Group Members

Group Leader
Dr. Achillefs Kapanidis

Achillefs N. Kapanidis, Ph.D.
Professor of Biological Physics
Email: a.kapanidis1@physics.ox.ac.uk
Short CV
 
 
 

Current Members
Hafez El Sayyed Dr. Hafez El Sayyed
Post-doctoral Fellow
Email: hafez.elsayyed@physics.ox.ac.uk
 

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

 
Oliver Pambos Dr. Oliver Pambos
Post-doctoral Fellow
Email: oliver.pambos@physics.ox.ac.uk
 

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

 
Dr. Abhishek Mazumder Dr. Abhishek Mazumder
Post-doctoral Fellow
Email: abhishek.mazumder@physics.ox.ac.uk
 

Single-molecule studies of structural transitions in RNA polymerase during transcription initiation and elongation.

 
Christof Hepp Dr. Christof Hepp
Post-doctoral Fellow
Email: Christof.Hepp@physics.ox.ac.uk
 

Utilizing in vitro single molecule fluorescence microscopy on immobilized influenza vRNPs to elucidate important mechanistic aspects of viral RNA replication and transcription.

 

Heesoo Uhm Dr. Heesoo Uhm
Post-doctoral Fellow
Email: Heesoo.Uhm@physics.ox.ac.uk
 

In vitro and in vivo single molecule analysis on mechanism of transcription and DNA repair.

 
Becky Andrews Rebecca Andrews
DPhil student
Email: rebecca.andrews@physics.ox.ac.uk
 

High-throughput single-molecule studies of protein-DNA interactions.

 
Jingwen Xiao Jingwen Xiao
DPhil student
Email: jingwen.xiao@physics.ox.ac.uk
 

Development of single-cell imaging assays for rapid antimicrobial resistance testing.

 
Aleksander Zagajewski Aleksander Zagajewski
DPhil student
Email: aleksander.zagajewski@keble.ox.ac.uk
 

Spatial organisation and mechanical control of gene expression on the bacterial chromosome.

 
Anna Wang Anna Wang
DPhil student
Email: anna.wang@physics.ox.ac.uk
 

Development of a spectral microscope for visualising coupled conformational changes.

 
Rasched Haidari Rasched Haidari
DPhil student
Email: rasched.haidari@linacre.ox.ac.uk
 

Super-resolution studies to probe spatial distribution of proteins.

 

Past Members

 

Academic Visitors

  • Nigel D. F. Grindley (09/07-05/08)
    Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University
     
  • Catherine M. Joyce (09/07-05/08)
    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. Barak Gilboa
    Post-doctoral Fellow (2016-2020).
     
  • Dr. Jun Fan
    Post-doctoral Fellow (2016-2020).
     
  • Dr. Horst Steuer
    Post-doctoral Fellow (2015-2018).
     
  • Dr. Nicole Robb
    Post-doctoral Fellow (2011-2017). Nicole Robb is a research fellow at the University of Oxford. https://robb.web.ox.ac.uk/
     
  • Dr. Anssi Malinen
    Post-doctoral Fellow (2016). Anssi is a research fellow at the University of Turku, Finland. https://www.utu.fi/fi/yksikot/sci/yksikot/biokemia/henkilokunta/bk/Sivut/Malinen-Anssi.aspx.
     
  • Dr. David Dulin
    Post-doctoral Fellow (2016). David has set up his own group in Erlangen, Germany. https://sites.google.com/site/ddulinlab/home.
     
  • Dr. David LV Bauer
    Post-doctoral Fellow (2016). David is a post-doctoral researcher in the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford.
     
  • Dr. Timothy Craggs
    Post-doctoral Fellow (2015). Tim has set up his own group at the University of Sheffield. https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/chemistry/staff/profiles/tim_craggs
     
  • Dr. Geraint Evans
    Post-doctoral Fellow (2015). Geraint is now pursuing a career in industry at Illumina, Inc. .
     
  • Dr. Pawel Zawadzki
    Post-doctoral Fellow (2014). Currently a postdoctoral fellow in Oxford Biochemistry in the Sherratt group.
     
  • Dr. Javier Periz
    Postdoctoral Fellow (2014). DPhil Student (2010-2014). Pursuing a career in veterinary-related molecular bioscience.
     
  • Dr. Louise Aigrain
    Post-doctoral Fellow (2010-2013). Currently a Staff Scientist in the Sequencing Research Team at the Wellcome Trust Research Institute Louise's LinkedIn Page.
     
  • Dr. Robert Crawford
    Post-doctoral Fellow (2011-2013) and DPhil student (2006-2011). Currently a Scientist in Systems Integration at Illumina, based in Cambridge. Rob's LinkedIn Page.
     
  • Dr. Johannes Hohlbein
    Post-doctoral Fellow (2008-2012). Currently setting up his own group at Wageningen University, The Netherlands. Johannes' new lab website.
     
  • Dr. Ludovic Le Reste
    Post-doctoral Fellow (2011-2012). DPhil student (2006-2011). Ludo is now pursuing a career in industry in Switzerland.
     
  • Dr. Thorben Cordes
    Post-doctoral Fellow (2010-2011). Currently setting up his own group at Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Thorben's new group page.
     
  • Dr. Ling Chin Hwang
    Post-doctoral Fellow (2006-2009). Now a post-doctoral researcher at NIH, Washington DC.
     
  • Dr. Konstantinos Lymperopoulos
    Post-doctoral Fellow (2005-2008). Now a post-doctoral researcher at BioQuant, University of Heidelberg.
     
  • Dr. Mike Heilemann
    Post-doctoral Fellow (2005-07). Currently a professor at the University of Frankfurt, Germany. Heilemann group
     
  • Dr. Soeren Doose
    Visiting Post-doctoral Fellow (2005). Currently a group leader at the University of Bielefeld, Germany.

 

D.Phil students

  • Dr. Maabur Sow
    Currently working as a post-doctoral position at the 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 Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow based in Oxford Biochemistry with the 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 the 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.
 

MPhys students

Amy Kent (2018), Joe Dolphin (2018), Jonathan Taylor (2017), Mantas Krisciunas (2017), Fraser Jenkings (2016), Thomas Jollans (2015), Andrew Cuthbert (2012), Sam Hollick (2012), Michael Senior (2011), James Dunbar (2010), James Mountain (2010), Doug Kelly (2009), Rob MacAndrew (2009), Nick Berry, Tom Chapman (2008), Robert Edgington (2007), Timan Gill, Mariko Takahagi, and Jonathan Ions (2006)
 

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)