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Dr Maria Ababi

PhD project: Engineering bacteriophage P2 to expand its antimicrobial activity

Supervisors: Alfonso JaramilloLink opens in a new window (Instituto de Biología Integrativa de Sistemas) and Christophe CorreLink opens in a new window (SLS and Chemistry)

Now manages the Virus Production Facility at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford.

Dr. Richard Allen

PhD project: Investigating Staphylococcus aureus – macrophage interactions during infection

Supervisors: Meera Unnikrishnan (WMS) and Avinash Shenoy (Imperial College London)

Postdoctoral Researcher in Host-Pathogen Interactions at University of Cambridge

Dr Phillip Auckland

PhD project: Molecular analysis of chromosome movement by microtubule depolymerisation-coupled pulling

Supervisor: Andrew McAinsh (WMS) and Anne Straube (WMS)

Group leader and Lead Scientist, Advanced Microscopy and Cell & Molecular Engineering Team at the Medicines Discovery Catapult

Dr. JJ Awodipe

PhD project: Characterisation of Staphylococcus aureus interactions with bone cells

Supervisors: Meera Unnikrishnan (WMS) and Sebastien Perrier (Chemistry)

Now a Career Advisor with Career Connect in Liverpool

Dr Becca Baileeves

Project title: Molecular interactions of the membrane-bound proteins involved in bacterial cell wall biogenesis

Supervisors: Phill Stansfeld (SLS) Tim Bugg (Chem)

Dr. Daniel Bending

PhD Project: Modelling Receptor uptake in Glucose Homeostasis

Supervisors: Mike Chappell (Engineering) and Robert Willis (Sosei Heptares)

Postdoctoral Researcher in Quantitative Systems Pharmacology at Eli Lilly

Dr. Scott Brooks

PhD project: Real-time prediction of cellular states in 3D lattice light sheet microscopy

Supervisors: Till Bretschneider (Computer Science) and Ben Atkinson (3i)

Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Associate for AI-assisted microscopy at Warwick

Dr. Chelsea Brown

PhD Project: Molecular Basis of Sugar Transport in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Supervisors: Phill Stansfeld (SLS) and Elizabeth Fullam (SLS)

Postdoctoral Research fellow in Computational Biochemistry, University of Warwick

Dr. Adam Callan-Sidat

PhD project: RNA polymerase II CTD modifications and transcriptional dynamics: noise and cell cycle effects

Supervisors: Daniel Hebenstreit (SLS) and Louise Dyson (Mathematics and SLS)

Now Senior UK Research Hub Manager for Quantum Biomedical Sensing (Q-BIOMED)

Dr. Elena Carter

PhD project: The contribution of metabolic switching to an emerging human pathogen from the genus Photorhabdus

Supervisors: Nick Waterfield (WMS) and Tauqeer Alam (WMS)

Now undertaking teacher training at North Leamington School

Dr Yean Ming Chew

PhD project: Allosteric effects of taxol on single isotype microtubule lattices

Supervisors: Robert Cross (WMS) and Carolyn Moores (Birkbeck)

Now a postdoctoral research fellow in the Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology at Warwick University

Dr Catriona Conway

Project title: Studying formation and correction of syntelic attachments using a monopolar spindle model system

Supervisors: Andrew McAinsh (WMS) and Nigel Burroughs (Maths)

Dr John Deering

PhD project: Mechanistic understanding to inhibitors of peptidoglycan glycosyltranferases

Supervisors: David Roper (SLS) and Catherine Kettleborough and Andrew Merritt (LifeArc)

Now a post-doctoral fellow in Dr. Anne Schreiber’s lab (Francis Crick Institute, London).

Dr Karen Dhillon

PhD project: Contribution of Tanycytes to the control of bodyweight, food seeking and intake

Supervisors: Nicholas Dale (SLS) and Till Bretschneider (Computer Science)

Now a Senior Clinical Projects Manager at Hammersmith Medicines Research (HMR)

Dr. Valentin Dospinescu

PhD project: Reconstituting a chemosensory circuit in vitro

Supervisors: Nicholas Dale (SLS) and Munehiro Asally (SLS)

Now a Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) postdoctoral fellow, Osaka University, Japan

Dr Filipe Fernandes Duarte

PhD project: Investigating chromatin domain structures in living cells using histone pulse-labelling approaches

Supervisors: Andrew Bowman (WMS) and Nigel Burroughs (Maths)

Senior Data Analyst and Manager for New Product Introduction (NPI) at Quick Release

Dr Joseph Dunford

PhD project: Investigating Calcium-Dependent Depolarisation of Uterine Smooth Muscle and the Role of ANO1

Supervisors: Andrew Blanks (WMS) and Magnus Richardson (Maths)

Senior Data Scientist at NHS Birmingham and Solihull

Dr Randa Elsayed

PhD project: Analysing the chromatin landscape and transcriptome within sox17+ lineages during zebrafish embryonic development.

Supervisors: Andrew Nelson (SLS) and and Sascha Ott (Computer Science)

Now Bioinformatics and NGS Data Analyist at AviadoBio, specializing in Neurodegenerative Disease Research

Dr. Julia Fairbairn

PhD project: Peptidomimetic Inhibitors for the MraY-protein E interaction site as anti-Pseudomonas therapeutics

Supervisors: Tim Bugg (Chemistry) and Andrew Merritt (LifeArc)

Currently a PGCE intern at University of Oxford training to be a secondary science teacher with a specialism in chemistry

Dr Jonathan Fenn

PhD project: Molecular characterisation of the UgpB substrate binding protein from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Supervisors: Liz Fullam (SLS) and Alex Cameron (SLS)

Now Principal Clinical Scientist for Black Country Pathology Services

Dr. Mary Fesenko

Project Project: Formation and function of intracellular nanovesicles

Supervisors: Stephen Royle (WMS) and Darius Koester (WMS)

Postdoctoral Research fellow at the University of Oxford

Dr. Daniela Figiel

PhD project: Functional characterisation of tissue-specific cis-regulatory modules during zebrafish endoderm organogenesis

Supervisors: Andy Nelson (SLS) and Till Bretschneider (Computer Science)

Postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Tamir Rashid (Imperial College London)

Dr Jess Furner-Pardoe

PhD project: An interdisciplinary investigation into the antibacterial activity and chemical composition of the historical remedy Bald’s eyesalve

Supervisors: Freya Harrison (SLS), Dave Barrett (Nottingham) and Christophe Corre (SLS and Chemistry)

Now an Early Career Research Fellow at the University of Warwick & UKHSA

Dr. Lucia Gaetani

PhD project: Toward improved rapid diagnostics for carbohydrate biomarkers: Mapping epitope-paratope interactions that drive glycan

Supervisors: Ann Dixon (Chemistry) and James Schouten & Paul Davis (Global Access Diagnostics)

Now a Research Scientist at UCB Pharmaceuticals

Dr Ramon Garcia Maset

PhD project: Synthetic nano-engineered antimicrobial peptide polymers (SNAPPs): from their mechanism of action to their application against biofilms

Supervisors: Sebastien Perrier (Chemistry) and Freya Harrison (SLS)

Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Botnar Research Centre, Oxford

Dr Sam Garforth

PhD project: Investigating the trafficking and signalling of the pre-T cell receptor complex

Supervisors: John James (WMS) and Alex Jones (SLS)

Now a postdoctoral research scientist at the Weatherall Institute for Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford.

Dr Lina Germanova

PhD project: Mechanical load-bearing mechanisms in the human kinetochore

Supervisors: Andrew McAinsh (WMS) and Nigel Burroughs (Maths)

Now an IT Service Manager at KPMG

Dr. Amy Godfrey

PhD project: Engineering cell-type specificity in a naturally occurring protein nanosyringe for intracellular protein delivery

Supervisors: Nick Waterfield (WMS) and Matt Gibson (Chemistry/WMS)

Now a Postdoctoral Research fellow in the Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology, University of Warwick

Dr Iago Lopez Grobas

PhD project: Biophysical defence mechanisms of swarming Bacillus subtilis under stress

Supervisors: Munehiro Asally (SLS) and Marco Polin (Physics)

Now a Marie Curie Postdoctoral fellow at The Institute for Systems Biology in Spain

Dr. Danielle Groves

PhD project: Mechanistic single-molecule studies of coronavirus replication and host interactions

Supervisors: Nicole Robb (WMS) and Ervin Fodor (Oxford)

Postdoctoral Scholar in Dr Jueqi Chen's lab in the Microbiology Department at the University of Chicago

Dr Alex Haigh

PhD project: Multi-omic Exploration of the Human Endometrium

Supervisors: Sascha Ott (WMS/Computer Science) and Jan Brosens (WMS)

Now a Data Scientist in the Operational Excellence team at Citi Corp Group

Dr Mary Halebian

PhD project: Biophysical analysis of binding interactions between clathrin and its adaptor proteins

Supervisor: Corinne Smith (SLS) and Frances Brodsky (UCL)

Now a Lecturer in the School of Life and Health Sciences at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus

Dr Adam Hunt

Project title: Exploring the therapeutic potential of caelestamide, a novel antibiotic with activity against Enterobacter cloacae

Supervisors: Greg Challis (Chem) and Chris Corre (SLS)

Dr. Angus Inman

PhD project: Understanding cell and tissue mechanics of the prospective forebrain during early zebrafish development

Supervisors: Michael Smutny (WMS) and Till Bretschneider (Computer Science)

Now a Business Analyst at Aetha Consulting

Dr Rebekah Jones

PhD project: Lipid remodelling in host-pathogen interaction and antimicrobial resistance

Supervisors: Yin Chen (SLS) and Andre Pires da Silva (SLS)

Now a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the University of Nottingham

Dr. Jess Szeto

PhD project: L-aspartate signalling in the brain

Supervisors: Nick Dale (SLS) and Mark Wall (SLS)

Research Assistant at King's College London

Dr. Circé La Mache

PhD project: Development of novel Purine-based analgesics 

Supervisors: Bruno Frenguelli & Mark Wall (SLS) and David Spanswick (NeuroSolutions)

Senior Scientist and Spinal Cord Electrophysiologist at Neurosolutions (Canada)

Dr. Ben Lanza

PhD project: Statistical design and analysis of clinical studies using personalised healthcare under biomarker uncertainty

Supervisors: Deepak Parashar (WMS) and Chris Harbron (Roche Pharmaceuticals)

Now a Senior Statistical Scientist, Clinical Trial Division, Roche Pharmaceuticals

Dr. Becky Leech

PhD project: Investigating RNA regulation during embryonic and germline development in zebrafish

Supervisors: Karuna Sampath (WMS) and Daniel Hebenstreit (SLS)

Postdoctoral fellow in Anna Jazwinska Muller's lab. at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Dr Stephen Li

PhD project: Transcriptomic analysis predicts the identities and biological roles of small RNAs

Supervisors: Chrystala Constantinidou (WMS) and Tauqeer Alam (WMS)

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in cancer genomics, proteomics and molecular biology at Monash University, Melbourne

Dr. Mamas Louca

PhD project: A co-evolutionary approach to autophagy and infection

Supervisors: Ioannis Nezis (SLS) and Bridget Penman (SBIDER)

Now Senior Consultant at Protagoras Group

Dr. Rebecca Mackley

PhD project: Determining further differences to stable and rupture prone atherosclerotic plaques through a materials science

Supervisors: Tara Schiller (WMG) and Johannes Boltze (SLS)

Now a Value Communications Scientist at Maverex

Dr. Martin McAndrew

PhD project: Antibiotic resistance and sensing by the BceAB family of Type VII ABC transporters

Supervisors: Allister Crow (SLS) and Phill Stansfeld (SLS)

Postdoctoral Fellow in the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) studying the structural biology of bacterial cell division

Dr. Iona McIntyre

PhD Project: Modifying macrophage phenotype as a potential treatment for endometriosis

Supervisors: Erin Greaves (WMS) and Greg Ferguson (Ferring Pharmaceuticals)

Now Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Early Life, University of Warwick

Dr Liam Messin

PhD project Spatial control of microtubule shrinkage

Supervisors: Jonathan Millar (WMS) and Rob Cross (WMS)

Liam is now Deputy Editor at Nature Medicine

Dr. Abdi Jama Mohamed

PhD project: Chemogenetic approaches to treat chronic pain

Supervisors: David Spanswick (WMS and Monash) and Fei-Yue Zhao (NeuroSolutions Ltd)

Now a Data Scientist at Viridien

Dr. Daniel Moore

PhD project: Structure and cellular function of Tumor Protein D52-like proteins

Supervisors: Stephen Royle (WMS) and Joseph Cockburn (Leeds)

Dr Souvik Naskar

PhD project: Reconstitution and functional analysis of the FtsEXA-PcsB divisiome complex required for peptidoglycan remodelling and cell separation in S.pneumonia

Supervisors: David Roper (SLS) and Corinne Smith (SLS)

Now a Senior Research Associate in the Low Lab, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London.

Dr. Shambhawee Neupane

PhD Project: Identification and characterisation of conserved protein families involved in ciliary function and diseases

Supervisors: Samuel Dean (WMS) and Sascha Ott (WMS)

Now a postdoctoral research fellow in the Horani Laboratory, Dept. of Allergy and pulmonary Medicine, WashU Medicine

Dr Thomas Rawlings

PhD project: Three-dimensional modelling of the peri-implantation endometrium

Supervisors: Jan Brosens (WMS) and Anne Straube (WMS)

Group leader and Next Generation Fellow at the Centre for Trophoblast Research (University of Cambridge)

Dr Tasha Reddy

Project title: Synergetic Polymer / antibiotic systems for the treatment of biofilm infections

Supervisors: Seb Perrier (WMS/Chem) and Freya Harrison (SLS)

Dr. Ben Roberts

PhD project: An in vitro sensor integrated blood brain barrier model for investigation of circadian transport of xenobiotics into the brain

Supervisors: Jérôme Charmet (WMG) and Robert Dallmann (WMS)

Now Innovation Project Lead at Medilink Midlands

Dr Sara Sadati

PhD project: Sensors for Biofilms and Bioburden in Wound Dressings

Supervisors: Meera Unnikrishnan (WMS) and Dmitry IsakovLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window (WMG) and 5D Health Protection Group Ltd

Dr Megan Sambrook

PhD project: Outside to inside: The relationship of eukaryotic homologues of serine-threonine kinase signalling in bacterial pathogens to antibiotic resistance

Supervisors: David Roper (SLS) and Catherine Kettleborough (LifeArc)

Now Senior Scientist pioneering AI-driven solutions for drug discovery at Recursion

Dr. Will Scott

PhD project: Visualizing Filamentous Actin Using Synthetic Biology and Click Chemistry

Supervisors: Mohan Balasubramanian (WMS) and Martin Wills (Chemistry)

Now a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Mohan Balasubramanian's Laboratory at the University of Warwick.

Dr Nicholas Sillett

PhD project Exploring the roles of the C-terminal of Pol2, the catalytic subunit of DNA polymerase E, in replication and checkpoint response

Supervisors: Giacomo De Piccoli (WMS) and Philippe Pasero (Montpellier)

Now a Programme Manager at the National Institute for Health and Care Research

Dr Oliver Sinfield

PhD project: Processing bodies are dynamically localised and associate with multiple organelles throughout the replicative lifespan of the yeast cell

Supervisors: John McCarthy (SLS) and Rob Cross (WMS)

Now a Product Manager at Thistle Scientific Ltd

Dr Katie Smart

PhD project Functional characterisation of the activities and interactions of Gram-negative penicillin-binding proteins PBP1b and PBP3

Supervisors: Chris Dowson (SLS) and Jozef Lewandowski (Chemistry)

Now a Senior Research Scientist in Quantitative Pharmacology at Recursion

Dr Helen Smith

PhD project: Molecular Mechanisms of Gladiolin Biosynthesis

Supervisors: Greg Challis (Chemistry), Jozef Lewandowski (Chemistry) and Matthew Jenner (Chemistry)

Currrently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with Prof Chris Schofield FRS, University of Oxford.

Dr. Katy Stokes

PhD project: Artificial Intelligence for screening and management of health conditions in LMICs

Supervisors: Leandro Pecchia (Engineering) and Francesco Cappuccio (WMS)

Now a Postdoctoral Research fellow at the University of Warwick

Dr. Mahir Taher

PhD Project: Modelling neuronal trafficking and survival to predict the progression of neurodegenerative diseases

Supervisors: Adam Noel (Engineering) and Anne Straube (WMS)

Now a Senior Research Engineer at Linguan University, Hong Kong.

Dr Afifah Tasnim

Project title: Characterisation of the antiviral properties of natural product MM 46115

Supervisors: Nicole Robb (WMS) and Greg Challis (Chem)

Dr. Amelia Thompson

PhD project: Quantitative decision-making in clinical drug development incorporating biomarkers

Supervisors: Deepak Parashar (WMS) and Paul Frewer (AstraZeneca)

Now a Data Analyst at Nationwide Building Society

Dr Gokhan Tut

PhD project: On the microtubule based transport of Marek's disease virus

Supervisor: Anne Straube (WMS) and Venugopal Pair (Pirbright Institute)

Now a Principle Scientist at Celentyx

Dr Laura Usselmann

PhD project: Exploration of Circadian Dysregulation in Cancer

Supervisors: Robert Dallmann (WMS) and Sascha Ott (Computer Science)

Now a Scientist in the High Throughput Screening Department at AstraZeneca.

Dr Joseph van de Wiel

PhD project: Towards an understanding of the role of Connexin26 in breathing

Supervisors: Nicholas Dale (SLS) and Mark Wall (SLS)

Now a Biostatistician at University of Birmingham's Cancer Research Clinical Trials Unit.

Dr Vadim Vasilyev

PhD Project: Towards global phenotyping of circadian clocks from single samples

Supervisors: Robert Dallmann (WMS) and David Rand (Maths)

Now a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Dallmann Laboratory at the University of Warwick

Dr. Vito Kontrimas

PhD project: Development of multifunctional polymeric drug delivery systems for penetrating the blood-brain barrier

Supervisors: Sebastien Perrier (Chemistry) and Robert Dallmann (WMS)

Now a Scientific Advisor at UniClinic GP Surgery and Medical Centre

Dr Matt Warren

PhD project: Cryopreservation by Design: Bringing together experiments and simulations to deliver the next generation of cryoprotectants

Supervisors: Gabriele Sosso (Chemistry) and Matt Gibson (WMS/Chemistry)

Now a Data Scientist in Drug Discovery at the Institute of Cancer Research, London

Dr Kate Watkins

PhD project: The Role of the Staphyloccocal Type VII system in the modulation of host responses

Supervisors: Meera Unnikrishnan, WMS and Marco Polin, WMS/Physics

Now a Clinical Project Manager at Hammersmith Medicines Research (HMR)

Dr. Jonny Whiteside

PhD project: Bicyclic peptides: targeting toxins and pathogens to accelerate anti-infective discovery

Supervisors: Chris Dowson (SLS) and Mike Dawson (Bicycle TX Ltd)

Now a Research Associate in the Medicines Discovery and Development Division, Department of Life Sciences, University of Bath

Dr Ian Winfield

PhD project: Quantifying biased agonism of adenosine and calcitonin-like receptors

Supervisor: Graham Ladds (Warwick Medical School and Cambridge) and Jonathan Millar (WMS)

Now a Group Leader at Cancer Research Horizons, the Cancer Research UK's Drug Discovery facility.

Dr Katie Wood

PhD project: The role of adaptor proteins in the dynamics of clathrin coat formation and disassembly

Supervisors: Corinne Smith (SLS) and Nikola Chmel (Chemistry)

Now an Associate Medical Writer for Ashfield MedComms, an Inizio Company

Dr Laura Wood

PhD project: Development of an inducible model of clathrin-mediated endocytosis

Supervisor: Steve Royle (WMS) and Anne Straube (WMS)

Now a Technical Account Manager (Oxford & SW) for New England Biolabs

Dr. Stella Zhan

PhD project: Innovative statistical methods for clinical trial pathways supporting regulatory drug approval

Supervisors: Nigel Stallard (WMS) and Cornelia Ursula Kunz (Boeringer Ingelheim)

Now a Research Fellow (Biostatistician) at Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore

Dr Alex Zwetsloot

PhD project: Bidirectional transport along microtubules: cooperation of Kif1C and dynein

Supervisors: Anne Straube, WMS and Francois Nedelec

Now Principal Scientist (Protein Science) at GlaxoSmithKline