The Structural Biology group
Professor Ray Owens
Head of Protein Production UK
Ray Owens obtained his PhD in biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, UK. After postdoctoral work in London and Oxford, […]
Dr Gwyndaf Evans
Head of Technology
Gwyndaf Evans was awarded his PhD in Physics from the University of Warwick in 1994 for his work performed at […]
Dr Liang Wu
Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Dale fellow
Liang is a Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Dale fellow. He is establishing a lab to study the processes involved in […]
Dr Maud Dumoux
Associate Investigator
Maud has a PhD in immunology from Paris 7 Diderot. Prior to working at the Franklin, she worked at the […]
Dr Michael Grange
Tomography Group Leader
Michael completed his D.Phil in structural biology at the University of Oxford, UK, applying in-cell structural biology techniques to investigate […]
Dr Lucile Moynie
Associate Investigator
After completing her PhD in Structural Biology, Lucile moved to St Andrews as a research fellow where she studied protein […]
Dr Tom Glen
Plasma FIB Manager
Tom studied Physics at Southampton, then completed a PhD at the University of Cambridge studying organic solar cells. He then […]
Dr Matthew Case
Electron Microscope Manager
Matthew Case graduated with a BSc in biological sciences from the University of Plymouth and an MSc in the study […]
Andy Stallwood
Mechanical Design Engineer
Andy Stallwood is a mechanical design engineer specialising in, cryogenic, UHV, and nano-positioning systems. Previously employed at the Central Laser […]
Dr Jianguo Zhang
Senior Application Expert for in situ Structural Biology
Jianguo Zhang got his Ph.D degree at Kochi University of Technology in Japan, studying ion beam interactions with materials. He […]
Dr Lauren Eyssen
Staff Scientist
Lauren is a staff scientist in Professor Ray Owens’ group and she will be working on different aspects of nanobody […]
Dr Calina Glynn
Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate
Calina (Callie) is a senior postdoctoral research associate in Dr. Michael Grange’s group focusing on utilizing cryo-focused ion beam milling […]
Dr Courtney Mycroft-West
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Glycosaminoglycan Biosynthesis
Courtney is a postdoctoral research associate in glycosaminoglycan biosynthesis based at the Rosalind Franklin Institute in the laboratory of Dr. […]
Dr Audrey Le Bas
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Biological Sample Preparation
Audrey is a PDRA in Biological samples production. She completed her PhD at Paris 7 Diderot University, specialising in membrane […]
Dr James Parkhurst
Postdoctoral Research Associate
James’ role at the Rosalind Franklin Institute focuses on the use of simulation, data processing and analysis to aid in […]
Dr Eva Maria Soriano-Jerez
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Eva Maria is working as a postdoctoral research scientist in Dr Michael Granges’ group, which focuses on developing neuronal cell […]
Dr Siva Ramadurai
Senior Staff Scientist
Siva is working as senior staff scientist in the structural biology theme, focusing on cell-free protein expression system for protein […]
Dr Casper Berger
Senior Application Expert
Casper Berger worked on his PhD at the M4I institute in Maastricht, The Netherlands. He is interested in using and […]
Dr John Clarke
Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Protein Science
John is a postdoctoral researcher within the Structural Biology Nanobody Discovery team. John’s research looks to discover, optimise, and engineer […]
Dr Miron Leanca
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Miron is a research associate in cryo-electron tomography within the structural biology group. His background includes analytical chemistry and biochemical […]
Victoria Garcia-Giner
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Victoria is a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Michael Grange’s group focusing on the development of correlative workflows using electron and […]
Dr Ravi Teja Ravi
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Ravi Teja conducted his PhD research at the Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University in the Netherlands. During this […]
Dr Charlie Lovatt
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Charlie is a postdoctoral research associate in the Grange group working on the in situ structural biology of cells and tissues […]
Dr Sheera Abdulla
Laboratory manager
Sheera is the laboratory manager for the Rosalind Franklin Institute. Her focus around helping to make the science and research […]
Dr Chelsea Norman
Senior Laboratory Support Technician
Chelsea Norman is a Laboratory Support Technician for the Rosalind Franklin Institute. She has an MBiolSci in Biomedical Sciences and […]
Kelly Parker
Research Assistant
Kelly studied at the University of York, graduating with an MBiol in 2020. She spent her Masters’ year researching embryonic […]
Hannah Campaigne
Research Technician
Hannah graduated from the University of Southampton with a Masters in Natural Sciences back in 2015. Since then she has […]
Maria Sanita
Research Assistant
Maria graduated with a BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Surrey, during which she completed a professional training year […]
Leah McCaffrey
Research Technician
Leah is a research technician within the Nanobody Discovery team. Leah studied Biomedical Science BSc (Hons) at Abertay University and […]
Olivia Garner
Laboratory Technician
Olivia Garner studied Applied Biosciences at the University of Kent, as part of a degree apprenticeship with Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Upon […]
Jake Smith
DPhil Student, University of Oxford
Jake is a DPhil student on the Wellcome Trust Cellular Structural Biology programme at the University of Oxford. Here at […]
Helena Watson
PhD student
Thesis Title: The molecular basis of antiviral defence in bacteria Primary Theme: Structural Biology Franklin supervisor: Professor Jim Naismith and […]
Ellen Reed
PhD Student
Thesis title: Investigating the contribution of glycan interactions in extracellular vesicle internalisation and propagation of pathological tau in human tauopathies […]
Lara Fragapane
PhD Student
Thesis title: Solving the mysteries of human protein N-glycosylation: The Early Lipid-Linked Oligosaccharide Synthesis Pathway Primary Themes: Structural Biology and Next Generation […]
Becky Csöndör
PhD Student
Thesis title: Probing the molecular impact of Tau pathology on synaptic integrity Primary Theme: Structural Biology Secondary Theme: Mass Spectrometry […]
Tia É Hawkins
PhD Student
Thesis title: Understanding the GAG reflex: how glycosaminoglycans interact with Nipah virus to differently perturb its infectivity Primary Theme: Next […]
Angharad Smith
PhD Student
Thesis title: Developing Tools to Study In Situ Crystallisation Primary Theme: Correlated Imaging and Structural Biology Franklin supervisors: Dr Marcus Gallagher-Jones and Dr Maud […]
Nadisha Gamage
PhD student
Thesis Title: Structural investigation of chromatin reprogramming and organisation in development Primary Theme: Structural Biology Franklin Supervisor: Professor James Naismith, […]
Joe Thrush
PhD Student
Thesis title: Investigating the Membrane Fusion events of Nipah Virus using Advanced Light Microscopy and Cryo-Electron Microscopy. Primary theme: Structural […]
Jess Stone
PhD Student
Thesis title: Correlative light and electron microscopy to investigate the cytotoxic T-cell mediated anti-tumour response. Franklin Themes: Correlated Imaging and Structural […]
William Bowles
DPhil Student, University of Oxford
Will is a DPhil Student at Oxford University on the iCASE Interdisciplinary Bioscience BBSRC Doctoral Training Programme, partnered with Diamond […]
Ellie Tardo
PhD Student
Thesis Title: In vivo structural investigation of the TonB system via Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) Primary Theme: Structural Biology Secondary […]
Professor James Naismith
Visiting Professor
University of Oxford
Professor Naismith grew up in Hamilton, in the west of Scotland attending local state schools. He graduated from Edinburgh in […]