Research Scientists
Our team
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Ruth Brain
Senior Research Assistant
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Katherine Brimblecombe
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Susann Bruche
Postdoctoral Research Associate
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Johannes Dahmen
Departmental Lecturer
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Nicol Harper
Associate Professor
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Alzbeta Hulikova
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Jacinta Kalisch-Smith
BHF Intermediate Basic Science Fellow
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Andreas Koschinski
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Jan Kropf
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Charmaine Lang
Oxford-GSK IMCM Fellow
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Dan Li
Associate Professor
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Denise Lynch
Riley Group Laboratory Manager
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Eleonora Meschi
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Fernando Nodal
Departmental Lecturer
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Tetsuya Nojima
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Zeynep Okray
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Christophe Ravaud
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Andia Redpath
Oxford BHF CRE Basic Science Intermediate Transition Fellow
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Brent Ryan
Group Leader, Departmental Research Lecturer
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Matthew Stower
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Clifford Talbot
Staff Scientist/Instrumentation Engineer
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Shifaan Thowfeequ
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Dr Kerstin Nina Timm
Visiting BHF CRE Transition Fellow
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Nikita Ved
Academic Visitor
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Eleftheria Vrontou
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Mark Wainwright
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Tomoko Watanabe
Senior Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Ben Willmore
Departmental Lecturer
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Yanying Wu
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Yanfeng Zhang
Visiting lecturer
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YingChi Chao
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Dorota Szumska
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Sophie Payne
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Gitalee Sarker
Novo Nordisk Research Fellow
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Gennaro Ruggiero
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Jonathan Godwin
Senior Research Associate
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Jose Prius Mengual
Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Sleep Neurobiology
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Ashwin Miriyala
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Christopher Breen
Research Assistant
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Justin Lau
Visiting Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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Sandor Szunyogh
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Mootaz Salman
Group Leader and MRC Career Development Fellow
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Rita Alonaizan
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Ozren Stojanovic
Postdoctoral Research Assistant
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Aditi Mishra
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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Huriye Atilgan
Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow
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Claudio Cortes Rodriguez
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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Luana Campos Soares
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Mayra Vera-Aviles
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Anna Nelke
Visiting academic
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Becky Carlyle
Associate Professor
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Matthias Fritsche
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Ian McCracken
MRC Transition Fellow
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Adam Lokman
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Elena Britti
Postdoctoral neuronal cell biologist
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Eleanor Gill
Postdoctoral Research Associate
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Sarah Sigal
DPhil Student
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Kalina Naidoo
Postdoctoral neuronal cell biologist
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Sarah Pearce
Head of Laboratory Operations
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Susan Spires
Research Technician
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Sarah Squire
Pre-Clinical Studies / Cell Culture Manager
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Gizem Önal
Postdoctoral Researcher
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Parnaz Sharifi
DPhil Student
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Anna Lavayssière
Research Assistant
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Haram Park
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Georgia Dempsey
Research Technician
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Selina Tsai
Researcher in Cardiovascular Development
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Hugo Fernandes
Group Leader
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Irina Bystron
Senior Research Scientist
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Thamali Ayagama
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Hans Olof Rorsman
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Bhavna Verma
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Susanna Cooper
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Laura Bell
Research Assistant
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Lu Yao
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Kathryn Todd
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Paul Volkmann
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Thomas Nicol
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Lee Moir
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Lukas B. Krone
Sir Henry Wellcome Fellow
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Annie Park
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Ana Silva De Sousa
Research Assistant
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Nneoma Akaniro-Ejim
Research Assistant
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Fernando Messore
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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David Oliveira
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Neda Mohammadi
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Madison Bartley
Research Assistant
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Simon Bossi
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Latest publications
Urinary carbonic anhydrase 1 excretion is a marker of hemolysis-triggering conditions suitable for point-of-care testing.
Journal article
Hulikova A. et al, (2026), Blood Glob Hematol, 2
CHCHD2 links mitochondrial dysfunction and α-synuclein misfolding in Parkinson's disease.
Journal article
Narendra D. and Ryan BJ., (2026), Trends Neurosci
strocyte Enrichment of 3D Cortical Constructs Enhances Brain Repair.
Journal article
Cruz EM. et al, (2026), Adv Sci (Weinh)
Light-driven repair: Photobiomodulation restores blood–brain barrier function following hypoxic injury
Preprint
Domocos M. et al, (2026)
Human-derived cardiac-neural microtissues reveal catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia is also a disease of the sympathetic neuron.
Journal article
Li N. et al, (2026), J Physiol
M1-linked ubiquitination by LUBAC regulates AMPK signalling and the response to energetic stress.
Journal article
Elbæk CR. et al, (2026), Cell Death Differ
nti-arrhythmic targeting of sympathetic stellate ganglion P2X3 receptors.
Journal article
Bussey CT. et al, (2026), J Physiol, 604, 1067 - 1087
Corrigendum to "New insights into axonal regulators of dopamine transmission in health and disease" [Curr Op Neurobiol 94 (2025) 103093].
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Todd KL. et al, (2026), Curr Opin Neurobiol, 96
Measuring glymphatic function: Assessing the toolkit.
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Ayyappan K. et al, (2026), Neural Regen Res, 21, 534 - 541
The RNA-binding protein SRSF3 controls epicardial formation by regulating splicing and proliferation.
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Lupu I-E. et al, (2026), Development
n anatomical hotspot for striatal dopamine-acetylcholine interactions during reward and movement.
Journal article
Bouabid S. et al, (2026), bioRxiv
Endothelial Slit2 guides the Robo1-positive sympathetic innervation during heart development.
Preprint
Zhao J. et al, (2025)
Endothelial Slit2 guides the Robo1-positive sympathetic innervation during heart development
Journal article
Zhao J. et al, (2025), eLife, 14
quaporins in GtoPdb v.2025.4
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Bill RM. et al, (2025), IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE, 2025
Cognitive primitives of the insect brain.
Journal article
Waddell S. and Park A., (2025), Trends Cogn Sci
Endothelial Slit2 guides the Robo1-positive sympathetic innervation during heart development
Preprint
Zhao J. et al, (2025)
The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2025/26: Ion channels.
Journal article
Alexander SPH. et al, (2025), Br J Pharmacol, 182 Suppl 1, S152 - S241
Biomarkers
Journal article
Abdallah A. et al, (2025), Alzheimer S Dementia the Journal of the Alzheimer S Association, 21
Developing Topics
Journal article
Duisberg BFE. et al, (2025), Alzheimer S Dementia the Journal of the Alzheimer S Association, 21
Basic Science and Pathogenesis
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Bertherat F. et al, (2025), Alzheimer S Dementia the Journal of the Alzheimer S Association, 21

