney
Temporal and spatial dynamics of IL-10 expression in a peripheral tolerance model of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE) with David Wraith (2009-2014) - helped set up our "Careers outside Academia" workshops, and is now a trainee patent lawyer.
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Ian McGough
Role of trafficking complex retromer in regulating the formation of Wnt morphogenic gradients with Pete Cullen (2008-2012) - now postdocing with JP Vincent at the Crick and looking to set up his own lab soon.
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Laura Dearden
Nutrient sensitive transcriptomes in the Paraventricular Hypothalamus: Dynamic regulation and downstream physiology with Nina Balthasar (2009-2013) - she is now a Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow at the Cambridge Institute of Metabolic Science.
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Jenny Batson
Signalling mechanisms involved in prostate cancer cell migration following cell-cell collisions with Kate Nobes (2009-2014) - now Principal Scientist at Exonate Ltd, Nottingham.
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Jon Gillespie
Investigating the molecular mechanisms that underlie learning and memory with James Hodge (2008-2012) - he undertook an internship at The Academy of Medical Sciences which convinced him that he wanted to be a clinician scientist. Currently undertaking his F2 training in glamorous Southend.
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Boris Simonetti
SNX-BARs in endosomal sorting with Pete Cullen (2013-2017) - Boris is a Research Associate at Bristol.
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Sonam Gurung
Synaptic plasticity of kainate receptors with Jeremy Henley (2014-2018) - now a Postdoctoral Researcher at UCL.
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Dani Franchini
Investigating functional and structural changes during mouse brain development with Mike Ashby (2015-2020) - now a Senior Research Associate in the Brain and Sleep Research Lab at Bristol.
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Natalia Jimenez-Moreno (with baby)
Autophagy regulation in human midbrain dopaminergic neurons with Jon Lane (2015-2020) - now a Postdoctoral Research Assistant at The University of Edinburgh.
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Edward Shaw
Eddie investigated DNA repair machinery with Anna Chambers and now he is training to be a patent attorney at a firm in Brighton.
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Beth Moyse
Beth studied inflammation during zebrafish heart repair with Beck Richardson and now has a Client Manager role at Charles River Labs in Portishead.
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Lizzie Lawrence
Lizzie investigated collagen 11 in osteoarthritis in zebrafish with Chrissy Hammond and is now working as a postdoctoral research associate in David Stephens' lab, in Bristol. She is investigating the role of TANGO1 and associated proteins in secretory pathway organisation and ECM secretion.
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James Daly
James studied dynamic protein trafficking through the endosomal network with Pete Cullen (2016-2021), he has been awarded a Wellcome Early Career Award Fellowship to study the role of Neuropilin receptors in viral infections at King’s College London.
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Tiah Oates
Studied macrophage behaviour in normal and patho-physiological erythropoiesis with Ash Toye. She then joined the Dr. Asme Boussahel research group in the school of Cellular and Molecular medicine at the University of Bristol as a postdoctoral researcher.
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Sam Dunkley
He studied actin-dependent chromosome cohesion in mammalian eggs with Binyam Mogessie.