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Institute of Cell Biology staff list

Head of Institute

Name Email Address Telephone
Professor David Finnegan David.Finnegan@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 650 5377

Institute Secretary

Name Email Address Telephone
Mary Conn Mary.Conn@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 650 5366

Building Manager

Name Email Address Telephone
George McMillan George.McMillan@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 650 5438

Administrative Staff

Name Position Email Address Telephone
Lara Crossland Public Engagement Group lara.crossland@ed.ac.uk
Ruth Edwards Public Engagement Group ruth.edwards@ed.ac.uk
Alexandra Fraser Darwin Trust Secretary Alix.Fraser@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 650 5382
Linda Hadfield Public Engagement Group lhadfiel@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Lorna Howat Public Engagement Group Lorna.Howat@ed.ac.uk
Sarah Keer-Keer Bird Group skkeer@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Alyson MacDonald School Research Administrator Alyson.Macdonald@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 651 7160
Janet Paterson Public Engagement Group Janet.Paterson@ed.ac.uk
Heather Rea Public Engagement Group h.j.rea@ed.ac.uk
Lucy Ross Public Engagement Group Lucy.Ross@ed.ac.uk
Susan Ryan Public Engagement Group sryan1@staffmail.ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 650 7042
Christine Struthers Secretary for Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology Christine.Struthers@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 650 5668
Karen Traill EU Adminstrator/Wellcome PhD Administrator Karen.Traill@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 650 5933
Sarah West Alin Public Engagement Group swalin@staffmail.ed.ac.uk

Academic Staff and Principal Investigators

Name Research Interest Email Address
ALLAN, James Dr Chromatin structure and function J.Allan@ed.ac.uk
ALLSHIRE, Robin Professor Chromosome segregation: centromeric chromatin and kinetochore assembly Robin.Allshire@ed.ac.uk
ARULANANDAM, Jeyaprakash Dr Structural Biology of Cell Division Jeyaprakash.Arulanandam@ed.ac.uk
BEGGS, Jean Professor mRNA splicing and links to transcription jbeggs@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
BIRD, Adrian Professor Reading the DNA methylation signal A.Bird@ed.ac.uk
BLAKELY, Garry Dr Senior Lecturer Garry.Blakely@ed.ac.uk
BOWNES, Mary Professor Sex differentiation in Drosophila and oogenesis in Drosophila and mouse Mary.Bownes@ed.ac.uk
EARNSHAW, Bill Professor Mitotic chromosome transactions Bill.Earnshaw@ed.ac.uk
FANTES, Peter Dr Stress responses, chaperones and cell cycle control in S. pombe P.Fantes@ed.ac.uk
FINNEGAN, David Professor Transposable elements David.Finnegan@ed.ac.uk
FRENCH, Chris Dr Biosensors, biomass conversion, gene assembly C.French@ed.ac.uk
GALLAGHER, Maurice Dr Bacterial physiology and vaccine development MP.Gallagher@ed.ac.uk
GORYACHEV, Andrew Dr Spatial aspects of cell signalling Andrew.Goryachev@ed.ac.uk
HARDWICK, Kevin Dr Mitosis and the spindle checkpoint Kevin.Hardwick@ed.ac.uk
HARRINGTON, Lea Professor Personal Chair of Telomere Biology l.harrington@ed.ac.uk
INTERTHAL, Heidrun Dr Repair of covalent protein-DNA complexes heidrun.interthal@ed.ac.uk
LEACH, David Professor Replication, Recombination and Genome Stability D.Leach@ed.ac.uk
MACLEOD, Donald Dr Donald.Macleod@ed.ac.uk
MARSTON, Adele Dr Mechanisms of chromosome segregation adele.marston@ed.ac.uk
MCQUEEN, Heather Dr Dosage compensation, epigenetics and sex determination H.McQueen@ed.ac.uk
OHKURA, Hiroyuki Professor Professor of Cell Biology H.Ohkura@ed.ac.uk
RAPPSILBER, Juri Professor Protein organisation and composition of chromatin in normal and breast cancer cells juri.rappsilber@ed.ac.uk
READ, Nick Professor Hyphal growth and morphogenesis Nick.Read@ed.ac.uk
SAWIN, Kenneth Dr Microtubule organisation and cell polarity Ken.Sawin@ed.ac.uk
SCHIRMER, Eric Dr Influence of the nuclear envelope on cell differentiation and genome architecture E.Schirmer@ed.ac.uk
STANCHEVA, Irina Dr Epigenetic gene silencing in normal cells and cancer I.Stancheva@ed.ac.uk
TELFER, Evelyn Dr Ovarian development Evelyn.Telfer@ed.ac.uk
TOLLERVEY, David Professor RNA processing and degradation D.Tollervey@ed.ac.uk
WARD, Bruce Dr Magnetic bacteria, microbial fuel cells, microbial physiology at high pressure Bruce.Ward@ed.ac.uk
WEST, Steven Dr WT Fellowship Steven.West@ed.ac.uk

Honorary and Visiting Staff

Name Position Email Address
Professor W D Donachie Professor Emeritus
Professor Brian J Kilbey Professor Emeritus
Dr John March Honorary Fellow John.March@bigdna.co.uk
Dr Millicent Masters Honorary Fellow M.Masters@ed.ac.uk
Professor Kenneth Murray Professor Emeritus K.Murray@ed.ac.uk
Professor D S Saunders Professor Emeritus
Professor Ian W Sutherland Professor Emeritus

Research Staff

Name Group / Position Email Address
Ross Alexander Beggs Group Ross.Alexander@ed.ac.uk
Ricardo Almeida Tyers Group r.almeida@ed.ac.uk
Flavia Alves Rappsilber Group flavia.alves@ed.ac.uk
Andreas Anders Sawin Group Andreas.Anders@ed.ac.uk
David Barrass Beggs Group David.Barrass@ed.ac.uk
Helena Barysz Rappsilber Group hbarysz@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Mr Anees Basha Research Assistant atbasha@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Adam Belsom Rappsilber Group abelsom@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Deborah Blake Harrington Group debbie.blake@ed.ac.uk
Julie Blyth Marston Group Julie.Blyth@ed.ac.uk
Dr Daniel Booth Post Doc dbooth@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Dr Manuel Breuer Ohkura Group mbreuer@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
James Brodie Finnegan Group jbrodie1@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Alessia Buscaino Allshire Group Alessia.Buscaino@ed.ac.uk
Maria Carmena Earnshaw Group Mar.Carmena@ed.ac.uk
Jane Charlesworth Allshire Group Jane.Charlesworth@ed.ac.uk
Zhuo Chen Rappsilber Group s0685440@sms.ed.ac.uk
Helene Cheval Bird Group helene.cheval@ed.ac.uk
Dean Clift Marston Group dclift@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Thomas Clouaire Bird Group thomas.clouaire@ed.ac.uk
Nathalie Colombie Ohkura Group ncolombi@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Olivier Cordin Beggs Group ocordin2@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Miss Vanessa Cristao Beggs Group (Research Assistant) V.Cristao@ed.ac.uk
Andrew Cronshaw Rappsilber Group Andrew.Cronshaw@ed.ac.uk
Fiona Cullen Ohkura Group F.Cullen@ed.ac.uk
Elise Darmon Leach Group Elise.Darmon@ed.ac.uk
Jose De Las Heras Stancheva Group J.delasHeras@ed.ac.uk
Dina De Sousa Bird Group d.desousa@ed.ac.uk
Jennifer Dorrens Harrington Group jennifer.dorrens@ed.ac.uk
Dr Tatiana Dudnakova Research Fellow tdudnako@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Eris Duro Marston Group Eris.Duro@ed.ac.uk
Aziz El-Hage Aziz.Elhage@ed.ac.uk
Josefin Fernius Marston Group josefin.fernius@ed.ac.uk
Lutz Fischer Rappsilber Group l.fischer@ed.ac.uk
Laura Gardano Harrington Group laura.gardano@ed.ac.uk
Katrina Gordon Stancheva Group K.Gordon@ed.ac.uk
Richard Grainger Beggs Group Richard.Grainger@ed.ac.uk
Sander Granneman Tollervey Group sgrannem@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Jacqueline Guy Bird Group J.Guy@ed.ac.uk
Georgina Hamilton Allshire Group Georgina.Hamilton@ed.ac.uk
Eve Hartswood Finnegan Group E.Hartswood@ed.ac.uk
Karen Hegney Rappsilber Group Karen.Hegney@ed.ac.uk
Aleksandra Helwak Tollervey Group ahelwak@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Rebecca Holmes Tollervey Group rholmes@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Steve Innocente Beggs Group steve.innocente@ed.ac.uk
Alexander Kagansky Earnshaw Group Alexander.Kagansky@ed.ac.uk
Dr David Kelly WTC Microscopy Research manager dkelly2@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Sadie Kemp Stancheva Group Sadie.Kemp@ed.ac.uk
Dr Alastair Kerr WTC Bioinformatician Alastair.Kerr@ed.ac.uk
Dr Martha Koerner Post Doc m.korner@ed.ac.uk
Nadia Korfali Schirmer Group Nadia.Korfali@ed.ac.uk
Grzegorz Kudla Tollervey Group gkudla@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Dr Georg Kustatscher Post Doc georg.kustatscher@ed.ac.uk
Simon Lebaron Tollervey Group slebaron@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Marcin Leda Goryachev Group mleda@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Erwan Lejeune Allshire Group erwan.lejeune@ed.ac.uk
Chao Li Stancheva Group cli4@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Benjamin Loh Ohkura Group bloh@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Manuel Lopez-Vernaza Leach Group M.A.Lopez-Vernaza@sms.ed.ac.uk
Matthew Lyst Bird Group mlyst@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Svetlana Makovets MRC Fellowship smakovet@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Karen May Hardwick Group karen.may@ed.ac.uk
Marie McLaughlin McQueen Group mmclaug1@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Cara Merusi Bird Group cmerusi@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Laura Milligan Tollervey Group Laura.Milligan@ed.ac.uk
Dr Alberto Munoz Post Doc amunoz@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Alberto Munoz Rodriguez amrodrig@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Hiromi Ogawa Earnshaw Group hiromi.ogawa@ed.ac.uk
Heather Owen Bird Group Heather.Owen@ed.ac.uk
Dr Lauri Peil Rappsilber Group lpeil@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Elisabeth Petfalski Tollervey Group E.Petfalski@ed.ac.uk
Alison Pidoux Allshire Group Alison.Pidoux@ed.ac.uk
Melpomeni Platani Earnshaw Group m.platani@ed.ac.uk
Fiona Pryde Harrington Group Fiona.Pryde@ed.ac.uk
Patricia Rischitor Read Group P.Rischitor@ed.ac.uk
Sandrine Ruchaud Earnshaw Group s.ruchaud@ed.ac.uk
Itaru Samejima Sawin Group Itaru.Samejima@ed.ac.uk
Kumiko Samejima Earnshaw Group Kumiko.Samejima@ed.ac.uk
Claudia Schneider Tollervey Group Claudia.Schneider@ed.ac.uk
Jim Selfridge Bird Group Jim.Selfridge@ed.ac.uk
Eun Shik Choi Allshire Group eschoi@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Hilary Snaith Sawin Group Hilary.Snaith@ed.ac.uk
Vlastimil Srsen Schirmer Group V.Srsen@ed.ac.uk
Lakxmi Subramanian Allshire Group lakxmi.subramanian@ed.ac.uk
Agata Swiatkowska Tollervey Group aswiatko@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Heather Syred Ohkura Group hsyred@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Salman Tahir Rappsilber Group salman.tahir@ed.ac.uk
Paola Vagnarelli Earnshaw Group P.Vagnarelli@ed.ac.uk
Sjaak Van Der Sar Hardwick Group sjaak.vandersar@ed.ac.uk
Dr Kirstin Verzijlbergen Kitty.Verzijlbergen@ed.ac.uk
Shaun Webb Bird Group shaun.webb@ed.ac.uk
Martin White Leach Group mwhite4@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Sharon White Allshire Group Sharon.A.White@ed.ac.uk
Judith Zich Hardwick Group Judith.Zich@ed.ac.uk
Juan Zou Rappsilber Group j.zou@ed.ac.uk

Technical Staff

Name Group / Position Email Address
Gregory Anderson Wellcome Centre Lab Manager greg.anderson@ed.ac.uk
Dr Colin Combe Technician colin.combe@ed.ac.uk
Lee Davidson Steve West Group Lee.Davidson@ed.ac.uk
Mr Stefan Galander Technician s0786751@sms.ed.ac.uk
Aileen Greig Bird Group Aileen.Greig@ed.ac.uk
Smija Kurian Read Group skurian@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Alex Lichius Read Group alichiu1@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Ewa Okely Leach Group Ewa.Okely@ed.ac.uk
Mrs Emma Peat Technician epeat@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Kathleen Pullen Public Engagement Group k.pullen@ed.ac.uk
Rinku Rajan MacDonald Group rinku.rajan@ed.ac.uk
Nikolaj Zuleger Schirmer Group nikolaj.zuleger@ed.ac.uk

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