Endothelial Cell Biology Unit
PEOPLE
Current laboratory staff
Dr Vas Ponnambalam BSc, PhD
Reader in Human Disease Biology
E-mail: s.ponnambalam@leeds.ac.uk
Dr John Walker BSc, PhD
Visiting Fellow
E-mail: j.h.walker@leeds.ac.uk
Professor Shervanthi Homer-Vanniasinkam, MBBS, IBSc, FRCSE, FRCS
Consultant vascular surgeon (Academic Unit of Vascular Surgery) at Leeds General Infirmary
Clinical Sub-Dean of Leeds University Medical School
Director, Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research & Professor of Translational Vascular Medicine in Division of Surgery (University College London)
E-mail: Shervanthi.Homer-Vanniasinkam@leedsth.nhs.uk
Dr Gareth Howell BSc, PhD
Leeds Bioimaging Facility manager
E-mail: g.j.howell@leeds.ac.uk
Dr Alexander-Francisco Bruns BSc, PhD
Wellcome Trust postdoctoral fellow
E-mail: a.f.bruns@leeds.ac.uk
Antony Latham BA, MA
BBSRC-CASE PhD student
E-mail: bsaml@leeds.ac.uk
Katie Freestone BSc, MSc
Heart Research UK PhD student
E-mail: bmb3kf@leeds.ac.uk
Mr. Mike Twigg MBChB, MRCS
Clinical Research Fellow, Surgeon & MD student
E-mail: michaeltwigg@doctors.org.uk
Dr Sam Stephen BSc, PhD
BHF Postdoctoral Fellow
E-mail: fbssls@leeds.ac.uk
Mr Nadeem Mughal, MBChB, FRCS
Part-time self-funded MD student
E-mail: nadeem_akhter@hotmail.com
Dr Godfrey Coast, MBChB, FRCP
Anatomy Demonstrating PhD Scholarship
E-mail: bsgjc@leeds.ac.uk
Alumni
Leyuan Bao BSc, MSc
Overseas Research Scholarship, Tetley & Lupton Scholarship, PhD student (2007-2010)
Postdoctoral research fellow with Professor Terence Rabbitts (Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Clare Ullyatt BSc, PhD
BBSRC PhD student (2006-2010)
Ecolife (Leeds)
Somnath Pandey BSc
Visiting MSc student from Vellore Institute of Technology (India; 2009-2010)
Dr Sarah Dunn BSc, PhD
British Heart Foundation postdoctoral fellow (2007-2010)
Staff scientist at Medimmune (Cambridge, UK)
Dr Adam Odell BSc, PhD
Wellcome Trust postdoctoral fellow (2007-2010)
Yorkshire Cancer Research postdoctoral fellow with Professor Monica Hollstein (Leeds, UK)
Mr Ravi Vohra MBBS, IBSc, MRCS, Royal College of Surgeons Fellowship (2007-2008), PhD student (2005-2009)
Surgical Registrar at Hull Royal Infirmary
E-mail: ravsvohra@hotmail.com
Dr Kashif Bhatti, MBBS, IBSc, Clinical Research Fellow (2008-2009)
General Practitioner training programme (2009-present)
Dr Helen Jopling BSc, PhD, BBSRC-funded DTA PhD student (2004-2008)
Schools Liasion Officer at Manchester University (2008-2009)
NHS Clinical Biochemist Training Programme (2009-present)
James Thomas, IBSc
Intercalating Clinical Sciences BSc Medical Student (2007-2008); Graduated with 1st Class Honours 2008
Currently undertaking medical elective in Tokyo, Japan
Dr Jane Murphy, BSc, PhD, BBSRC DTA-funded PhD student (2003-2007)
Postdoctoral Fellow at UCSF (USA)
Dr Shane Herbert, BSc, PhD, BBSRC DTA-funded PhD student (2002-2006) and BHF-funded postdoctoral fellow (2006-2007)
Sir Henry Wellcome Travelling Fellow at UCSF (USA)
Manpreet Bains, IBSc
Intercalating Clinical Sciences BSc Medical Student (2006-2007); Graduated with 2:1 Honours 2007
Qualified MBBS degree in 2009; undertaking junior house officer post in Charing Cross Hospital, London (2009-present)
Beejesh Deva , BSc, MSc
Undegradatuae project and MSc project student (2004-2007)
Teacher training (2009-present)
Dr Shweta Mittar, MBBS, MSc, PhD Dr Lorna Ewan, BSc, PhD
White Rose PhD student (2002-2006) BHF PhD student (2002-2006)
Fast-track medical MBBS programme (Birmingham University)
Qiuhong Li BSc, MSc Dr Jenny Smith BSc, PhD
Masters project student (2004) BHF Postdoctoral Fellow (2002-2003)
Technician, Oxford University (2005-present) Staff Scientist at Smith & Nephew Ltd. (Hull, UK)
Sashi Ahilathirunayagam (Third year medical undergraduate SSC3.3 research project)
Junior house doctor in Leeds & West Yorkshire
Dr Seema Grewal, BSc, PhD
BBSRC PhD student 1998-2001
Postdoc at UC Irvine (USA)(2001-2003)and Oxford University (2003-2009)
Cambridge, UK (2009-present)
Dr Mhairi Towler, BSc, PhD, MRC PhD student (1996-2000)
Postdoc at UCSF (USA) (2000-2003)
Research fellow at Dundee University (2003-present)
Dr Saira Kaneez, BSc, PhD, BBSRC-funded PhD student (200-2003)
Staff Scientist, Smith & nephew Ltd. (2003-2007)
R&D Project Manager at Johnson & Johnson (2007- )
Dr Eleni Tzima (BHF PhD student)
Assistant Professor in Dept. of Cell & Molecular Physiology (Univ.of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
Dr Hilary McLauchlan, BSc, PhD (MRC Postdoctoral research fellow, 1998-2000)
Scientific manager in the Division of Signal Transduction Therapy, Dundee University (2000-present)
Dr Mudassir Mohammed BSc, PhD Dr Lucinda Gedge, BSc, PhD (BBSRC PhD student)
BHF Postdoctoral Fellow (2002-2005) BBSRC PhD student
Sigma-Genosys (UK) (2006-present) Postdoctoral fellow at University of Strasbourg (France)
Dr Juan Hidalgo de Quintana, BSc, PhD Dr Ann Hastings, BSc, PhD
PhD student (2000-2004) British Heart Foundation PhD student
Research Fellow at University of Sussex Translational scientist at Astellas Pharmaceuticals (Netherlands)