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People

We’re a friendly, collaborative team
​focused on good science and a great work environment.

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Alessia Buscaino, PhD
Professor and Group Leader

Education:  MSc-University of Palermo (Italy); PhD- EMBL-Heidelberg; Post-doc: Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology (Allshire Lab- Edinburgh; UK)
Nationality: Italian/British
Like: Dogs and Waitrose
Dislike: Driving and Asda
Main job: Writing grants, writing papers; meetings

Email: [email protected]

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Elise Iracane, PhD
Post-Doc 
Education:  
MSc - Universite Paris Diderot (Paris, France), PhD - University College Dublin (Ireland)
Nationality: French
Likes: Live Music
Dislikes: Coffee 

Research Project: Non-coding RNAs and host adaptation in the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans 

​Email: [email protected]

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Chloe Uyl, PhD
Post-Doc
 
Education: BSc Biomedical Science (University of Kent 2018-2020), PhD in Microbiology (University of Kent 2020-2024)
Nationality: British

Likes: Travelling 
Dislikes: Laziness
Research: Harnessing the natural diversity of fungi for novel mycoprotein production (funded by the Microbial Food Hub, UKRI)
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Email: [email protected]

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Matt Shaw
​PhD Student (University of Kent)

Education: BSc Biological Science (Genetics)- University of Leicester (2018-2021), MSc Microbiology- University of Kent (2021-Ongoing) 
Nationality: British
Likes: Climbing and nature 
Dislikes: Boris 

Research: Using CRISPR-Cas9 to study the evolutionary role of genome instability in Candida albicans.
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Email: [email protected]

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Michaela Kolmosova
Research Technician 

Education: BSc Molecular and Cellular Biology - University of Glasgow (2017-2021)
Nationality: 
Slovenka
​Likes:  Rocks
Dislikes: Not rocks
Research: Harnessing the natural diversity of fungi for novel mycoprotein production


Email: [email protected]


Alumni

Lauren Dineen

Post-Doc 
Now Post-Doc at Imperial

Kheti Mhlongo

Research Technician
​Now PhD student at the University of Bath

Samuel Vega-Estevez

Post-Doc
Now scientist at Elison Institute of Technology Oxford

Marzia Rizzo

PhD Student
​Now senior scientist at CarryGenes

Jordan Robert Price

Post-Doc 
​Now Team Leader at NIAB Cambridge

Cameron Johnstone

Master by Research
Now scientist at Novogene

Misty Peterson

PhD Student
​Now Post-Doc at University of California

Thomas Chinnery

Research Technician

Veronica Freire-Beneitez

PhD Student
Now principal scientist at EnaroBio

Dan Tarrant

Post-Doc
Now Head of Science at The Thomas Aveling School
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