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nmr logoMany postdoctoral fellows and students have worked at the Henry Wellcome Building and with its staff and collaborators to further its research.

Postdoctoral Fellows in Michael Overduin's group

Capelluto, Daniel: from 1998-2002, now Research Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech where he set up a NMR facility and studies signaling and trafficking pathways

Dancea, Felician: from 2004-2007, now working in Frankfurt as a financial systems programmer.

Dixon, Ann: from 2004-2005, now an Assistant Professor at the University of Warwick.

de Beer, Tonny : from 1996-1999, moved on AstraZeneca R&D Mölndal to establish an NMR-based structural-based drug discovery and screening system,  now a Section Head at Procter & Gamble.

Fogl, Claudia: from 2011 with support from the BBSRC

Hannan, Jonathan P:  with Mike Holers and Michael Overduin from 1999-2003, now a Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh

Jeeves, Mark: from 2005-present, supported by the BBSRC

Kami, Keiichiro: from 2004-2009 with supported from the Wellcome Trust, now at Riken Systems and Structural Biology Center, Yokohama, Japan

Kiran, Mahadev Ravi: from 2001-2007, supported by the NIH and Cancer Research UK

Kutateladze, Tatiana G: from 1996-2001,  now leading a NIH-funded program on the histone code as an Associate Professor at the University of Colorado Denver

Knowles, Tim: from 2004-2010, now supported at U Birmingham by a BBSRC Enterprise Fellowship

Rajesh, Sundaresan: from 2003-present, supported by the BBSRC

Sugawara, Masae: from 2005-2009 with support from Cancer Research UK, now a Chief at Japan Science and Technology Agency


PhD Students with Michael Overduin's group:

Akhtar, Nazia: (2009 – present, MRC DTA Training Programme), Supervisors: Michael Overduin, Jane McKeating and Mark Jeeves

Al-Jassar, Caezar (2008 – present, MRC DTA Training Programme), Supervisors: Michael OVerduin, Martyn Chidgey

Brunecky, Roman: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center PhD student (Pharmacology Program) with Michael Overduin from 2001-2003

Cheever, Matthew L: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center PhD student (Molecular Biology Program) from 1999-2003 with Michael Overduin, now a postdoctoral fellow with John Sondek at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Davis, Vicky  (2009 Wellcome Trust Combined Training Programme), Supervisors: Michael Overduin, Yotis Senis, Mark Jeeves

Enmon, Jennifer T: University of Colorado - Boulder PhD student with Michael Overduin from 1997-2000, supported by a NIH Minority Fellowship Award, now an Associate in Sidley's law firm  focusing on Intellectual Property litigation, with an emphasis on pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.

Gopalasingam, Piraveen (2009 – present, CR-UK PhD Training Programme), supervisors: Michael Overduin and Mark Jeeves

Maderbocus, Riyaz  (2008 – present, MRC DTA Training Programme),  Supervisors: Michael Overduin, Tim Knowles, Ian Henderson

Sample, Tim: : University of Colorado Health Sciences Center PhD student (Molecular Biology Program) with Michael Overduin from 2001-2003

Tokonzaba, Etienne: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center PhD student (Pharmacology Program) with Michael Overduin from 2001-2003, supported by a NIH Minority Fellowship Award, thereafter worked with Xiaojiang Chen at the University of Southern California.

Tong, Mike: University of Birmingham with Michael Overduin, supported by BBSRC Industrial CASE Studentship and GlaxoSmithKline from 2006-2009.


Present and former members of Ulrich Günther's group:

Atkins, Karen: from 2008-present, supported by Wellcome Trust and EU funding.

Carrigan, John: from 2008-2011, supported by EU funding.

Emwas, Abdul: from 2006-2007, supported by an EU Marie Curie Award, now at the King Abdullah University

Knoblich, Konstantin: PhD Student supported by Cancer Research UK Studentship Award from 2008-2010, now at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts.

Lodi, Alessia: postdoc from 2006-2009, supported by an EU Marie Curie Award.

Michiels, Paul: postdoc from 2004-2008, supported by Solvay Pharmaceuticals.

Saunders, Martin: PhD student with Ulrich Günther, supported by BBSRC Industrial CASE Studentship and Oxford Instruments Molecular Biotools Ltd from 2006-2009.

Singhal, Rishi: Clinical Research Fellow collaborating with Ulrich Günther from 2008-2011.

Tiziani, Stefano:  postdoc from 2006-2009, supported by an EU Marie Curie Award.