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The Molecular NeuroPathobiology Laboratory

Former MNP Team Members

Postdoctoral Fellows

Judit Herreros

Research Fellow

Involvement of lipid rafts in neurospecific uptake of TeNT

Jul 1997 - Feb 2001
Teresa Iglesias

Research Fellow

Cloning and characterisation of Kidins220

Aug 1998 – Sep 1999
Frederic Meunier

Research Fellow

Toxin affecting neuroexocytosis

Dec 1999 - Nov 2002
Giovanni Lesa

Research Fellow

Analysis of complex lipids in C. elegans

Oct 1999 - Oct 2003
Carole Verastegui

Research Fellow

Biochemical analysis of TeNT receptors

Aug 2001 - Feb 2005
Aurora Bracale

Research Fellow

Interacting partners of Kidins220

Nov 2002 - Feb 2005
Alessandra Granata

Research Fellow

The cellular function(s) of TorsinA.

Nov 2004 - Jun 2008
Sara Salinas

Research Fellow

Lipid raft and retrograde transport in motor neurons

Jul 2004 - Sept 2008
Olga Vites

Research Fellow

Role of rab7 effectors in retrograde transport

Apr 2006 - Apr 2009
Lynsey Bilsland

Research Fellow

In vivo assay for axonal retrograde transport

Jan 2006 - Sep 2009
Veronika Neubrand

Research Fellow

Kidins220 regulates the activity of the Rho GEF Trio

Jan 2006 - Oct 2009
Alessandra Reversi

Research Fellow

Regulation of Kidins220-kinesin interaction

Jan 2007 - Dec 2009
Sunil Kappagantula

Research Fellow

Proteomics of axonal transport carriers

Jun 2010 - May 2011
Olga Martins de Brito

Research Fellow

Regulation of Rab7 by RTK-dependent phosphorylation

Jan 2009 – May 2012
Michael Parkinson

Research Fellow

Modulation of Rab GTPases along the axonal transport pathway

Aug 2010 – Sep 2013
Solene Debaisieux

Research Fellow

Proteomics of axonal transport carriers

Oct 2011 – Nov 2015

PhD Students

Shona L. Osborne

PhD Student

PtdIns(4,5)P2: An essential lipid involved in membrane dynamics and nuclear physiology

Oct 1997 - Sep 2001
Giovanna Lalli

PhD Student

The binding fragment of TeNT: a probe to study neuronal endocytosis and retrograde transport

Recipient of the “Guido Pontecorvo” Prize for best PhD Thesis at the LRI

PhD Student
Mar 1998 - Feb 2002

Research Fellow

Mar 2002 - Dec 2002

Gerald Hammond

PhD Student

The role of phosphoinositides in mast cell exocytosis

Oct 2001 - Feb 2006
Stephanie Bohnert

 

 

pH analysis of endocytic carriers in motor neurons

Diploma Student

Sep 2001- Apr 2002

PhD Student

Oct 2002 - Jul 2006

Katrin DeinhardtThe endocytic pathway of tetanus toxin in motor neurons

PhD Student Oct 2002 - Nov 2005

Research Fellow Nov 2005 - Nov 2006

Fabrizia CescaFunction of Kidins220 in health and disease

PhD Student

Oct 2003 - Sep 2007

Research Fellow

Sep 2007 - Jul 2008

Marco Terenzio A novel RNAi screen for neurotrophin receptor internalisation and trafficking in motor neurons

PhD Student

Sep 2006 - Dec 2010

Visiting Fellow

Jun 2012 - Oct 2012

 

Guillermo MenendezMicrofluidics in the study of vesicular transport in neurons

PhD Student

Aug 2006 - Jul 2010

Research Fellow

Aug 2010 - Dec 2010

Anna Wade

 

A novel role for activated Leukocyte cell adhesion molecule (ALCAM) in neurotrophin signalling in neurons

PhD Student Sep 2007 - Dec 2010
Arisa Yabe

 

In vivo functional analysis of Kidins220

PhD Student Oct 2007 - Dec 2011
Martin Wallace

PhD Student

"Functional screens in human motor neurons”

Oct 2010 – Sep 2014
Kinga Bercsenyi

PhD Student

Modifying axonal transport as a therapeutic strategy for ALS

Oct 2011 – Sep 2015
Katherine Gibbs

PhD Student

Modifying axonal transport as a therapeutic strategy for ALS

Oct 2011 – Sep 2015
Nathalie Schmieg

PhD Student

Trafficking of growth factor receptors in Kidins220-/- neuron

Oct 2011 – Jan 2016

 

Graduate Rotation Student

David LynchLeonard Wolfson PhD ProgrammeOct 2013-Jan 2014
Albert SnowballWellcome Neuroscience ProgrammeJan 2014-May 2014
Melissa Wren Leonard Wolfson PhD ProgrammeOct 2014-Jan 2015
Ione Meyer MRC Neuromuscular Disease PhD ProgrammeOct 2014-Jan 2015
Alexander FellowsLeonard Wolfson PhD ProgrammeFeb 2015-May 2015
Matthew BenthamLeonard Wolfson PhD ProgrammeOct 2015-Jan 2015
Grace C O’Regan4 year PhD Programme in Clinical NeurosciencesNov 2015-Jan 2016

 

 

Visiting Research Fellows

 

Carles Gil Giro'

Research Fellow

TeNT and neurotrophin complexes in brain

Mar 2001 - Aug 2001

Oct 2003 - Jan 2004

Feb 2005 - Mar 2005

Laura Restani

Research Fellow

Retrograde transport of botulinum neurotoxins

Sep 2008 - Feb 2009
Maria Manich

Undergraduate student

Retrograde transport of botulinum neurotoxins

Jul 2008 - Aug 2009
Edoardo Moretto

MSc Student

A quantitative proteomic approach to dystonia

Apr 2011 - Sep 2011
Francesco Giribaldi

PhD Student

BoNT/A and E undergo retrograde transport in motor neurons”

Jan 2011 - Dec 2011

Jul 2012 - Sep 2012

Pilar González Cabo

Research Fellow

Differentiation of mouse ES cells into sensory neurons

Mar 2012 - Aug 2012

 

Scientific Officers

 

Felicia A. Hunte

Scientific Officer

Kidins220 as marker for malignant astrocytomas

Oct 2001 - Jul 2003
Daniel Worth Scientific OfficerJan 2006 - Jul 2006
Claire L. Thomas

Senior Scientific Officer

Kidins220/ARMS functions in health and disease

Jan 1997 – Aug 2013
Matthew Golding

Principal Scientific Officer

Mutations in cytoplasmic dynein

Jan 2003 - Sep 2013