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Loke CTR Core Staff

Busma Butt
Chief Laboratory Research Technician, Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research
Licensing Manager, Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research
Executive Manager, Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research
Tamsin Smyth
Events and Communications Coordinator
Trainee Technician, Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research

Principal Investigators

Director, Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research
Mary Marshall and Arthur Walton Professor of Reproductive Physiology
Chair, Strategic Research Initiative in Reproduction
Academic Clinical Lecturer, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
 Irving   Aye
Group Leader & MRC Career Development Fellow
2018 Next Generation Fellow
Principal Investigator, Laboratory for Primate Embryogenesis, Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research
Sir Henry Dale Fellow
Professor Steve  Charnock-Jones
Professor of Reproductive biology
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Professor William  Colledge
Professor of Reproductive Biology
Joint Head of Department
Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Dr Francesco  Colucci
Professor of Immunology
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Dr Miguel  Constancia
Associate Professor in Reproductive Biology
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Professor Anne  Ferguson-Smith
Arthur Balfour Professor of Genetics
Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator
Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research, University of Cambridge
University Lecturer
Emeritus Professor of Perinatal Physiology
Dr Kristian  Franze
University Lecturer
MRC Fellow
Professor of Developmental Cardiovascular Physiology and Medicine, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Director of Studies in Medicine, Gonville & Caius College
 Courtney  Hanna
Sir Henry Dale Fellow, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
2018 Next Generation Fellow
Professor Martin  Johnson
Emeritus Professor of Reproductive Sciences
 Gavin  Kelsey
Group leader, Epigenetics, Babraham Institute
Professor of Immunology and Medicine
PI, BHF Senior Basic Science Research Fellow
VPD-Heart and Lung Research Institute, Department of Medicine
Sir Henry Dale Fellow, Department of Pathology
Professor Emeritus, Department of Pathology
Professor of Metabolic Physiology
Institute of Metabolic Sciences
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology
Tenure Track Group Leader
Associate Professor in Developmental Genetics
Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (PDN) and Dept of Genetics
Group leader, Epigenetics, Babraham Institute
 Claire   Senner
Royal Society University Research Fellow
Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine Research Fellow
Principal Investigator, PDN
Group leader, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Dr Andrew M Sharkey
Director of Studies in Pre-clinical Medicine
Associate Lecturer in Department of Pathology
Herchel Smith Chair in Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Head of the Theory of Condensed Matter (TCM) physics group
Fellow of St. John's College, University of Cambridge
Professor Gordon  Smith
Head of Department
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Director of Germline and Epigenomics Research
Member of the Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Department
 Roser  Vento
Group Leader, Wellcome Sanger Institute
Lecturer in Reproductive Biology
Lister Research Prize Fellow
Professor Magdalena  Zernicka-Goetz
Professor of Mammalian Development and Stem Cell Biology
Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience

Next Generation Fellows (NGFs)

Next Generation Fellow (2022)
Affiliated to the Physiology Society and the Quadram Institute Bioscience.
Next Generation Fellow (2024)

Graduate Students

Graduate Student, Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Supervisor: Kathy Niakan
Graduate Student, Dept Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Supervisors: Irving Aye, Steve Charnock-Jones
Graduate Student, Newnham College - Loke CTR PhD Studentship 2023
Supervisors: Geula Hanin, Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri
Graduate Student, CTR PhD Studentship 2022
Supervisors: Catherine Aiken and Sue Ozanne
Caitlin Duncan
Graduate student, Department of Pathology
McGovern lab
Graduate Student, Department of Pathology
Medical Student, Dept Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Supervisor: Professor Steve Charnock-Jones
Graduate student
Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Rosello-Diez
Isabel Marchand Casas
Graduate Student, Department of Pathology
Loke CTR PhD Studentship 2024
Cambridge International & Newnham College Scholarship
Supervisors: Naomi McGovern and Emma Poole
Graduate Student, Loke CTR-Sir Robert Edwards Churchill College PhD studentship 2023
Supervisors: Kathy Niakan, Thorsten Boroviak
Julie Tang
Graduate Student, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Johnson Woodman-Loke CTR PhD Studentship 2024
Supervisors: Dr Courtney Hanna and Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith
PhD student, Babraham Institute
Rugg-Gunn Group
PhD student
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Professor Steve Charnock-Jones

Research Associates / Assistants

Research Assistant, Pathology
McGovern Lab
Dafina Angelova
Research Associate, Obstetrics and Gynaecology
 Anna  Arutyunyan
Wellcome Sanger Institute
 Christian  Belton
Post-doctoral Research Scientist, The Babraham Institute
carlos_ceballos-gonzalez
Research Associate, Boroviak Group
Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
Research Associate, Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Aiken lab)
Research Associate, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, IMS -Metabolic Research Laboratories
Senior Research Associate, Obstetrics and Gynaecology
+44 (0)1223 336877
Senior Research Associate in Bioinformatics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology Department, University of Cambridge
Noa Hasky
Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Prof. Gordon Smith and Prof. Steve Charnock-Jones
Sir Henry Wellcome Fellow, Gurdon Institute
Prof Azim Surani and Prof Ewa Paluch
Senior staff scientist, Vento-Tormo Lab
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Research Associate, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (Prof Gordon Smith)
Postdoctoral fellow, Vento-Tormo laboratory
Research Associate
Dept of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Royal Society sponsored Daphne Jackson Fellow
Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Clinical Medic, Obstetrics and Gynaecology
ionel_sandovici
Senior Research Associate, Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Emma Siragher
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Hanna group
Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Ulla Sovio
Principal Research Associate
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Niakan group
Senior Research Associate
Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry
Baron-Cohen group and APEX consortium
Staff Scientist, Cellular Genetics – Wellcome Sanger Institute (Vento-Tormo laboratory)
Senior Research Associate
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Prof Charnock-Jones research group
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Physiology, Development & Neuroscience

Alumni

Laura Woods
Former Bioinformatics Manager, Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research
Former Next Generation Fellow and Co-founder/director of CamBioScience Limited
Graduate Student, CTR PhD Studentship 2020
 Elisa  Balmas
Former CTR Graduate Student
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Former CTR Graduate student
 Olympe  Chazara
Former Next Generation Fellow
+44 (0)1223 333 728
Former CTR Graduate Student
Former Laboratory Manager, CTR
 Iva  Filipovic
Former CTR Graduate Student
Research Assistant
Former CTR Graduate Student
Former Post Doc, Babraham Institute
Technician, Pathology
+44 (0)1223 333729
Postdoctoral research associate
Dr Russell  Hamilton
Former Senior Research Associate and head of CTR Bioinformatics Facility
+44(0)1223 333848
Former Graduate Student, CTR
 Regina  Hoo
Postdoctoral Fellow, Wellcome Sanger Institute
Former CTR Graduate Student
Former graduate Student, Department of Pathology
 Jens  Kieckbusch
Former CTR Graduate Student and Next Generation Fellow
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Former CTR Next Generation Fellow
Former CTR Next Generation Fellow
Former Research Associate, Babraham Institute
Former Graduate Student
 Romina  Plitman
Former CTR Graduate Student
Senior Postdoc Scientist
Senior Scientist Altos Labs Cambridge Institute
Former Research Associate, PDN
Former Graduate Student, CTR
Graduate Student, CTR
Former CTR PhD student
+44 (0)1223 333816
Former Research assistant
+44 (0)1223 747490

Honorary Members

 Doug  Antczak
Dorothy Havemeyer McConville Professor of Equine Medicine
Reader at Queen Mary University of London
Former NGF
 Nick  Burton
Next Generation Fellow (2017)
Assistant Professor Van Andel Institute (VAI)
 Graham J Burton
Mary Marshall and Arthur Walton Professor of the Physiology of Reproduction (retired)
Director of Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research (Retired)
Royal Society Fellow
CTR Scientific Advisory Board Chair, 2021-2024
CTR Scientific Advisory Board Member, 2014-2021
Chair in Reproductive Medicine, University of Edinburgh
Consultant Gynaecologist at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh
Former, Head of Deanery of Clinical Sciences, University of Edinburgh
Former Co-Director, MRC Centre for Reproductive Health
President, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Adjunct Professor, University of Calgary
Professor Sir  Brian  Heap
Chief Scientific Advisor, Cambridge Malaysian Education and Development Trust (CMEDT), Malaysian Commonwealth Studies Centre (MCSC)
01223 248509
Professor Charlie  Loke
Fellow of King's College, University of Cambridge
Professor Lorna  Moore
Division of Reproductive Sciences, University of Colorado
Dr Jennifer  Nichols
Principal Investigator, Stem Cell Institute, Gleeson Building
 Vicente  Perez-Garcia
2018 Next Generation Fellow
(+44) 1223 496565
Department of Development and Regeneration, University of Leuven
Professor Theresa Powell
CTR SAB Member 2016-2023
Co-Director T32 Training Program in Perinatal Medicine and Biology
Department of Pediatrics, Section for Neonatology
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Sciences
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
 Chris  Redman
Co Investigator MRC Programme Grant
Clinical Director, Oxford Centre for Fetal Monitoring Technologies
Honorary Research Fellow, Lady Margaret Hall
Co-Investigator, Global Pregnancy Collaboration, (Pittsburgh, USA)
 Wolf  Reik
Acting Director, Babraham Institute
University Laureate Professor, Ian Potter Chair of Zoology
Professor Hubert Schorle
CTR SAB Member 2016-2023
Head of the Department of Developmental Pathology
University Clinics Bonn, Germany
University of Colorado
Professor John  Trowsdale
Emeritus Professor of Immunology
 Simon  Tunster
2016 Next Generation Fellow
 Margherita  Yayoi Turco
Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow
Honorary Senior Research Associate