The Structural Biology group
Professor James Naismith
Science Director, Structural Biology
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
Associate Investigator
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
Associate Investigator
After completing her PhD in Structural Biology, Lucile moved to St Andrews to join Jim Naismith’s laboratory as a research […]
Dr Calina Glynn
Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate
Calina (Callie) is a senior postdoctoral research associate in Dr. Michael Grange’s group focusing on utilizing cryo-focused ion beam milling […]
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 […]
Kelly Parker
Research Assistant
Kelly studied at the University of York, graduating with an MBiol in 2020. She spent her Masters’ year researching embryonic […]
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 John Clarke
Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Protein Science
John is a postdoctoral researcher within the Structural Biology Nanobody Discovery team. John’s research looks to discover, optimise, and engineer […]
Dr Miron Leanca
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Miron is a research associate in cryo-electron tomography within the structural biology group. His background includes analytical chemistry and biochemical […]
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 Jiwei Liu
Associate Investigator
Jiwei is an Associate Investigator. After completing his PhD at Peking University, he moved to the UK and did two […]
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 […]
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 […]
Erin Cowles
Laboratory Assistant
Erin studied biological sciences at the University of Southampton, graduating with a BSc in 2021. She then completed a Master’s […]
Imogen Buckle
Research Assistant
Imogen graduated from the University of Birmingham in July 2022 with an undergraduate degree in Biomedical Science. She is now […]
Andrew Bridson
Research Technician
Andrew is a Research Technician at the Rosalind Franklin Institute. He holds an MSc in Molecular Biology with Biotechnology and […]
Maria Sanita
Research Assistant
Maria graduated with a BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Surrey, during which she completed a professional training year […]
Kai Yee Eng
Laboratory Technician
Kai Yee studied Medical Biosciences at Imperial College London and graduated with a BSc in 2022. She then continued to […]
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: […]
Ellen Reed
PhD Student
Thesis title: Investigating the contribution of glycan interactions in extracellular vesicle internalisation and propagation of pathological tau in human tauopathies […]
Lara Fragapane
PhD Student
Thesis title: Solving the mysteries of human protein N-glycosylation: The Early Lipid-Linked Oligosaccharide Synthesis Pathway Primary Themes: Structural Biology and Next Generation […]
Becky Csöndör
PhD Student
Thesis title: Probing the molecular impact of Tau pathology on synaptic integrity Primary Theme: Structural Biology Secondary Theme: Mass Spectrometry […]
Tia É Hawkins
PhD Student
Thesis title: Understanding the GAG reflex: how glycosaminoglycans interact with Nipah virus to differently perturb its infectivity Primary Theme: Next […]
Angharad Smith
PhD Student
Thesis title: Developing Tools to Study In Situ Crystallisation Primary Theme: Correlated Imaging and Structural Biology Franklin supervisors: Dr Marcus Gallagher-Jones and Dr Maud […]
Nadisha Gamage
PhD student
Thesis Title: Structural investigation of chromatin reprogramming and organisation in development Primary Theme: Structural Biology Franklin Supervisor: Professor James Naismith […]
Joe Thrush
PhD Student
Thesis title: Investigating the Membrane Fusion events of Nipah Virus using Advanced Light Microscopy and Cryo-Electron Microscopy. Primary theme: Structural […]
Jess Stone
PhD Student
Thesis title: Correlative light and electron microscopy to investigate the cytotoxic T-cell mediated anti-tumour response. Franklin Themes: Correlated Imaging and Structural […]
William Bowles
DPhil Student, University of Oxford
Will is a DPhil Student at Oxford University on the iCASE Interdisciplinary Bioscience BBSRC Doctoral Training Programme, partnered with Diamond […]