Our Team

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Achillefs N. Kapanidis

Professor of Biological Physics

kapanidis@physics.ox.ac.uk

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Hafez El Sayyed

Post-doctoral Fellow

hafez.elsayyed@physics.ox.ac.uk

Investigating transcription dynamics and nucleoid structure using super-resolution imaging of RNA polymerase in live E. coli
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Oliver Pambos

Post-doctoral Fellow

oliver.pambos@physics.ox.ac.uk

Single molecule and super-resolution studies of the spatial organization of transcription
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Stelios Chatzimichail

Post-doctoral Fellow

stelios.chatzimichail@physics.ox.ac.uk

Single-molecule studies of single-cell bacterial isolates for rapid testing of antimicrobial resistance
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Jagadish Prasad Hazra

Post-doctoral Fellow

jagadish.hazra@physics.ox.ac.uk

Single molecule DNA sequencing by hybridisation
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Suchintak Dash

Post-doctoral Fellow

suchintak.dash@physics.ox.ac.uk

Single molecule analysis of transcription kinetics inside live bacteria
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Mirjam Kummerlin

Post-doctoral Fellow

mirjam.kummerlin@physics.ox.ac.uk

Studying transcriptional mechanisms using single-molecule DNA hybridization
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Maryam Beigzadeh

Post-doctoral Fellow

maryam.beigzadeh@physics.ox.ac.uk

My primary focus has been on applying AI and machine learning in medicine (particularly image/signal processing) and on mathematical/computational modeling of biological systems. Currently, I am working on AI applications in single-molecule microscopy.
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Emma Lalande

DPhil student

emma.lalande@lincoln.ox.ac.uk

Studying global transcriptional regulation using single molecule techniques - a road to homeostasis
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Qing Zhao

DPhil student

qing.zhao@physics.ox.ac.uk

Assessing the packaging stoichiometry and spatial organisation of influenza A viral segments
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Jacob Wright

DPhil student

jacob.wright@linacre.ox.ac.uk

Using super-resolution microscopy to investigate protein structure in bacteria
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Sammi Ta

DPhil student

sammi.ta@keble.ox.ac.uk

Molecular mechanisms of bacteriophage infection and replication in E. coli

Past Members

Academic visitors

Nigel D. F. Grindley
Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University
Catherine M. Joyce
Senior Research Scientist, Yale University
Richard Ludescher (2018-2019)
Professor of Food Science, Rutgers University
Xiaojuan Li (2019-2020)
Professor of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University

Post-doctoral fellows

Dr. Piers Turner (2021-2024).
Dr. Christof Hepp (2018-2023)
Dr. Heesoo Uhm (2019-2023)
research fellow at Seoul National University.
Dr. Abhishek Mazumder
Dr. Prabir Kulabhusan (2021-2022)
Dr. Barak Gilboa (2016-2020)
Dr. Jun Fan (2016-2020)
Dr. Horst Steue (2015-2018)
Dr. Nicole Robb (2011-2017)
a research fellow at the University of Oxford
Dr. Anssi Malinen (2016)
esearch fellow at the University of Turku, Finland
Dr. David Dulin (2016)
avid has set up his own group in Erlangen, Germany.
Dr. David LV Bauer (2016)
post-doctoral researcher in the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford
Dr. Timothy Craggs (2015)
Tim has set up his own group at the University of Sheffield.
Dr. Geraint Evans (2015)
Geraint is now pursuing a career in industry at Illumina, Inc..
Dr. Pawel Zawadzki (2014)
Currently a postdoctoral fellow in Oxford Biochemistry in Sherratt group.
Dr. Javier Periz (2014)
Pursuing a career in veterinary-related molecular bioscience.
Dr. Louise Aigrain (2010-2013)
Currently a Staff Scientist in the Sequencing Research Team at the Wellcome Trust Research Institute.
Dr. Robert Crawford (2011-2013)
Currently a Scientist in Systems Integration at Illumina, based in Cambridge.
Dr. Johannes Hohlbein (2008-2012)
Currently setting up his own group at Wageningen University, Netherlands.
Dr. Ludovic Le Reste (2011-2012)
Ludo is now pursuing a career in industry in Switzerland.
Dr. Thorben Cordes (2010-2011)
Currently setting up his own group at Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Netherlands.
Dr. Ling Chin Hwang (2006-2009)
Now a post-doctoral researcher at NIH, Washington DC.
Dr. Konstantinos Lymperopoulos (2005-2008)
Now a post-doctoral researcher at BioQuant, University of Heidelberg.
Dr.Mike Heilemann (2005-2007)
Currently a professor at the University of Frankfurt, Germany.
Dr. Soeren Doose (2005)
Currently a group leader at the University of Bielefeld, Germany.

D.Phil students

Dr.Rasched Haidari
Dr.Nicolas Shiaelis
Dr. Alison Farrar
continue her study at Harvard University.
Dr. Anna Wang
Dr. Aleksander Zagajewski
Dr. Andrew McMahon
Dr. Rebecca Andrews
Dr. Maabur Sow
Currently working as a post-doctoral position at Institute for Quantum Optics at Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
Dr. Federico Garza de Leon
Dr. Marko Sustarsic
Dr. Anne Plochowietz
Dr. Diego Duchi Llumigusin
Dr. Alexandra Tomescu
Working for Oxford University Press as an Assistant Editor for scientific publications
Dr. Stephan Uphoff
Currently a Sir Henry Welcome Postdoctoral Fellow ased in Oxford Biochemistry with Sherratt group and Johan Paulsson's lab at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Justin Pinkney
Currently working for Sargentia, an R&D consultancy based in Cambridge.
Dr. Kristofer Gryte
Now a Data Scientist and Data Visualization Engineer for Decoded
Dr. Seamus Holden
Currently working as a post-doctoral position at Laboratory of Experimental Biophysics at the EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Dr. Yusdi Santoso
Currently working as a management consultant at The Boston Consulting Group in Indonesia.
Dr. Joseph Torella
Currently pursuing his second doctorate at Harvard University, Boston.
Dr. Peter May
Currently working for a financial institution in London

MRes students

Edward Wheeler (2024), Jingwen Xiao(2020)

MPhys students

Biochemistry Part II students

Pouya Shoolizadeh (2011), James Ghadiali (2005);
 

DTC rotation students

Jack Miller (2012), Mathew Stracy (2012), Sam Roots (2011), Brian Chuang, Tiago Rito (2009), Richard Muscat (2007), Wei Meng Ho, Mark Chang (2006)
 

Wellcome Trust Centre for Structural Biology rotation Students

David Yadin(2009)
 

Visiting students

Ryan Harrison (2012), Thijs Cui (2014), Martin Kaller (2015), Angelina Scheck (2016)
 

Summer students

Anna Wang (2018), Irénée Frenot (2010), Oliver Britton (2009), Quentin Delacour (2009); Arnaud Riegert (2008); Vuong Thi Kim Thanh, Ouardane Jouannot (2007), Leila Sattary (2006)
 

UNIQ+ students

Zonerah Mahmood (2019)