People
Head of Research Department: Professor Stephanie Schorge
Executive Officer: Charlette Bent-Gayle
- Academic Staff
Staff Member Research Interests Email Telephone Professor Trevor G. Smart
Schild Professor of Pharmacology and Head of DepartmentMolecular pharmacology of GABA and glycine receptor-ion channels t.smart@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 3770
Internal: 33770Professor Jonathan Ashmore
Bernard Katz Professor of BiophysicsCellular mechanisms of hearing j.ashmore@ucl.ac.uk
Personal lab page020 7679 8937
Internal: 28937
020 7679 2141
Internal: 32141Professor David Attwell
Jodrell Professor of PhysiologyNeuron-glial interactions and brain energy supply d.attwell@ucl.ac.uk
Personal lab page020 7679 7342
Internal: 37342Professor Marco Beato
Professor of NeuroscienceGlycinergic inhibition in the ventral spinal cord m.beato@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 3767
Internal: 33767Dr Isaac Bianco
Sir Henry Dale FellowZebrafish circuits and behaviour i.bianco@ucl.ac.uk 020 3549 5509
Internal: 65509Professor Francesca Cacucci
Professor of NeuroscienceHippocampal neural circuits 020 7679 6205
Internal: 46205Professor Shamshad Cockcroft
Professor of Cell PhysiologyLipid signalling s.cockcroft@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 6259
Internal: 46259
020 7679 6084
Internal: 46084
020 7679 6091
Internal: 46091Professor Stuart Cull-Candy
Gaddum Chair of Pharmacology and Professor of NeuroscienceCalcium-permeable AMPARs and synaptic plasticity s.cull-candy@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 3766
Internal: 33766
020 7679 3689
Internal: 33689Professor Anthony Dickenson
Professor of NeuropharmacologyTransmission and control of pain anthony.dickenson@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 3742
Internal: 33742Professor Annette Dolphin
Professor of PharmacologyVoltage-dependent calcium channels a.dolphin@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 3276
Internal: 33276Professor Frances Edwards
Professor of NeurodegenerationThe hippocampus in health and disease f.a.edwards@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 3286
Internal: 33286Dr Lorenzo Fabrizi
MRC Career Development FellowDevelopment of cortical function in humans l.fabrizi@ucl.ac.uk 020 3108 1888
Internal: 51888Professor Mark Farrant
Professor of NeuroscienceIonotropic GABA and glutamate receptor signalling m.farrant@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 4121
Internal: 34121Professor Maria Fitzgerald
Professor of Developmental NeurobiologyThe developmental biology of spinal cord and cortical pain processing m.fitzgerald@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 7376
Internal: 37376
020 7679 1303
Internal: 31303
020 7679 3387
Internal: 33387Professor Jonathan Fry
Professor of PhysiologySteroid hormones j.fry@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 6214
Internal: 46214Professor Alasdair Gibb
Professor of PharmacologyIon channel receptors and synaptic transmission a.gibb@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 3747
Internal: 33747
020 7679 1398
Internal: 31398Dr Matthew Gold
Sir Henry Dale FellowMolecular basis of neuronal second messaging m.gold@ucl.ac.uk
Personal lab page020 7679 7161
Internal: 37161Professor Alexander Gourine
Professor of PhysiologyCardiovascular and respiratory neurophysiology a.gourine@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 6547
Internal: 46547
020 7679 2565
Internal: 32565Professor Giandomenico Iannetti
Professor of NeuroscienceHuman sensory neuroscience g.iannetti@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 3759
Internal: 33759
020 7679 3750
Internal: 33750Professor Tara Keck
Professor of NeuroscienceCortical synaptic plasticity t.keck@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 6381
Internal: 46381Dr Brian King
Senior LecturerSignalling of the purinoceptor family b.king@ucl.ac.uk 020 7794 0500
Internal: 35204
020 7679 6171
Internal: 46171Professor Josef Kittler
Professor of Molecular NeurobiologyCell biology of the synapse j.kittler@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 3218
Internal: 33218Dr Stephanie Koch Biosciences Divisional Research Fellow s.koch@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 3386
Internal: 33386Dr Andrew Macaskill
Sir Henry Dale FellowSynaptic and circuit basis of emotional behaviour a.macaskill@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 4376
Internal: 34376
020 7679 3736
Internal: 33736Dr Joanne Marks
Associate ProfessorRegulation of epithelial transport in health and disease joanne.marks@ucl.ac.uk 020 7794 0500
Internal: 37583Professor Neil Millar
Professor of Molecular PharmacologyNeuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors n.millar@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 7241
Internal: 37241Dr Guy Moss
Reader in NeuroscienceCellular and molecular biophysics g.moss@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 3752
Internal: 33752
020 7679 0499
Internal: 30499Professor Paola Pedarzani
Professor of NeurophysiologyIon channels regulating neuronal excitability and firing properties p.pedarzani@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 2805
Internal: 32805
020 7679 7744
Internal: 37744Professor Andreas Schaefer (joint with The Francis Crick Institute)
Professor of NeuroscienceNeurophysiology of behaviour a.schaefer@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 6480
Internal: 46480Professor Ralf Schoepfer
Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular NeurobiologyMolecules found in synapses r.schoepfer@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 7242
Internal: 37242Professor Talvinder Sihra
Professor of Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceMechanisms of neurotransmitter release t.sihra@ucl.ac.uk
Personal lab page020 7679 3296
Internal: 33296
020 7679 3385
Internal: 33385Professor Angus Silver
Professor of Neuroscience and Wellcome Trust Principal Research FellowSynaptic transmission and neural computation a.silver@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 7830
Internal: 37830Professor Lucia Sivilotti
AJ Clark Professor of PharmacologyNicotinic and glycine receptors l.sivilotti@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 3358
Internal: 33358Dr Martin Stocker
Reader in Molecular and Cellular NeuroscienceMolecular pharmacology and physiology of potassium channels m.stocker@ucl.ac.uk 020 3549 5671
Internal: 65671Professor Stefan Trapp
Professor of Autonomic Neuroscience and Metabolic DiseaseAutonomic neuroscience and metabolic disease s.trapp@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 6094
Internal: 46094Dr Paola Vergani
Senior LecturerCFTR in cystic fibrosis p.vergani@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 7908
Internal: 37908Dr Dean Willis
LecturerMechanisms of physiological and pathological inflammation dean.willis@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 3755
Internal: 33755Professor Christopher Yeo
Professor of Behavioural NeuroscienceHow the cerebellum generates behaviour c.yeo@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 3339
Internal: 33339
020 7679 2007
Internal: 32007
020 7679 7377
Internal: 37377Dr Anselm Zdebik
Senior LecturerChloride/proton antiporters a.zdebik@ucl.ac.uk 020 7794 0500
Internal: 37508- Postdoctoral Fellows
Group Leaders Title Email Telephone Isaac Bianco Wellcome Trust and Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellowship
UCL Excellence Fellowshipi.bianco@ucl.ac.uk 020 3549 5509
Internal: 65509Lorenzo Fabrizi MRC Career Development Award l.fabrizi@ucl.ac.uk 020 3108 1888
Internal: 51888Matthew Gold Wellcome Trust and Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellowship m.gold@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 7161
Internal: 37161Stephanie Koch Biosciences Divisional Research Fellow s.koch@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 3386 Internal: 33386 Andrew MacAskill Wellcome Trust and Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellowship
UCL Excellence Fellowshipa.macaskill@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 4376
Internal: 34376
020 7679 3736
Internal: 33736Postdoctoral Fellows & Grant Awardees Title Email Paride Antinucci Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow p.antinucci@ucl.ac.uk Susu Chen Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow susu.chen@ucl.ac.uk Saad Hannan International Rett Syndrome Foundation Mentored Training Fellowship
s.hannan@ucl.ac.uk Ivan Kadurin British Heart Foundation j.kadurin@ucl.ac.uk Thomas Pfeiffer
EMBO Fellowship t.pfeiffer@ucl.ac.uk Thomas Younts Human Frontier Sciences Programme
t.younts@ucl.ac.uk Kimberley Whitehead Brain Research UK k.whitehead@ucl.ac.uk Asaph Zylbertal
BBSRC Discovery Fellow - Teaching Fellows
Staff Member Email Telephone Dr Ian Edwards
Senior Teaching Fellowi.edwards@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 0125
Internal: 30125Dr Martina Wicklein
Senior Teaching Fellowm.wicklein@ucl.ac.uk Dr Andrew Batchelor
Principal Teaching Fellowa.batchelor@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 0479
Internal: 30479Dr Pamela Houston
Principal Teaching Fellowp.houston@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 0745
Internal: 40745Dr Margaret Mayston
Principal Teaching Fellowm.mayston@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 6076
Internal: 46076Dr Richard Tunwell
Principal Research Fellowr.tunwell@ucl.ac.uk 020 7679 0750
Internal: 40750Dr Joanna Edwards
Pharmacology teaching Fellowjoanna.edwards@ucl.ac.uk - Associated Staff
Staff Member Research Interests Email Dr Simon Beggs (at Institute of Child Health)
Lecturer in Neurobiology of Paediatric PainPostnatal development of nociceptive processing s.beggs@ucl.ac.uk Professor David Brown
Research Professor of PharmacologyGPCR regulation of ion channel activity d.a.brown@ucl.ac.uk Dr Liam Browne (at WIBR)
Sir Henry Dale FellowNociceptive Circuits liam.browne@ucl.ac.uk Professor Rob Brownstone
Brain Research Trust Chair of Neurosurgery, Motor Neuroscience & Movement Disorders, IoNr.brownstone@ucl.ac.uk Professor Neil Burgess
Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience, Clinical & Experimental Epilepsy, IoNn.burgess@ucl.ac.uk Professor David Colquhoun
Research Professor of PharmacologySingle ion channel function d.colquhoun@ucl.ac.uk Professor John Foreman
Emeritus Professor of Immunopharmacologyjohn.foreman@ucl.ac.uk Professor John Garthwaite (at WIBR)
Emeritus Professor of Experimental NeuroscienceNitric oxide signalling in the brain john.garthwaite@ucl.ac.uk Professor Kenneth Harris (at Institute of Neurology)
Professor of Quantitative NeuroscienceComputation and biology of neuronal self-organization kenneth.harris@ucl.ac.uk Professor Michael Hausser (at WIBR)
Professor of NeuroscienceNeural computation m.hausser@ucl.ac.uk Professor Don Jenkinson
Emeritus Professor of PharmacologyPotassium channel pharmacology d.jenkinson@ucl.ac.uk Professor Robert Kleta (at Centre for Nephrology)
Potter Chair of NephrologyPhysiology and pathophysiology of the kidney r.kleta@ucl.ac.uk Dr Jennifer Linden (at Ear Institute)
Reader in NeuroscienceBrain mechanisms of listening and learning j.linden@ucl.ac.uk Professor Troy Margrie (at Sainsbury Wellcome Centre)
Professor of Systems Neuroscience and Associate Director SWCThe cellular logic of sensory circuits Professor Stephen Moss (at Tufts)
Professor of Neurosciencestephen.moss@tufts.edu Professor Andy Ramage
Emeritus Professor of Systems PharmacologyModulation of chemical neurotransmission a.ramage@ucl.ac.uk Professor Patricia Salinas (at CDB)
Professor of Cellular NeurobiologyCell signalling in synaptic plasticity and synapse degeneration p.salinas@ucl.ac.uk Professor Clare Stanford
Emeritus Professor of Translational NeuropharmacologyMonoamine neuropharmacology c.stanford@ucl.ac.uk Professor John Wood (at WIBR)
Professor of Molecular Neurobiology and Head of the Molecular Nociception GroupMolecular genetics of sensory neurons j.wood@ucl.ac.uk - Join Us
Fellowships
*please click here to read the rules the Division of Biosciences applies to the senior Fellowships listed below
** please contact Dr Claire Westwood (email) with any queries about senior FellowshipsUCL Excellence Fellowship – see also Excellence Fellowship cohorts page. Round deadlines have been in August and May. The UCL Excellence Fellowship scheme is run by the School of Life and Medical Sciences and is open to the full range of disciplines in basic and applied life sciences.
MRC Career Development Award – opens 10 August 2018, closes 20 September 2018. The scheme supports talented post-doctoral researchers in the biomedical sciences to lead their own research plans and establish their own, independent research team. The award includes the fellow’s salary and support for research staff, consumables expenses, travel costs and capital equipment for up to five years.
* MRC Senior Non-Clinical Fellowships - opens 10 August 2018, closes 20 September 2018. The SNCF supports researchers with a track record of effectively leading their own independent research to make the transition to research leadership and become an internationally recognised leader in their field. An SNCF provides funding for a challenging research programme, and an ambitious programme of research training which offers accelerated personal and career development. Applicants wanting to retain an existing position and combine this with research funding, should consider funding options under one of the grant schemes.
Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowships - this scheme offers recently qualified postdoctoral researchers the opportunity to start independent research careers, working in some of the best research environments in the world. New applications are considered twice a year. Preliminary application deadline - 9 October 2018. Full application deadline - 18 December 2018. There will be an April 2019 round announced.
* Wellcome Trust/Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellowship – 3 rounds/year early November, April and August. This scheme is for outstanding post-doctoral scientists wishing to build their own UK-based, independent research career addressing an important biomedical question. The award covers the fellow’s salary and research costs (including technical assistance) for five years. There may be a further 3 years of funding. The awardee can apply for this on condition he/she passes the interview by a Division of Biosciences Director/HoD lead panel. This is because, during the second stage of the Sir Henry Dale Fellowship UCL must support the candidate by 50% salary and after the 8th and final year the awardee becomes a tenured UCL Staff member.
European Research Council Starting Grants – deadlines tba. The scheme targets promising researchers who have the proven potential of becoming independent research leaders. The five-year award has a flexible budget that can be used to cover the fellow’s salary, PhD and postdoc posts, consumable, travel and equipment.
Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship – deadline tba. This scheme is equivalent to the University Research Fellowships, but specifically targeted at individuals who require a flexible working pattern due to personal circumstances such as parenting or caring responsibilities or health issues.
BBSRC David Phillips Fellowships – rounds have been opening February with May deadline. The scheme provides support for researchers with high academic and leadership potential wishing to establish their first independent research group. The award includes the fellow’s salary and a significant research support grant for five years.
Human Frontier Science Programme Fellowships (various schemes)
Please simply read up on these schemes, for instance… one is a scheme aimed at applicants with a Ph.D. in a biological discipline, who will broaden their expertise by proposing a project in the life sciences which is significantly different from their previous Ph.D. or postdoctoral work. HFSP postdoctoral fellowships encourage early career scientists to broaden their research skills by moving into new areas of study while working in a new country. Fellowship initiation deadline: 9 August 2018, Fellowship submission deadline: 23 August 2018
There is also a Career Development Award but this is only for those who have held a HFSP Fellowship.Newton International Fellowship - see scheme notes. Support the development and training of postdoctoral researchers at an early stage of their career from any country outside the UK, by providing an opportunity to work at a UK research institution for two years. Look out for a March deadline 2019.
Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions - the goal of Individual Fellowships is to enhance the creative and innovative potential of experienced researchers, wishing to diversify their individual competence in terms of skill acquisition through advanced training, international and intersectoral mobility.
Deadline: 12 September 2018.