Our Team

In chronological order of joining lab.


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Peter Thorpe

Peter completed a PhD at the University of Edinburgh with Noreen Murray studying viral restriction. He undertook post-doctoral training with David Porteous, also at the University of Edinburgh and Rodney Rothstein, at Columbia University, New York studying genetic recombination and kinetochore function. In 2011 he started his own laboratory at the National Institute of Medical Research in London, which later became the Francis Crick Institute. In 2018 the lab moved to East London to the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences at Queen Mary University of London.

E-mail: p [dot] thorpe [at] qmul [dot] ac [dot] uk

Teaching: Peter teaches Biochemistry and Biomedicine to undergraduate and post-graduate Master’s courses. Including:

Essential Skills for Biochemists.
Biochemistry Communication
Molecular Basis of Disease
Metabolic Pathways
Essential Biochemistry for Human Life
Advanced Biochemical Research Methods (Master’s)

Support: Peter is the Deputy Dean for Research Impact for the Science and Engineering faculty at Queen Mary University of London.

 

Akraam Ali

Akram is a PhD student in the lab. His project is focused on the proteins CENP-C and CENP-T in both fission yeast and budding yeast. His project is funded by the Pakistan government.

 

Caitlin Mellor

Caitlin is a Ph.D. student funded by the BBSRC AI for Drug Discovery programme. She completed an undergraduate degree in Biomedicine at the University of East Anglia. She is using mathematical modeling to understand how mitosis is regulated. Her focus is on using models to understand how post-translational modification of proteins - notably phosphorylation - affects progression through mitosis.

Amina Bouhedda

Amina is undertaking her Masters project in the lab. She is looking at the essential regions of the CENP-T protein in budding yeast (Cnn1).

 Joshua Mootoo

Joshua’s is undertaking his Master’s project in the lab. He aims to understand whether domains of CENP=C from different species perform the same function.

 Ayah Mostafa

Aya is a final year BSc Biochemistry student doing her third year project in the lab. She aims to look at the functional regions of CENP-C.

 Spencer Griffiths

Spender is a final year BSc Biochemistry student doing his third year project in the lab. He is looking at function regions within CENP-C.

Alumni - These are past members of the lab

In chronological order of leaving the lab…

  1. Erika Aquino - Sandwich student

  2. Eleanor Bellows - Sandwich student

  3. Sonia Stinus - Placement student

  4. Eva Herrero - Post doctoral research fellow

  5. Elena Ledesma-Fernández - PhD student

  6. Mathilde Fousier - Placement student

  7. Dorine Thobois - Placement student

  8. Alex Becalick - Sandwich student

  9. Léa Bouton - Placement student

  10. Ilona Tyré - Placement student

  11. Lisa Berry - Technician

  12. Wenjun Guo - PhD student

  13. Robin Hayes - Placement student

  14. Stephanie Addo-Boadu - Master’s student

  15. Zi Han Ooi - Master’s student

  16. Guðjón Ólafsson - PhD student/post doctoral fellow

  17. Rowan Howell - PhD student

  18. Suhana Yasmin - Placement student

  19. Aleria Aleshinloye - Placement student

  20. Adaeze Awogu - Placement student

  21. Mara Torres - Master’s student

  22. Xinhui Chew - Master’s student

  23. Henry Wood - Technician

  24. Cinzia Klemm - PhD student

  25. Maisie Gibson - Placement student

  26. Anonna Chowdhury - Placement student

  27. Nazrin Ali - Master’s student

  28. Samiha Tahsin - Master’s student

  29. Basien Boulet - Placement student

  30. Phoebe Beechinor - Placement student

  31. Khushali Brahmbhatt - Placement student

  32. Abigail Laderman - Placement student

  33. Cléo Thury - Placement student

  34. Grace Heredge Thomas - PhD student

  35. Alexander Shoebottom - Placement student

  36. Ieva Jonusaite - Placement student

  37. Rishi Chandrakumar - Placement student

  38. Guy Mercer - PhD student

  39. Fozia Akhtar - PhD student