Our Team
We are always seeking talented, enthusiastic, and curious minds to join our group. Post-doctoral candidates are encouraged to get in touch, sending your CV, to enquire about possibilities,
Current Lab Members
Paulina Rowicka
Lisa Kent
Grasilda Zenkeviciute
Grasilda is a 2nd year PhD student working on an interdisciplinary project funded by Cambridge Cancer Centre. She is developing constrained peptides to target an oncogenic E3 ligase and her work is done in close collaboration with Dr Itzhaki in Pharmacology department. Before joining the lab in October 2015 Grasilda graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a First Class masters degree with honours in Medicinal and Biological Chemistry. She spent her placement year at European Molecular Biology Laboratory (Hamburg) in Matthias Wilmanns' lab working on structural and functional analysis of Type VII secretion system proteins. During her time in Edinburgh Grasilda was awarded Amgen and BBSRC scholarships to carry out summer projects in Karolinska Institute and the University of Oxford. In her free time Grasilda enjoys the great outdoors and goes hiking around UK and Europe.
Bethany Mason
Born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Bethany graduated from The University of Manchester in 2015 with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Biomedical Sciences with Industrial/Professional Experience. Bethany spent her placement year at The University of Copenhagen, Denmark, where she carried out a research project studying chromatin dynamics in fission yeast. Her final year undergraduate research project focused on the role of micro-RNAs in the maturation and activation of macrophages in diabetes. Bethany joined the lab in January 2016 to begin a four year PhD looking at F-box proteins and their role in breast cancer.
Past Lab Members
Dr. Suzanne Randle
Suzie is a post-doctoral research fellow at the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, UK.
Dr. Shachi Patel
Dr. Felipe Teixeira
Felipe is Principal Investigator in Cellular Biochemistry in the Department of
Dr. David Nelson
Dave is an Associate Professor
Shachi is Director of Spykd Ltd, consulting for Navigant Life Sciences, based in London, UK.
Dr. El Kahina Meziane
Kahina is a Teaching Associate at the International School in London, UK.
Dr. Mikhail Lomonsov
Mikhail is Deputy Director of IVIX Ltd. and working for Bioprocess Capital Partners, LLC in Moscow, Russia.