Professor James Naismith
Director
Professor Naismith grew up in Hamilton, in the west of Scotland attending local state schools. He graduated from Edinburgh in […]
Dr Paul McCubbin
Chief Operating Officer
Paul has worked in the life science sector for over 20 years. During this time, he has held a number […]
Sarah Hollitzer
Executive Assistant to Professor James Naismith
Sarah is the Executive Assistant to Professor James Naismith. She has over 14 years’ experience working as an Executive Assistant […]
Fay Shabo
Executive Assistant to the Chief Operating Officer
Fay is the Executive Assistant to the Chief Operating Officer. She has been a Board level Executive Assistant for over […]
Georgia Mugglestone
Team Administrative Assistant
I have been working in administration for just over 6 years. My most recent role was working for a Logistics […]
Laura Holland
Director of Strategic Marketing
Laura Holland is Director of Strategic Marketing at the Rosalind Franklin Institute. She has been with the organisation since its […]
Dr Becky Nadal
Strategic Projects Manager
Becky has 12+ years’ experience in the University sector providing professional support in the formation, design and delivery of strategic […]
Paul Beake
Head of Facilities Management
After 20 years in agriculture a career change led Paul to working at BBSRC Compton as a Facilities Maintenance Engineer, […]
Gordon Perry
Health and Safety Advisor
Gordon is responsible for ensuring that the management of safety, health and environment is structured and maintained for the Franklin […]
Jen Murray
Facilities Manager
I gained my first experience of labs at Aptuit on Milton Park where I held the role of Facilities and […]
Stephen Cross
Operations Support Technician
Stephen is the operations support technician at The Franklin. His role involves supporting the building team with the smooth running […]
Marta Jencekova
Health and Safety assistant
For almost 10 years, Marta was a member of Facilities and H&S department at Cellmark, a UKAS and ISO accredited […]
Lydia Armes
Director of HR
Lydia brings a wealth of experience gained within diverse global and UK based organisations. Lydia has worked for a number […]
Marina Haines
HR Advisor
Marina joined the Franklin as an HR Assistant and was responsible for coordinating recruitment and providing HR assistance to the […]
Krystalenia Basdani
Recruitment Co-ordinator
Krystalenia is Recruitment Co-ordinator at the Franklin, focused on supporting the organisation’s recruitment needs and initiatives. Prior to this role, […]
Lindsey Spriggs
Early Careers Lead
Lindsey is Early Careers Lead, focused on the project management and delivery of the Franklin’s PhD programme, student wellbeing, and […]
Phil King
Training Co-ordinator
Phil has over 14 years experience in training and training delivery in the charity sector and the construction sector, and […]
Lauren Jordan
Finance Systems Project Manager
Lauren joined the Franklin as Finance Manager. She is responsible for the day to day management of the finance team, […]
Darshana Patel
Finance Manager
Darshana joined the Franklin as a Finance Manager on a 12 months contract while Lauren is focusing on the new […]
Sinead Farrell
Accounts Assistant
Sinead is an accounts assistant within the finance team and has been working in finance for 5 years. She is […]
Ian Franklin
Procurement Manager
Ian has worked in procurement for over 20 years and has held various positions in the private and public sector, […]
Eva Gronbech
Assistant Accountant
Eva joined the Franklin as an assistant accountant and is involved in various aspect of the finance function, including grants, […]
Adam Atherton
Finance Assistant
Adam is a Finance Assistant working within the Finance Team here at The Rosalind Franklin Institute. He assists with the […]
Dr Hazel Housden
Innovation and Translation Manager
Hazel is the Innovation and Translation Manager. She was previously Head of Intellectual Property at an industrial microbiology company, Green […]
Niaz Khan
Head of IT
After leaving school, Niaz qualified as an Accountant with the Oxford Co-Operative but soon after joining Blackwells realised his career […]
Matthew Selby
IT Technician
Matthew Studied Computer Science, Maths and Further Maths at Didcot Sixth Form. During that time, he Partook in additional Mathematics […]
Dr Caitlin Higgott
Communications and Engagement Manager
Caitlin is the communications and engagement manager, which means she covers everything from schools to stakeholder engagement, and internal communications […]
Bethany Acquah
Communications Assistant
Bethany is a Biomedicine student at Lancaster University and is completing a placement year as a communications assistant here, at […]
Dr Mark Basham
Science Director, Artificial Intelligence and Informatics
Dr Mark Basham is Head of AI at the Rosalind Franklin Institute, and a Research Fellow at Diamond Light Source. […]
Dr Michele Darrow
Head of Data Strategy for Cryo Electron Imaging
Michele received her PhD from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX for her work using cryo electron tomography and […]
Dr Alex Lubbock
Senior Research Software Engineer
Alex is a Senior Research Software Engineer specialising in computational biology. He holds degrees in computer science and physics (BSc […]
Dr Silvia da Graça Ramos
Senior Research Software Engineer
Silvia is a Senior Research Software Engineer working on the Data Infrastructure at the Rosalind Franklin Institute. She studied at […]
Dr Laura Shemilt
Head of Research Software Engineering
Laura is Head of Reasearch Software Engineering here at the Franklin. Her main focus is to collate and curate the […]
Dr Joss Whittle
Senior Research Software Engineer
Joss is a Research Software Engineer primarily specialising in Global Optimization. His main focus is to develop the Opt-ID software in support […]
Dr Elaine Ho
Research Software Engineer
Elaine is a Research Software Engineer for Imaging. She completed her PhD in biomedical imaging at the University of Southampton, […]
Dr Dimitrios Bellos
Research Software Engineer
Dimitrios is a researcher and software developer, specialised in the development of deep learning, AI and machine learning solutions for […]
Dr Neville Yee
Research Software Engineer
Neville is a Research Software Engineer for Imaging. He studied physics at the Hong Kong Baptist University, then completed his […]
Dr Luis Perdigao
Research Software Engineer
Luis is a researcher specialised in the field of Scanning Probe Microscopy. He has an undergraduate degree in Physics, a […]
Laura Crawford
Research Software Associate
Laura is a junior research software engineer primarily specialising in cloud infrastructure and HPC. She studied Ecology at the University […]
Gabryel Mason-Williams
Research Software Associate
Gabryel is a research software associate focusing on novel approaches to HPC, cloud, compression and storage. They studied computer science […]
Chloe Cheng
PhD student
Thesis Title: Mapping the Emergence of Synapses in the Brain Primary theme: Artificial Intelligence and Informatics University: University of Edinburgh […]
Nikolai Juraschko
PhD student
Thesis Title: Combining MD simulations with ML approaches to facilitate the morphological classification of Chlamydia from cryo-ET data Primary Theme: […]
Patricia Smith
Community Manager (Science Scribbler projects)
Patricia is a community manager for the Science Scribbler projects. She studied Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge, graduating […]
Professor Josephine Bunch
Science Co-Director Biological Mass Spectrometry
Imperial College and NPL
Professor Josephine Bunch is Co-Director of the National Centre of Excellence in Mass Spectrometry Imaging (NiCE-MSI) at NPL and Chair […]
Professor Zoltan Takats
Science Co-Director Biological Mass Spectrometry
Imperial College
Professor Takats has obtained his PhD from Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. He has worked as a post-doctoral research associate […]
Dr Bela Paizs
Head of Molecular Structure Elucidation
Bela is the Head of Molecular Structure Elucidation in the Biological Mass Spectrometry theme. He studied chemistry and completed his […]
Dr Felicia Green
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Mass Spectrometric Instrumentation
Felicia is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Mass Spectrometric Instrumentation involved in the development of a stigmatic TOF-SIMS ion microscope […]
Dr Anna Simmonds
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Ion Mobility and Mass Spectrometric Instrumentation
Anna studied chemistry at the University of Sheffield before moving to the University of Birmingham to work on a PhD […]
Dr Kenneth Robinson
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Atmospheric Pressure Ionisation Mass Spectrometry
Kenneth obtained a BSc in Chemistry from the University of Glasgow, and after time spent working in industry, he joined […]
Dr Sadia Sheraz
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
Sadia is a postdoctoral research associate in secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). She has extensive experience in analysing bio-samples using […]
Dr Daniel McGill
Postdoctoral Research Associate in molecular structure elucidation
Dan studied chemistry at UCL until 2016 and graduated with a PhD in clinical medicine from Imperial College London in […]
Daniel Simon
Research Assistant
Daniel obtained a BSc in Molecular Biotics from Pazmany Peter Catholic University and a MSc in Pharmaceutical engineering from Budapest […]
Professor Angus Kirkland
Science Director
University of Oxford
Angus Kirkland completed his MA and PhD at the University of Cambridge using high resolution electron microscopy to study the […]
Dr Judy Kim
Deputy Science Director
University of Oxford
Judy Kim is the Deputy Director of Correlative Imaging at the Rosalind Franklin Institute and Departmental Lecturer in the Department […]
Associate Professor Marco Fritzsche
Rosalind Franklin Kennedy Trust Research Fellow
Marco Fritzsche is an Associate Professor and Rosalind Franklin Kennedy Trust Research Fellow who leads the Biophysical Immunology Laboratory between […]
Dr Tobias Starborg
Senior Staff Scientist
Toby completed a PhD at the University of Manchester examining collagen fibril deposition and organisation. He then worked as a […]
Dr Jonathan Barnard
Senior Staff Scientist
Jon is the Electron Microscopy Facilities Manager within Correlated Imaging. Having studied physics at the University of Bristol, Jon studied […]
Dr Marcus Gallagher-Jones
Senior Staff Scientist
Marcus received his BSc in Biochemistry from Durham University and his PhD in Biophysics from the University of Liverpool. For […]
Dr Emanuela Liberti
Staff Scientist
Emanuela’s role at the Franklin consists in designing innovative Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy imaging methods applied to the study of biological […]
Dr Ivan Lobato
Staff Sceintist
Ivan Lobato completed his PhD at the University of Antwerp, with a thesis on accurate modelling of high angle electron […]
Dr Chen Huang
Staff Scientist
At the Franklin, Chen leads the real-time cryo electron ptychography project and is focusing on extending its application to large […]
Dr Mohammed Yusuf
Staff Scientist
Yusuf is a staff scientist for the Franklin. He has extensive experience in preparing and analysing samples for different modalities. […]
Dr Amirafshar Moshtaghpour
Postdoctoral Scientist
Amirafshar Moshtaghpour is the Postdoctoral research scientist in Compressive Sensing for Electron Microscopy at the Rosalind Franklin Institute. Amirafshar received […]
Dr Abner Velazco
Postdoctoral Scientist
Abner received his MSc degree in physics from the Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria, Lima, Peru. In 2017, as a PhD […]
Adrián Pedrazo Tardajos
Postdoctoral Scientist
Adrián Pedrazo Tardajos is a postdoctoral researcher with experience in advanced electron microscopy techniques. In 2015, Adrián completed his MSc […]
Dr Jingjing Zhao
Postdoctoral Scientist
Jingjing’s main research interest is to develop and apply new electron microscopy methods for answering important biological questions. At the […]
Dr Anna Schepers
Postdoctoral Scientist
Anna received her MSc degree in Nanoscience at the University of Hamburg, Germany, in 2017. During her doctoral studies at […]
Dr Narain Karedla
Postdoctoral Scientist
Narain is a postdoctoral researcher and an advanced microscopy specialist. He will be building a lattice light sheet microscope coupled […]
Dr Brian Caffrey
Postdoctoral Scientist
Brian Caffrey is a postdoctoral researcher and specialist in correlated microscopy methods. His research focuses on the application of advanced […]
Emily Barot
PhD student
Thesis Title: Time-resolved imaging of biomolecules using liquid-cell TEM Primary theme: Correlated Imaging University: University of Manchester University Supervisors: Prof […]
Ben Gaunt
PhD student
Thesis Title: Combining Ptychography and EDX to investigate cubosome internalisation Primary Theme: Correlated Imaging University: University of Oxford University supervisor(s): […]
Natalie Nord
PhD student
Thesis Title: Improving field of view in high resolution cryo-bio electron ptychography Primary Theme: Correlated Imaging Secondary Theme: Artificial Intelligence […]
Professor Ben Davis
Science Director, Next Generation Chemistry
University of Oxford
Ben Davis got his B.A. (1993) and D.Phil. (1996) from the University of Oxford. During this time he learnt the […]
Professor Shabaz Mohammed
Deputy Theme Director, Next Generation Chemistry
Shabaz Mohammed is the Deputy Theme Director and Head of Mechanistic Proteomics, and also teaches at the University of Oxford. […]
Professor Andrew Baldwin
Head of Biomolecular NMR
Andrew is Head of Biomolecular NMR and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford. He is interested in developing […]
Professor Adam Nelson
Head of High Throughput Discovery
University of Leeds
Professor Adam Nelson is Head of High Throughput Discovery at the Rosalind Franklin Institute, Professor of Chemical Biology at the […]
Dr Chris Arter
High-Throughput Discovery Facility Manager
Chris is the High-Throughput Discovery Facility Manager at the Rosalind Franklin Institute. Chris is working as part of the Next […]
Dr Matthew Davy
NMR Facilities Manager
Matthew is the NMR Facilities Manager at the Rosalind Franklin Institute. Prior to his current position he completed a PhD […]
Mellisa Govender Kirkpatrick
Chemistry Laboratory Manager
Mellisa is the Laboratory Manager at the Rosalind Franklin Institute with the Next Generation Chemistry Group. Mellisa is South African, […]
Dr Andrew Giltrap
Senior Postdoctoral Scientist
Andrew is a Senior Postdoctoral Scientist at the Rosalind Franklin Institute involved in developing novel methods for the site selective […]
Dr Stefan Lohmann
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Stefan is a Postdoctoral Research Associate within the Next Generation Chemistry theme at the Rosalind Franklin Institute. He is working […]
Dr Leonardo Kleebauer
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Oxford
Leo is a visiting researcher at the Franklin and a postdoctoral research associate from the University of Oxford involved in […]
Dr Chao Guo
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Chao got his master degree in microbiology from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) in 2017. Then he […]
Dr Nikita Levin
Postdoctoral Research Associate
After obtaining his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Nikita joined the group of Professor […]
Dr Weibing Liu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Weibing received their Ph.D. in Chemical Biology at Peking University in July 2020 with Prof. Xing Chen. During their graduate […]
Dr Xiaping Fu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Xiaping got his PhD. degree in Organic Chemistry from the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC) in 2019. During his […]
Dr Ajay Jha
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Ajay is a postdoctoral research associate working to unravel drug-protein interactions using ultrafast multidimensional infrared spectroscopy, EVV 2DIR for drug […]
Dr John Sidda
Postdoctoral Research Associate
John joined the Next Generation Chemistry theme to work on the signalling pathways underpinning primary sugar metabolism in plants. John […]
Dr Yana Demyanenko
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Yana is a Postdoctoral research associate within the Next Generation Chemistry (NGC) theme. After receiving her BSc in Biotechnology with […]
Dr Yizhi Yuan
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Yizhi is working in the Next Generation Chemistry Group as a postdoctoral research associate under the topic “Synthetic Biology and […]
Dr Aziz Khan
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Aziz obtained his undergraduate degree from University College London and went on to complete his DPhil at the University of […]
Sofia Piticari
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Sofia obtained her MSci degree in Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry from Imperial College London and pursued her PhD studies at […]
Dr Lan Na
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Lan’s research interest focuses on developing novel chemical biology tools to probe mechanistic questions in proteomics. As a team member […]
Dr Guoxuan Sun
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Guoxuan obtained his PhD from UCL School of Pharmacy in 2021, majoring anti-cancer drug design. His research interest is the […]
Dr Yibo Zeng
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Yibo obtained her PhD from Department of Chemistry, the University of Hong Kong. Prior joining the Rosalind Franklin Institute, she […]
Dr Eduardo Kitano
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Eduardo Kitano is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Proteomics – Separation Scientist at the Franklin. Eduardo has obtained his PhD […]
Niamh Morris
PhD student
Thesis Title: Autonomous phenotype-directed discovery of chemical probes Primary Theme: Next Generation Chemistry Franklin supervisors: Prof Adam Nelson and Dr […]
Bronwen Foster
PhD student
Thesis title: Electron cryo-tomography of human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived neurons to study structural changes in Alzheimer’s disease Primary […]
Alice Eddershaw
DPhil Student, University of Oxford
Alice is a DPhil student working under the supervision of Prof. Davis here at the Franklin and Dr Dong at […]
Jack Ren
DPhil Student, University of Oxford
Jack is a DPhil student working under the supervision of Prof Ben Davis. His project focuses on stereoselective enzyme catalysed […]
Dimitrios Mamalis
DPhil Student, University of Oxford
Dimitrios is a DPhil student at the University of Oxford, working under the supervision of Prof Ben Davis. His project […]
Efterpi Nikitopoulou
DPhil Student, University of Oxford
Efterpi completed her undergrad in biochemistry and biotechnology in Greece before reading a master’s in molecular genetics and diagnostics at […]
Professor James Naismith
Director
Professor Naismith grew up in Hamilton, in the west of Scotland attending local state schools. He graduated from Edinburgh in […]
Professor Ray Owens
Head of Protein Production UK
Ray Owens obtained his PhD in biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, UK. After postdoctoral work in London and Oxford, […]
Dr Gwyndaf Evans
Head of Technology
Gwyndaf Evans was awarded his PhD in Physics from the University of Warwick in 1994 for his work performed at […]
Dr Liang Wu
Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Dale fellow
Liang is a Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Dale fellow. He is establishing a lab to study the processes involved in […]
Dr Maud Dumoux
Technology Lead for Cryo Imaging
Maud has a PhD in immunology from Paris 7 Diderot. Prior to working at the Franklin, she worked at the […]
Dr Michael Grange
Tomography Group Leader
Michael completed his D.Phil in structural biology at the University of Oxford, UK, where he applied FIB milling, electron cryo-tomography […]
Dr Lucile Moynie
Senior Scientist in Structural Biology and Protein Science
After completing her PhD in Structural Biology, Lucile moved to St Andrews to join Jim Naismith’s laboratory as a research […]
Dr Courtney Mycroft-West
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Glycosaminoglycan Biosynthesis
Courtney is a postdoctoral research associate in glycosaminoglycan biosynthesis based at the Rosalind Franklin Institute in the laboratory of Dr. […]
Dr Phil Ward
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Biological Sample Preparation
Phil qualified as a microbiologist from University of Newcastle, obtaining a PhD and completing subsequent studies investigating molecular aspects of […]
Dr Lauren Eyssen
Postdoctoral Researcher in Nanobody Discovery
Lauren is a postdoctoral researcher in Professor Ray Owens’ group and she will be working on different aspects of nanobody […]
Dr Audrey Le Bas
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Biological Sample Preparation
Audrey is a PDRA in Biological samples production. She completed her PhD at Paris 7 Diderot University, specialising in membrane […]
Dr Katy Cornish
Postdoctoral Scientist
Katy is a postdoctoral research scientist in Professor Ray Owens’ group at the Franklin, working as part of the Nanobody […]
Dr Miriam Weckener
Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Structural Biology
Miriam’s work focuses on automated sample preparation for single particle cryo-EM. Prior to joining at the Franklin, she worked at […]
Dr Yun Yang
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Biological Sample Production.
Yun Yang is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Biological Sample Production within the Structural Biology theme. Yun Yang got her […]
Dr James Parkhurst
Postdoctoral Research Associate
James’ role at the Rosalind Franklin Institute focuses on the use of simulation, data processing and analysis to aid in […]
Dr Eva Maria Soriano-Jerez
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Eva Maria is working as a postdoctoral research scientist in Dr Michael Granges’ group, which focuses on developing neuronal cell […]
Dr Siva Ramadurai
Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Cell and Molecular Biophysics
Siva is working as postdoctoral research scientist in the structural biology theme, focusing on cell-free protein expression system for protein […]
Dr Casper Berger
Postdoctoral Researcher in Cryo-electron Tomography
Casper Berger worked on his PhD at the M4I institute in Maastricht, The Netherlands. He is interested in using and […]
Dr Georgina Girt
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Georgina is working as a postdoctoral research scientist in the Structural Biology theme, determining kinetics for a new carbon-carbon bond […]
Dr Tom Glen
Plasma FIB Manager
Tom studied Physics at Southampton, then completed a PhD at the University of Cambridge studying organic solar cells. He then […]
Dr Matthew Case
Electron Microscope manager
Matthew Case graduated with a BSc in biological sciences from the University of Plymouth and an MSc in the study […]
Kelly Parker
Laboratory Technical Assistant
Kelly studied Biology at the University of York, graduating with an MBiol in 2020. She spent her Masters’ year researching […]
Dr Jiwei Liu
Junior Investigator
Jiwei is a junior investigator. After completing his PhD at Peking University, he moved to the UK and did two […]
Dr Sheera Abdulla
Laboratory manager
Sheera is the laboratory manager for the Rosalind Franklin Institute. Her focus around helping to make the science and research […]
Dr Chelsea Norman
Laboratory Support Technician
Chelsea Norman is a Laboratory Support Technician for the Rosalind Franklin Institute. She has an MBiolSci in Biomedical Sciences and […]
Imogen Buckle
Research Technician
Imogen graduated from the University of Birmingham in July 2022 with an undergraduate degree in Biomedical Science. She is now […]
Sahar Abdelkarim
Support Scientist
Sahar is a support scientist in Professor Ray Owens’ group. Her role involves the screening of nanobodies using phage display […]
John Clarke
DPhil Student, University of Oxford
John is currently completing his DPhil in Interdisciplinary Bioscience as a collaboratory project between The University of Oxford, The Pirbright […]
Bronwen Foster
PhD student
Thesis title: Electron cryo-tomography of human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived neurons to study structural changes in Alzheimer’s disease Primary […]
Jake Smith
DPhil Student, University of Oxford
Jake is a DPhil student on the Wellcome Trust Cellular Structural Biology programme at the University of Oxford. Here at […]
Helena Watson
PhD student
Thesis Title: The molecular basis of antiviral defence in bacteria Primary Theme: Structural Biology Franklin supervisor: Professor Jim Naismith University: […]
Nadisha Gamage
PhD student
Thesis Title: Structural investigation of chromatin reprogramming and organisation in development Primary Theme: Structural Biology University: Imperial College London University […]
William Bowles
DPhil Student, University of Oxford
Will is a DPhil Student at Oxford University on the Interdisciplinary Bioscience BBSRC Doctoral Training Programme. Will is using the […]
Chloe Cheng
PhD student
Thesis Title: Mapping the Emergence of Synapses in the Brain Primary theme: Artificial Intelligence and Informatics University: University of Edinburgh […]
Niamh Morris
PhD student
Thesis Title: Autonomous phenotype-directed discovery of chemical probes Primary Theme: Next Generation Chemistry Franklin supervisors: Prof Adam Nelson and Dr […]
Emily Barot
PhD student
Thesis Title: Time-resolved imaging of biomolecules using liquid-cell TEM Primary theme: Correlated Imaging University: University of Manchester University Supervisors: Prof […]
Ben Gaunt
PhD student
Thesis Title: Combining Ptychography and EDX to investigate cubosome internalisation Primary Theme: Correlated Imaging University: University of Oxford University supervisor(s): […]
Natalie Nord
PhD student
Thesis Title: Improving field of view in high resolution cryo-bio electron ptychography Primary Theme: Correlated Imaging Secondary Theme: Artificial Intelligence […]
Nikolai Juraschko
PhD student
Thesis Title: Combining MD simulations with ML approaches to facilitate the morphological classification of Chlamydia from cryo-ET data Primary Theme: […]
Bronwen Foster
PhD student
Thesis title: Electron cryo-tomography of human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived neurons to study structural changes in Alzheimer’s disease Primary […]
Helena Watson
PhD student
Thesis Title: The molecular basis of antiviral defence in bacteria Primary Theme: Structural Biology Franklin supervisor: Professor Jim Naismith University: […]
Nadisha Gamage
PhD student
Thesis Title: Structural investigation of chromatin reprogramming and organisation in development Primary Theme: Structural Biology University: Imperial College London University […]
Ellen Reed
PhD Student
Ellen has recently graduated with a MRes in Biological Sciences from Royal Holloway University of London, where she also completed […]
Lara Fragapane
PhD Student
Lara graduated with a BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Bath. During her professional placement year at the European […]
Jack Bercovici
PhD Student
At the University of Bristol, Jack read Law, achieving a Certificate of Higher Education in 2019, before transferring to Chemistry […]
Katie Beirns
PhD Student
Katie completed her undergraduate degree in medical biochemistry from the University of Leeds with her final year project investigating novel […]
Becky Csöndör
PhD Student
Becky graduated with an MSci in Biochemistry from the University of Southampton, where she cultivated a fascination for diseases of […]
Tia É Hawkins
PhD Student
Before starting at the Franklin, Tia was residing in the Scottish Highlands, having graduated from the University of St Andrews […]
Angharad Smith
PhD Student
Angharad graduated from Imperial College London with an MSci in Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry. She carried out her final year […]
Cameron Avery Roberts
PhD Student
Cameron graduated with an MSci in Microbiology from the University of Glasgow, having completed her placement year at the Institut […]
Joe Thrush
PhD Student
Joe is a first year PhD student at the Rosalind Franklin Institute. He graduated with an integrated masters in Natural […]
Jess Stone
PhD Student
Jess obtained an integrated masters in Biochemistry from The University of Sheffield where she developed an interest in protein biology. […]