The Structural Biology group
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 […]