Staff list
Robin Allshire
Wellcome Principal Research Fellow
| Tania Auchynnikava | Wellcome Research Associate |
| Roberta Carloni | Wellcome Research Associate |
| Tadhg Devlin | EASTBIO Graduate Student |
| Andreas Fellas* | iCM PhD Programme Student |
| Elisabeth Gaberdiel** | iCM PhD Programme Student |
| Nitobe London | LSRF Research Associate |
| Alison Pidoux | Wellcome Research Associate |
| Severina Pociunaite | Darwin Trust Graduate Student |
| Manu Shukla | EMBO Research Associate |
| Desislava Staneva | Wellcome Research Associate |
| Sharon White | Wellcome Research Associate |
| Weifang Wu | Darwin Trust Graduate Student |
| Imtiyaz Yaseen | Wellcome Research Associate |
| Rebecca Yeboah | Darwin Trust Graduate Student |
* also Swain/Allen Labs **also El Karoui Lab
A. Jeyaprakash Arulanandam
Wellcome Senior Research Fellow
| Maria Alba Abad Fernandez | Wellcome Research Associate |
| Thomas Davies** | iCM PhD Programme Student |
| Lorenza Di Pompeo* | iCM PhD Programme Student |
| Anjitha Gireesh | Graduate Student |
| Bethan Medina | Wellcome Research Assistant |
| Paula Sotelo | Graduate Student |
| Pragya Srivastava | Graduate Student |
* also Earnshaw Lab ** also Hardwick Lab
Jean Beggs
Royal Society Darwin Trust Professor
Adrian Bird
Buchanan Professor of Genetics, University of Edinburgh
| Beatrice Alexander-Howden | Wellcome Research Assistant |
| Kashyap Chhatbar | Bioinformatician/part-time PhD Student |
| John Connelly | Wellcome Research Associate |
| Laura FitzPatrick | Wellcome Research Associate |
| Sara Giuliani | ERC Research Assistant/part-time PhD Student |
| Jacky Guy | Wellcome Research Associate |
| Matthew Lyst | Wellcome Research Associate |
| Baisakhi Mondal | ERC Research Associate |
| Raphael Pantier | ERC Research Associate |
| Katie Paton | Research Associate |
| Verdiana Steccanella | Wellcome Research Associate |
| Christine Struthers | Personal Assistant |
| James Watson* | iCM PhD Programme Student |
*also Wilson Lab
Dhanya Cheerambathur
Sir Henry Dale Fellow
| Henrique Alves Domingos | Darwin Trust Graduate Student |
| Lana Buzuk | Research Technician |
| Emmanuel Fiagbedzi* | iCM PhD Programme Student |
| Cameron Finlayson | Wellcome Research Technician |
| Mattie Green | Wellcome Research Assistant |
| Vasilis Ouzounidis | Darwin Trust Graduate Student |
* also Kustatscher Lab
Atlanta Cook
Wellcome Senior Research Fellow
| Atika Hasaini | Graduate Student |
| Uma Jayachandran | Laboratory Manager |
| Aleksandra Kasprowicz | Wellcome Research Associate |
| James Le Cornu* | iCM PhD Programme Student |
| Alexander Will | Darwin Trust Graduate Student |
* also Sawin Lab
Owen Davies
Wellcome Senior Research Fellow
| Simona Debilio | Wellcome Research Assistant |
| Gurusaran Manickam | Wellcome Research Associate |
Bill Earnshaw
Wellcome Principal Research Fellow
| Moonmoon Deb | Royal Society Newton Fellow |
| Lorenza Di Pompeo* | iCM PhD Programme Student |
| Natalia Kochanova | Wellcome Research Associate |
| Emma Peat | Technician |
| Bram Prevo | Research Associate |
| Nina Pucekova | Technician |
| Caitlin Reid | Technician/Graduate Student |
| Lucy Remnant | Wellcome Research Assistant |
| Itaru Samejima | Wellcome Research Associate |
| Kumiko Samejima | Wellcome Research Associate |
* also Arulanandam Lab
Patrick Heun
Wellcome Senior Research Fellow
| Mathilde Fabé | Graduate Student |
| Meena Krishnan | Graduate Student |
| Alessandro Stirpe | Research Associate |
| Hwei Ling Tan | Graduate Student |
| George Yankson | Graduate Student |
Adele Marston
Wellcome Senior Research Fellow
| Dilara Kocakaplan | Darwin Trust Graduate Student |
| Lori Koch | Wellcome Research Associate |
| Melanie Lim | Carnegie Trust Graduate Student |
| Lucia Massari | BBSRC Research Associate |
| Bettina Mihalas | Wellcome Research Associate |
| Anuradha Mukherjee | Darwin Graduate Student |
| Meg Peyton Jones | EASTBIO Graduate Student |
| Gerardus Pieper | Wellcome Research Associate |
| Aleksandra (Ola) Pompa | Darwin Trust Graduate Student |
| Hollie Rowlands | Wellcome Research Associate |
| Aparna Vinod | Darwin Trust Graduate Student |
| Lily Wang | Wellcome Research Associate |
Donal O'Carroll
Chair of Stem Cell Biology & Wellcome Senior Investigator
| Azzurra De Pace | Wellcome Graduate Student |
| Hannah Fieler | Wellcome Masters Student |
| Madeleine Heep | Wellcome Masters Student |
| Yuka Kabayama | H2020 GermAge Research Associate |
| Gabriela Konieczny | Principal's Career Development Fund Graduate Student |
| Martina Schito | Research Assistant |
| Theresa Schoepp | H2020 GermAge Graduate Student |
| Ansgar Zoch | DFG Research Associate |
Hiro Ohkura
Wellcome Investigator in Science/Professor of Cell Biology
| Mariana Costa | BBSRC Research Associate |
| Rayane Kaade | Graduate Student |
| Jule Nieken | Darwin Trust Graduate Student |
| Gera Pavlova | BBSRC Research Associate |
| Emma Peat | Technician |
| Charlotte Repton | EASTBIO Graduate Student |
| Pedro Silva | Wellcome Research Associate |
| Emiliya Taskova | Technician/Graduate Student |
| Daniel Toddie-Moore | Wellcome Research Associate |
| Elsa Amelia Tungadi | Graduate Student |
| Xiang Wang | Graduate Student |
Juri Rappsilber
Wellcome Senior Research Fellow
| Colin Combe | Wellcome Research Associate |
| Christos Spanos* | Proteomics Facility Manager |
| Juan Zou* | Wellcome Proteomics Data Analysis Manager |
[*Centre support staff]
Ken Sawin
Professor of Cell Biology
| Gaurav Barve | Wellcome Research Associate |
| Beste Bayrak | Darwin Trust Graduate Student |
| Tanya Dudnakova | Wellcome Research Associate |
| Ankita Gupta | Darwin Trust Graduate Student |
| Adam Kovac | EASTBIO Graduate Student |
| James Le Cornu* | iCM PhD Programme Student |
| Monique Scott | Darwin Trust Graduate Student |
| Ye Dee Tay | Wellcome Research Associate |
* also Cook Lab
David Tollervey
Centre Director; Wellcome Principal Research Fellow
| Stefan Bresson | Wellcome Research Associate |
| Aziz El Hage | Wellcome Research Associate |
| Aleksandra Helwak | Wellcome Research Associate |
| Michaela Kompauerova | Wellcome Research Associate |
| Alexandra Lehmann | Graduate Student |
| Laura Milligan | BBSRC Research Associate |
| Elisabeth Petfalski | Wellcome Research Associate |
| Nic Robertson | ECAT Graduate Student |
| Thomas Tan | Wellcome Research Associate |
Philipp Voigt
Sir Henry Dale Fellow
| Rachael Burrows | Wellcome Research Assistant |
| Ethan Hills | Graduate Student |
| Amaka Idigo | Wellcome Research Assistant |
| Reshma Nair | Research Associate |
| Devisree Valsakumar | Graduate Student |
Malcolm Walkinshaw
Chair of Structural Biochemistry; Director, Edinburgh Protein Production Facility
| Elizabeth Blackburn | EPPF Research Associate |
| Jacqueline Dornan | Wellcome Research Associate |
| Iain McNae* | Teaching Staff |
| Matt Nowicki | EPPF Research Associate |
| Paul Taylor* | University Senior Lecturer / EPPF Research Associate |
| Martin Wear | EPPF Facility Manager |
* Not in Centre
Julie Welburn
Wellcome Senior Research Fellow
| Thomas Attard | Graduate Student |
| Benjamin Craske | EASTBIO Graduate Student |
| Agata Gluszek-Kustusz | CRUK Research Assistant |
| Haonan Liu | Graduate Student |
| Toni McHugh | CRUK Research Associate |
| Calum Paterson | Research Assistant |
Marcus Wilson
Sir Henry Dale Fellow
| Hayden Burdett | Postdoctoral Research Associate (MRC) |
| Gillian Clifford | Wellcome Research Assistant |
| Alakta Das | Graduate Student |
| Gauri Deak | Eastbio Graduate Student |
| Dhananjay Kumar | Graduate Student |
| Hannah Wapenaar | Wellcome Postdoctoral Research Associate |
| James Watson* | iCM PhD Programme Student |
* also Bird Lab
Wellcome PhD Programme Students (1st Year)
| Katie Bexley | Graduate Student - PhD in Integrative Cell Mechanisms |
| Haresh Bhaskar | Graduate Student - PhD in Integrative Cell Mechanisms |
| Eleanor Casey | Graduate Student - PhD in Integrative Cell Mechanisms |
| Amandine Hong-Minh | Graduate Student - PhD in integrative Cell Mechanisms |
| David MacLeod | Graduate Student - PhD in Integrative Cell Mechanisms |
| Domenico Modafarri | Graduate Student - PhD in Integrative Cell Mechanisms |
Wellcome PhD Programme Students (2nd Year) - Supervisors outwith the Centre
| Sofia Esteban Serna | iCM PhD Programme Student - Granneman/Swain Labs |
| Tamina Lebek | iCM PhD Programme Student - Lowell/Elfick Labs |
Administration/Support Staff
| Greg Anderson | Centre Laboratory Manager |
| Hywel Dunn-Davies | Bioinformatics Developer |
| Maria Fanourgiaki | Science Communicator |
| Carolyn Fleming | Centre Administrative Assistant |
| Sarah-Jane Judge | Public Engagement Manager (temporary) |
| Sarah Keer-Keer | Public Engagement Manager |
| David Kelly | Centre Microscopy Research Manager |
| Toni McHugh* | Imaging Facility Assistant |
| Colin McLaren | Computing Support |
| Karen May | Centre Manager & iCM 4yr PhD Programme Administrator (temporary) |
| Daniel Robertson | Bioinformatician |
| Martin Singleton | Cryo-EM Facility Manager |
| Christine Struthers | PA to Adrian Bird/Centre Admin |
| Karen Traill | Centre Manager & Wellcome 4yr PhD Programme Administrator |
| Shaun Webb | Centre Bioinformatics Core Facility Manager |
* also part-time in Welburn Lab
Technical Support
Vacancy
Wash-up/Media
Denise Affleck
Andrew Kerr
Margaret Martin
Donna Pratt
