Past Lab Members

Last editited on: 11-05-2020

Professional staff

NameDates in The labLast known occupationContacts
Nina Pučeková05/21 - 08/23Ph.D. Student, University of Warwick
Emma Peat11/12 - 12/21Technician , Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Alessio Mallozzi01/19 – 09/19Ph.D. student, Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Pozzuoli, ITALY
Takako Ideue10/15 – 09/16Research Assistant, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, JAPAN
Hiromi Ogawa08/06 – 06/14Research technician, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama, JAPAN
Daniel Roth12/04 – 05/07Research Assistant, Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology, The University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
Stefanie Kandels05/96 – 05/01Scientific Operations Manager Bork Group, Consortium Manager Tara Oceans Science, EMBL, Heidelberg, GERMANY
Carol A. Cooke06/83 – 09/98Microscopist, Brain Science Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Ph.D. Students

NameDates in The labLast known occupationLinks
Lorenza Di Pompeo08/19-06/23 (Ph.D)
Lidija Pavlovic09/16-09/17 withdrewPatent Attorney at Nerudia
Jan Ruppert09/14-10/18 (Ph.D.)Future Leaders Programme, Boehringer Ingleheim, Mainz, GERMANY
Alisa Zhiteneva09/12-01/18 withdrewSenior Data Scientist and Insight Coordinator at The Access Project
Helena Barysz09/10-12/13
(Ph.D.)
Analytical Scientist, Basilea Pharmaceutica, Basel, SWITZERLAND
Giulia Vargiu09/11-12/15
(Ph.D.)
Nikon, Technical Specialist, Midlands Region, UK
Florence Gohard09/10-07/14 (Ph.D.)Strategic Research Coordinator, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Edinburgh, UK
Nuno Martins02/10- 09/14 (Ph.D.)Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Ting Wu, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Diana Papini01/10-05/14 (Ph.D.)MRC Research Associate, Drug Discovery Unit, Newcastle Cancer Centre, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, UK
Laura Wood09/09 - 11/13 (Ph.D.)Research Area Lead for Oncology, Abcam
Jan Bergmann09/07 - 08/10 (Ph.D.)Genomics Scientist, Translational Biomarkers, Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Basel, SWITZERLAND
Susana Ribeiro 10/06 - 04/10 (Ph.D.)Associate Director, Cairn biosciences Paris, FRANCE
Stefano Cardinale01/05 - 07/08 (Ph.D.)Senior Bioinformatics Scientist, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, DENMARK
Zhenjie Xu11/04 - 12/08 (Ph.D.)Assistant Professor, Westlake University, Hangzhou, CHINA
Ana Mafalda Tadeu10/03 - 02/09 (Ph.D.)Principal Medical Writer, OPEN Health, Marlow, UK
Zuojun Yue10/03 - 12/07 (Ph.D.)Postdoctoral Fellow with Tomu Tanaka, University of Dundee, UK
Alexander Ageichik10/03 - 07/07 (Ph.D.)CEO Biotech Firm - Dulights, Minsk, BELARUS
Dulights
Fiona MacIsaac10/02 - 12/06
(Ph.D.)
Senior Consultant (Renewable Energy & Data Management), Aquatera Ltd., Stromness, Orkney, UK
Reto Gassmann06/01 - 01/05 (Ph.D.)Assistant Professor, i3S, University of Porto, Porto, PORTUGAL
Helder Maiato10/00 - 02/03 (Ph.D.)Group Leader, IBMC, Porto, PORTUGAL
Ana Xavier de Carvalho10/00 - 02/05 (Ph.D.)Principal Researcher, i3S, University of Porto, Porto, PORTUGAL
Chih-Jui Chang10/00 - 10/03 (Ph.D.)Assistant Professor, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, TAIWAN
Andreas Kouroumalis10/99 - 12/99 withdrewunknown
Nadia Korfali10/99 - 06/03 (Ph.D.)Director of Strategic Communications at Ashfield, UDG Healthcare plc, London, UK
Helen Dodson10/99 - 06/03 (Ph.D.)Lecturer above the bar, Department of Anatomy, National University of Ireland, Galway, IRELAND
Alexander Henzing12/97 - 02/01 (Ph.D.)Business Development Manager, Medicines Discovery Catapult, Alderley Edge, UK
Anca S. Petruti-Mot01/97 - 12/00 (Ph.D.)unknown
Luis Miguel Martins11/94 - 04/98 (Ph.D.)Programme Leader, MRC Molecular Toxicology Unit, Leicester, UK
D. Mark Eckley01/92 - 01/98 (Ph.D.)Research Scientist, National Institute on Aging, NIH, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Ilya G. Goldberg04/91 - 01/97 (Ph.D.)CTO of Mindshare Medical, Seattle, Washington, USA
Noriko Saitoh09/90 - 12/95 (Ph.D.)Professor, The Cancer institute of JFCR (Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research), Tokyo, JAPAN
Karen Gerber10/89 - 04/91 withdrewunknown
Rebecca L. Bernat01/86 - 04/91 (Ph.D.)Consultant, Signal Solutions, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
William S. Saunders07/85 - 11/90 (Ph.D.)Associate Professor of Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Margarete M.S. Heck04/83 - 11/88 (Ph.D.)Professor, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK, deceased August 2023 after a long illness

Postdoctoral Fellows

NameDates in The labLast known occupationContacts
Maria Del Mar Carmena04/99 - 09/21Public engagement expert, EdinCell , Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Elisa Pesenti12/16 – 09/21Biosafety Specialist, Health and Safety Department, Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa, ITALY
Fernanda Cisneros Soberanis08/17 – 08/19Researcher (Investigador en Ciencias Médicas "C") National Cancer Institute, México City, MÉXICO - but now BACK WITH US IN SCOTLAND since 09/20
Takashi Ideue10/15 – 09/16Assistant Professor, Department of biology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, JAPAN
Oscar Molina03/12 -12/17Research Fellow, Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute, Barcelona, SPAIN
Daniel Booth01/12 – 12/16BBSRC David Phillips Fellow, Cancer Biology, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
Alexander Kagansky10/10 – 11/12Deputy Lab Head, MIPT, Moscow, RUSSIA, deceased, December 2020
Melponemi Platani12/08 -07/19Project Manager, Centre for Gene Regulation & Expression, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
Xavier Fant08/07 – 09/10Teaching Earth and Life Sciences, Collège-Lycée Notre Dame, Guingamp, FRANCE
Marcella D. Cervantes09/06 -09/07Assistant Professor of Biology, Albion College, Albion, Michigan, USA
Shinya Ohta04/06 – 05/12Associate Professor, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, JAPAN
Fan Lai02/06 - 12/06Staff Scientist, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Florida, USA
Sarah Goulding09/00 - 09/05Knowledge Transfer Manager (HealthTech and Medicines) at The Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN), Edinburgh, UK
Elizabeth Fairley04/02– 12/04Biomedical Consultant, EFB Services, Edinburgh, UK
Ciaran Morrison09/99 - 08/02Professor of Molecular Biology, National University of Ireland, Galway, IRELAND
Damien Hudson05/99 – 08/07Group Leader, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Childrens’ Hospital, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA; deceased September 2020 after a long illness
Sandrine Ruchaud08/98 – 12/09Chargé de Recherche Hors classe (CNRS), Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff, FRANCE
Richard Adams01/98 -07/02CTO, RSpace, Edinburgh, UK
Sally Wheatley11/97 - 03/03Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
Jeffrey M. Craig11/97 - 10/98Associate Professor, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, AUSTRALIA
Paola Vagnarelli09/97 – 08/12Professor, Brunel University, London, UK
Shigenobu Toné01/97-01/98Professor of Biotechnology, Tokyo Denki University, Tokyo, JAPAN
Pascal Villa01/97 - 06/99PCBIS, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, FRANCE
Françoise Durrieu11/96 - 04/99Département d'Hématologie, Institut Bergonié, Bordeaux, FRANCE
Peter E. Warburton12/95 - 01/98Associate Professor of Human Genetics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY, USA
Alexandra M. Ainsztein11/94 - 11/98Program Director, Division of Cell Biology and Biophysics, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Charles H. Yang03/93 - 08/96Hematologist, Kaiser Permanente, Fontana, California, USA
Atsushi Takahashi07/94 - 04/96Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Science and Social Welfare, Kibi International University, Takahashi City, Okayama 716-8508, JAPAN
Yuri A. Lazebnik10/91 - 10/94CEO Lerna Consulting, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
John E. Tomkiel07/90 - 10/94Associate Professor of Biology, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Hisato Saitoh07/90 - 12/92Professor, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, JAPAN
Alastair M. Mackay02/89 - 12/95Biotech Investment Consultant, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Edgar R. Wood04/89 - 03/91Senior Research Director at Charles River Discovery Services, Oncology Morrisville, North Carolina, USA
Ann F. Pluta08/88 - 12/95Scientific Communications Editor, Office of Communications and Public Liaison, NCI, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Peter P. D'Arpa07/86 - 06/88Director, Sponsored Research Support Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Washington DC, USA
Harry Ratrie07/86 - 08/89Senior Laboratory Lecturer and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Retired 05/20, Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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