Research Scientists
Our team
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Aaron Munro Allen
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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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 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
Organ-Specific and Conserved Regulatory Logic Orchestrates Gene Expression in the Embryonic Mesothelium.
Journal article
Dang QM. et al, (2026), Adv Sci (Weinh)
Retraction Note: Multisensory learning binds neurons into a cross-modal memory engram.
Journal article
Okray Z. et al, (2026), Nature
Malondialdehyde as a Predictor of Disease Severity and Cardiovascular Risk in Population with Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease.
Journal article
Lugo R. et al, (2026), Metabolites, 16
Differential neuronal survival defines a novel axis of sexual dimorphism in the Drosophila brain.
Journal article
Allen AM. et al, (2026), Cell Genom, 6
A high-resolution atlas of the brain predicts lineage and birth order underlying neuronal identity.
Journal article
Allen AM. et al, (2026), Cell Genom, 6
CHCHD2 links mitochondrial dysfunction and α-synuclein misfolding in Parkinson's disease.
Journal article
Narendra D. and Ryan BJ., (2026), Trends Neurosci, 49, 157 - 158
Urinary carbonic anhydrase 1 excretion is a marker of hemolysis-triggering conditions suitable for point-of-care testing.
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Hulikova A. et al, (2026), Blood Glob Hematol, 2
Cognitive primitives of the insect brain.
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Waddell S. and Park A., (2026), Trends Cogn Sci, 30, 194 - 196
The RNA-binding protein SRSF3 controls epicardial formation by regulating splicing and proliferation.
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Lupu I-E. et al, (2026), Development, 153
Astrocyte 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
Measuring glymphatic function: Assessing the toolkit.
Journal article
Ayyappan K. et al, (2026), Neural Regen Res, 21, 534 - 541
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
Anti-arrhythmic targeting of sympathetic stellate ganglion P2X3 receptors.
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Bussey CT. et al, (2026), J Physiol, 604, 1067 - 1087
An 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

