MNP Team Members

Reem Abouward | PhD Student Investigating mRNA transport granule composition and transport dynamics in motor neurons Wellcome Trust | Sept 2020 - Present | ||
Ioana Butnaru | Research Associate Identify critical regulators of tau release and re-uptake, and determining modifiers of these processes acting on key pharmacological nodes Dementia Research Institute | Oct 2018 - Present
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Sam De La-Rocque | PhD Student Characterization of Interneuronal Transfer of Tau Medical Research Council | Oct 2017 - Present
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Oscar Marcelo Lazo | Research Fellow Mechanisms of assembly and sorting of retrograde signalling endosomes in hippocampal neurons Dementia Research Institute | Nov 2016 - Present
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Edoardo Moretto | Research Associate Dissecting axonal transport deficit in tauopathies and its targeting as possible therapeutic strategy UK Demential Research Institute at UCL | Mar 2018 - Present
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Sergey Novoselov | Senior Research Associate Studying the tetanus toxin receptor complex by BioID approach Wellcome Trust Programme Grant to Professor Schiavo | Oct 2014 - Present | ||
Chiara Panzi | PhD Student Modulation of the spread of pathological tau in vitro and in vivo Alzheimer's Society | Mar 2020 - Present | ||
Ellie Rhymes | PhD Student Investigating the effect of Ret inhibition on axonal transport deficits in the SOD1(G93A) mouse model of ALS Medical Research Council | Oct 2017 - Present | ||
Alex Rossor | Research Fellow Control of receptor trafficking as a therapeutic strategy in the hereditary neuropathies Wellcome Trust Postdoctoral Research Training Fellowship | Aug 2016 - Present | ||
Sunaina Surana | Research Associate Investigating the relationship between nidogens and neuotrophins Human Frontiers Science Program Long-Term Post-doctoral Fellowship | Jul 2016 - Present | ||
Andrew Tosolini | Research Associate Characterising the mechanisms governing transcytosis of signalling endosomes in health and disease Wellcome Trust Programme Grant to Professor Schiavo | Feb 2016 - Present | ||
Jobert Vargas | Research Fellow
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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 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 Deinhardt | The endocytic pathway of tetanus toxin in motor neurons | PhD Student Oct 2002 - Nov 2005 Research Fellow Nov 2005 - Nov 2006 |
Fabrizia Cesca | Function 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
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Guillermo Menendez | Microfluidics 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 Lynch | Leonard Wolfson PhD Programme | Oct 2013-Jan 2014 |
Albert Snowball | Wellcome Neuroscience Programme | Jan 2014-May 2014 |
Melissa Wren | Leonard Wolfson PhD Programme | Oct 2014-Jan 2015 |
Ione Meyer | MRC Neuromuscular Disease PhD Programme | Oct 2014-Jan 2015 |
Alexander Fellows | Leonard Wolfson PhD Programme | Feb 2015-May 2015 |
Matthew Bentham | Leonard Wolfson PhD Programme | Oct 2015-Jan 2015 |
Grace C O’Regan | 4 year PhD Programme in Clinical Neurosciences | Nov 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 Officer | Jan 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 |