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Andrea Münsterberg

Principal investigator

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Professor of developmental biology

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Obtained German diploma (biology) from University of Heidelberg in 1988, PhD from MRC NIMR (Mill Hill, London) in Prof Robin Lovell-Badge's lab in 1992, HFSPO post-doctoral fellow and MDA post-doctoral at Harvard Medical School USA in 1992-1996, Lecturer and Principal Investigator at University of Dundee in 1996-1997, Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow at University of Dundee in 1997-2001, Senior Lecturer at University of East Anglia in 2001-2006, Reader at University of East Anglia in 2006-2010, Professor at University of East Anglia 2010-present.  

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gi fay (geoffrey) mok

senior post-doctoral researcher

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bbsrc-funded

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Obtained PhD from University of Nottingham in Dr Dylan Sweetman and Prof Keith Campbell's lab looking at FGF and RA signalling in embryonic limb myogenesis. Joined Münsterberg lab in 2013 to work on role of microRNAs in skeletal myogenesis in chick somites - focussing on chromatin remodelling factors and SHH signalling. Now studying anterior-posterior development using whole-genome NGS approaches.

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sujith sebastian

senior post-doctoral researcher

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mrc-funded

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Joined the Münsterberg lab in 2017 from previous post-doctoral role at Loughbrough University and University of Nottingham. Sujith works on the role of the primary cilia in muscle regeneration in the mouse.

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shannon weldon

phd student

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Shannon joined the Münsterberg lab to work on somite patterning using RNA and ATAC-sequencing approaches. Co-supervisors include Dr Grant Wheeler (UEA), Dr Gi Fay Mok (UEA), Dr Iain Macaulay (Earlham Institute) and Dr Wilfried Haerty (Earlham Institute).

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sophie stephenson

phd student

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Sophie joined the M​ünsterberg lab to work on the rold of Fst in cardiac progenitor cells in the chick embryo using molecular and imaging approaches. Sophie previously obtained her BSc and MSc in Molecular Medicine at UEA. Co-supervisor includes Dr Tim Grocott (UEA).

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victor martinez-heredia

research technician

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mrc-funded​

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Victor obtained his BSc in Valencia prior to Erasmus placement at the University of Dundee. He continued onto a research technician role working on molecular biology in plants prior to joining the Münsterberg lab to work on the role of the primary cilia in muscle regeneration in mouse.

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emily smith

mres student

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Emily obtained her BSc in Biological Sciences at UEA prior to starting her MRes in the Münsterberg lab looking at cis-regulatory elements in somite development in the chick.

past lab members

Timothy Wood (Post-doc): now working in industry at Cambridge Research Park
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Estefania Lozano-Velasco (Marie Curie Fellow): now working in industry in Spain
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Melissa Antoniou-Kourounioti (Post-doc)
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Johannes Wittig (BHF-funded PhD student): now working for Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany)
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Leighton Folkes (BBSRC-funded Post-doc): now post-doc in Moxon lab (UEA)
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Ronce Saputil (MSc student): now working at Lucid
 
Eirini Maniou (Research Assistant): now Post-doc in Galea lab (UCL)
 
Barbara Swierczek (Visiting EMBO student): from University of Warsaw, Poland
 
Alice Godden (Research Assistant): now PhD student in Wheeler lab at University of East Anglia
 
Danielle Blackwell (PhD student): now research assistant in University of Calgary, Canada
 
Camille Viaut (PhD student): now post doc at Institut Cochin, France
 
Tim Grocott (Post-doc): now lecturer at University of East Anglia
 
Jan Bron (Research technician): now at Leicester Hospital
 
Wen-Hui Lu (visiting PhD student) from Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
 
Abdul Fahad Alrefaei (PhD student): now lecturer at Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia
 
Guang Wang (visiting Researcher) from Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
 
James McColl (Post-doc): now post-doc in Klenerman lab at University of Cambridge
 
Craig Jacobs (MSc Student): now PhD student in Huang lab at the University of Calgary, Canada
 
Maryam Hussain (visiting MSc student) from Halle University, Germany, now PhD student in Bern, Switzerland
 
Dominique McCormick (PhD student): now Post Doc at Roslin Institute, Scotland
 
Daniel Vallejo (visiting PhD student) from Jaen University, Spain
 
Juliana Giusti (visiting PhD student) from Sao Paulo University, Brazil
 
Nikki Kennerley (PhD student/Post-doc): now a Chartered Accountant
 
Connie Ochmann (PhD student): now Project Development Officer at OCR, Cambridge
 
Katarzyna Goljanek-Whysall (PhD student/Post-doc): now Lecturer at University of Liverpool
 
Andrew Loveday (Technician): now Head Technician Biomedical Research Center, UEA
 
Marlene Jahnke (Technician): now PhD student in Naples, Italy
 
Dylan Sweetman (Post-doc): now Lecturer at University of Nottingham
 
Muhammed Abu-Elmagd (Post-doc): now at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
 
Harpreet Thandi (MSc Student)
 
Ester Camp-Navarro (Post-doc): now Post Doc at University of Adelaide, Australia
 
Ayisha Ahmed (MSc Student/Research assistant)
 
Alaa Abou-Elhamed (PhD student): now at Jazan University, Saudi Arabia
 
Oliver Cooper (PhD student): now at Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
 
Jungfang Song (Post-doc): now Post Doc at Dundee University
 
Qiaoyun Yue (Post-doc): now at Zhongshan, China
 
Laura Wagstaff (PhD student): now post-doc at University of Cambridge 
 
Matt Towers (Research Associate): now MRC Senior Fellow at the University of Sheffield
 
Terence Smith (PhD student): now at Cardiff University
 
Margaret Patterson (Post-doc): now a Teacher
 
Xuesong Yang (Post-doc): now at Jinan University Medical School, Guangzhou, China
 
Maike Schmidt (PhD student): now Staff Scientist at Genentech, San Fransisco, USA
 
Elizabeth Farrell (Post-doc): now at University of Dundee, Scotland
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