{"id":17,"date":"2012-08-17T10:13:31","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T09:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2024-07-16T16:05:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T15:05:36","slug":"group","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=17","title":{"rendered":"Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Postdoctoral Research Associates<\/strong><\/span><strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1659\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Dr Samuel Molyneux<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (Oct 2023-)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1664\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Dr Mat\u00fa\u0161 Gajdo\u0161<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0(Aug 2023-)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1672\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Dr Waraporn Bunnak<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (Aug 2023-)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1649\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Dr Deepanjan Panda<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (Jan 2023-)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1516\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Dr Andreea Iorgu<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (June 2022-23)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1514\">Dr. R\u00e9mi Zallot<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>(May 2022-23)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1512\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dr Dongxu Jia<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/a>(Apr 2022-23)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1501\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Dr Guangcai Xu<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (Dec 2021-)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1547\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dr Saadia Nasr<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (Oct 2021-)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1308\"><strong>Dr Puja Saha<\/strong><\/a><strong> \u00a0<\/strong>(Jan 2021-)\u00a0Royal Society, &#8220;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">A Synthetic Biology Approach for the Total Biosynthesis of Semi-Synthetic Antibiotics.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1305\">Dr Katherine Robins<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>(March 2020-22) Royal Society &#8220;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Biosynthetic engineering next generation of antibiotics&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1303\">Dr Luis Bering<\/a> <\/span><\/strong>(Jun 2019- 22)(Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) &#8220;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Integrating enzymes with chemocatalysis&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1312\">Dr Fanghua Wang<\/a> <\/span><\/strong>(Feb 2019-20) (CSC) &#8220;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Amide ligase enzymes&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1296\">Dr Imtiaz Khan<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>(Sept 2018-21) (BBSRC) &#8220;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Integrating enzymes with chemocatalysis&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1323\">Dr Wei Li Thong<\/a> <\/span><\/strong>(Aug 2017-22) (BBSRC) &#8220;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">A Synthetic Biology Approach for the Total Biosynthesis of Semi-Synthetic Antibiotics&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=832\">Dr Duncan Smith<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>(Sept 2016-20) (BBSRC) &#8220;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">A Synthetic Biology Approach for the Total Biosynthesis of Semi-Synthetic Antibiotics&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=834\">Dr Lujing Ren<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(June 2016-17 ) Nanjing Tech University, China.<strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=97\">Dr Matthew Bennett<\/a><\/strong><\/span> (Sept 2015-18) (BBSRC), \u201cRapid Evolution of Enzymes and Synthetic Micro-organisms for the Development of Industrial Biocatalysts\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=85\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0Dr Brian Law<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (Sept \u00a02014-18) (BBSRC), \u201cNatural products biosynthesis &amp; bioengineering,\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=112\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Dr\u00a0 Sarah Shepherd<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (Mar 2014-) (BBSRC) NPRONET &amp; other projects manager.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=314\">Dr Ying Zhuo<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>(Mar 2014-18)\u00a0 (BBSRC) \u201cBioengineering of next generation lipoglycopeptide antibiotics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=321\">Dr Joanna Fyans<\/a> <\/span><\/strong>(Mar 2014-17) (BBSRC) \u201cBioengineering of next generation lipoglycopeptide antibiotics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=232\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Dr Michael Winn<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (Aug 2013-21) (BBSRC) \u201cNatural products biosynthesis &amp; bioengineering,\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=421\">Dr Binuraj Menon<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>(June 2013-) (BBSRC) \u201cRapid Evolution of Enzymes and Synthetic Micro-organisms for the Development of Industrial Biocatalysts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=409\">Dr Helen A. Vincent<\/a><\/strong><\/span> (Feb 2012-15) (BBSRC) \u201cOrthogonal riboswitches as tools for controlling gene expression in bacteria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=115\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Dr Ming Cheng Wu<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (Jan 2012-13) (BBSRC) \u00a0\u201cOrthogonal riboswitches as tools for controlling gene expression in bacteria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=124\">Dr Anna-Winona Struck<\/a><\/strong><\/span> (Oct 2011-15) (BBSRC) \u201cBioorthogonal site-selective protein immobilisation and labelling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=101\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Dr Mark Thompson<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (Nov 2011-15) (BBSRC) \u201cRapid Evolution of Enzymes and Synthetic Micro-organisms for the Development of Industrial Biocatalysts\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=406\">Dr Christopher Robinson<\/a><\/strong><\/span> (Nov 2009-15) (BBSRC) \u201cRiboswitches.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=71\">Dr Neil Dixon<\/a><\/strong><\/span> (May 2006-10) (BBSRC) \u201cRiboswitches.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=473\">Dr Krzysztof Okrasa<\/a> <\/span><\/strong>(June 2006-09) (BASF-CoEBio3) \u201cNew malonate decarboxylase enzymes\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=458\">Dr Torsten Geerlings<\/a><\/span><\/strong> (May 2006-10)(BBSRC) \u201cRiboswitches.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.manchester.ac.uk\/research\/L.s.Wong\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dr Lu Shin Wong<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (Sept 2005-09) (EPSRC) \u201cNanoscale arrays for near single biomolecular detection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=440\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dr Jenny Thirlway<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (Mar 2005-08)(BBSRC) \u201cEngineering the biosynthesis of nonribosomal peptide antibiotics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=469\">Dr Raymond Wong<\/a><\/span><\/strong> (Dec 2006-07) (EPSRC) \u201cDNA template directed synthesis\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=539\">Dr Simon Saul<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>(April 2004-05) (INEOS Fluor). \u201cBiotransformations in HFC solvents II.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=522\">Dr Ian Beadham<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>(Jan 2003-05) (EPSRC). \u201cSynthesis and nucleic acid binding properties of <em>de novo<\/em> zwitterionic pyrrolidine-phosphonate oligonucleotide mimics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=514\"><strong>Dr Jordi Morral Cardoner<\/strong> <\/a><\/span>(Jan 2002-05 ) (BBSRC).\u00a0 \u201cSolid phase synthesis and nucleic acid binding properties of mixed sequence pyrrolidine-amide oligonucleotide mimics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=526\">Dr Gabriel Chukwu Uguru<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>(Sept 2000-03) (BBSRC). \u201cCombinatorial biosynthesis of lipopeptide antibiotics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>PhD Postgraduate Students<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1668\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Matthew Crossley<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (2023-)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1645\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Isabelle Bruton<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (2022-)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1677\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Louis Adamson<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (2022-)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1523\"><strong>Kehan Bian<\/strong><\/a> (2022-)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1525\"><strong>Aimee Haggarty<\/strong><\/a> (2022-)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1528\">Isobel Cordrey<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(2021-), BSc University of Edinburgh<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1531\">Sydney Flower<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(2021-), MSci University of Birmingham<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1533\">Elsa Prendergast<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(2021-)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1535\">Luke Yates<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(2021-), MSci University of East Anglia<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1537\">Sebastian Cuesta<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(2021-), \u00a0MSc University of Edinburgh<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1429&amp;preview=true\"><strong>Eloise O\u2019Connor<\/strong><\/a> (2021-), Imperial College London, &#8220;Synthetic biology approaches for re-assembling biosynthetic pathways in heterologous host strains&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1539\"><strong>Stuart Angiolini<\/strong><\/a> (2020-), MChem Heriot Watt University, Scotland, &#8220;Merging enzymes with chemocatalysts, telescoping more sustainable routes to pharmaceuticals etc..&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1401\"><strong>Jessica Logue<\/strong><\/a> (2020-), MChem Lancaster University, &#8220;Discovery, characterisation and engineering new enzymes for more sustainable synthesis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1397&amp;preview=true\"><strong>Joseph Thompson<\/strong><\/a> (2020-), MChem University of Nottingham, &#8220;New routes to nucleic acid therapeutics.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1541\"><strong>Dr Stanley Sowerby Thomas<\/strong><\/a> (2019-2023), MChem University of Bristol, &#8220;Integrated catalysis, telescoping more sustainable routes to pharmaceuticals etc..&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1543\"><strong>Dr Danielle Torri<\/strong><\/a> (2019-2023 ), Msc in Industrial Biotechnology at University of Milan-Bicocca &amp; MSc in Genetic at University of Paris VII Denis Diderot<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1439&amp;preview=true\"><strong>Yasamin Noori<\/strong><\/a> (2018-), Univ of Tehran, Iran, awarded Presidents Scholarship at the University of Manchester<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1445&amp;preview=true\"><strong>Dr Michael Rowlinson<\/strong><\/a> (2018-2022), MChem University of Manchester.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=994\">Dr Abigail Herbert<\/a><\/strong>(2017-2021), MChem University of Leicester.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1317\">Dr Alberto Carella<\/a> <\/strong>(2017-2021), MChem University of Oxford.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1319\"><strong>Dr Elliot Craven<\/strong><\/a> (2017-2021), MChem University of Manchester.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Varvara Androulaki<\/strong> (2017-2018), Greece<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1031\">Dr Catherine Lowe<\/a> <\/strong>(2017-2021), University of York<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=1315\">Dr Saadia Nasr<\/a><\/strong> (2017-2021)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dr<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=838\"> Helen Taylor<\/a><\/strong> (2016-2020), University of Liverpool<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=840\"><strong>Dr Yingxin Zhang<\/strong><\/a> (2016-2020) (China)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Martha Ferrer Rios<\/strong> (2015-2016) (Mexico) completed MPhil<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=842\"><strong>Dr Jean-Marc Henry<\/strong><\/a> (2014- 2018) (France)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=652\"><strong>Dr Jonathan Latham<\/strong><\/a> (2013-2017) (MChem Manchester) \u201cIntegrated Catalysis: Biohalogenation and transition metal-catalysed cross coupling cascade reactions in water\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=368\"><strong>Dr Eileen Brandenburger<\/strong><\/a> (2013-2017) (BSc and MSc Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Dr Daniel Francis<\/strong> (2013-2017) (MChem Univ of Leicester) \u201cNatural products chemical biology\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=696\"><strong>Victoria Ann Cronin<\/strong><\/a> (2013-2017) (BSc (Hons) Biochemistry, University of Bath with one year at the University of Colorado, USA) \u201cAlkyltransferases as synthetic tools\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Dr Humera Sharif<\/strong> (2013-2017) (MChem Manchester)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=688\"><strong>Dr Heidi Fisk<\/strong><\/a> (2013-2017) (Mchem, University of Nottingham) \u201cBiological and analytical chemistry for development of halogenase enzymes\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=185\"><strong>Daniel Medina Stacey<\/strong><\/a> (2012-)(Bachelors Degree in Genetics, Universidad Complutense de Madrid &amp; MSc Bioinformatics University of Manchester) \u201cRiboswitch expression tools for plant chloroplasts\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=144\"><strong>Dr Angelica Jimenez<\/strong><\/a> (2011-2015) (Masters in Chemistry &amp; Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Pharmaceutical Biochemistry from the University of the State of Mexico) &#8220;Biosynthesis of lipopeptide antibiotics\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=97\"><strong>Dr Mathew Bennett<\/strong><\/a> (<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2011-2015<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">) (MChem University of Bristol) &#8220;Alkyltransferases\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=213\">Dr James Leigh<\/a><\/strong> (2011-2015)(MChem Manchester) &#8220;Orthogonally Selective Riboswitches for Controlling Gene Expression in Bacteria.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=435\">Dr Ross Lewin<\/a><\/strong> (2010-2014)(MChem Manchester) &#8220;Structure-Guided Directed Evolution of Malonate Decarboxylases and Related Enzymes&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=285\">Dr Philip Lowe<\/a><\/strong> (2010-2014)(MChem Manchester) &#8220;Tuneable riboswitches for controlling gene expression with synthetic small molecules.&#8221; \u00a0PDRA with Prof David O\u2019Hagan, Univ of St Andrews.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=85\">Dr Brian Law<\/a><\/strong> (<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2010-2014<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">)(BSc Cell Biology with Industrial Experience, FLS University of Manchester) A synthetic biology approach for engineering the biosynthesis for new friulimicin lipopeptide antibiotics.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=112\">Dr Sarah Shepherd<\/a> <\/strong>(2010-2014)(MChem, University of Warwick). \u201cHalogenase enzymes&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=91\">Dr Matthew Styles<\/a> <\/strong>(2009-2013) (MChem Durham)\u201d A synthetic biology approach for engineering lipoglycopeptide antibiotics\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=136\">Dr Chinnan Karthikeyan<\/a><\/strong> (2009-2013) (India) &#8220;Biosynthetic enginnering of antibiotics and biocatalysis&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=427\">Dr Laura Nunns<\/a><\/strong> (2008-2012) (MChem, Univ of Manchester,\u00a0 BBSRC EPS faculty quota (3 years)) \u201cNew methods for site specific protein immobilisation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=88\">Dr Mark Goodall<\/a><\/strong> (2008-2012) (BSc Univ of Manchester)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=115\">Dr Ming Cheng Wu<\/a><\/strong> (2008-2011) (Taiwan)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Tudor Grecu<\/strong> (2008-2010) (MChem Sheffield)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=451\">Dr Mathew Wilding<\/a><\/strong> (2007-2011)\u00a0(MChem University of Manchester) \u201cRedesign and directed evolution of new racemase enzymes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=448\">Dr Chris Chesters<\/a><\/strong> (2007-2011)(MChem University of Manchester) \u201cRedesign and directed evolution of aminomutase enzymes for preparation of homochiral b-aminoacids.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Michael Power <\/strong>(2007-2011) (MChem University of Manchester) \u201cNucleic acid recognition and DNA template directed synthesis.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=454\">Dr John Duncan<\/a> <\/strong>(<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2006-2010<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">)(Molecular Biology, University of Huddersfield) \u201cRiboswitches &amp; small molecule modulators of gene expression.\u201d PDRA position, School of Life Science, University of Warwick.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Dr Mitchel Jacobs <\/strong>(2006-2010) (MChem, University of Manchester) \u201cRiboswitches and Nucleic acid recognition.\u201d PDRA, Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research, Institute, La Jolla, California, with Prof Ramanarayanan Krishnamurthy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=465\">Dr Neil Bell<\/a><\/strong> (2005-2009) (Chemistry, University of Leeds) \u201c Synthesis and biophysical evaluation of backbone extended pyrrolidine-amide oligonucleotide mimics.\u201d PDRA University of Cambridge, now R&amp;D Scientist at Cambridge Epigenetix.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=462\">Professor Roberta Worthington<\/a> <\/strong>(2004-2008) (MChem) \u201c Synthesis and biophysical evaluation of pyrrolidine-amide oligonucleotide mimics.\u201d Roberta was a post-doctoral research associate working in the Medicinal Chemistry group at the Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London. Currently Roberta is Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=445\"><strong>Dr Majid Al Nakeeb<\/strong><\/a> (2004-2008) (Iraq) \u201cSynthetic studies related to the biosynthesis of acidic lipopeptide antibiotics.\u201d JM lab technician, then PDRA in Chemistry at the University of Newcastle<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=484\"><strong>Dr Amanda Jane Powell <\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>(2003-2007) (Biochemistry, University of Wales, Aberystwyth) \u201cEngineering the biosynthesis of lipopeptide antibiotics\u201d Amanda is a Mass Spec Support Specialist, Structural Purity Group, Cancer and Infection Chemistry, AztraZeneca, Alderley Edge UK. Now works for Campden &amp; Chorleywood Food Research Association Group, Gloucestershire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=477\">Dr Anthony Ball<\/a><\/strong> (2003-2007)(BSc, Chemistry UMIST) \u201cBiotransformations in hydrofluorocarbon solvents.\u201d Anthony is a drug\/process development chemist for Shasun Pharma Solutions Ltd., Northumberland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=480\">Professor B. Amir-heidari<\/a> <\/strong>(2003-2007) (Iran) \u201cSynthetic studies related to the biosynthesis of acidic lipopeptide antibiotics.\u201d Runner up final year PhD presentation-awards. Amir is now a Assistant Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Iran.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=510\">Dr Adam P. O\u2019Rourke<\/a><\/strong> (2002\u20132006)(MChem and MPhil by research Chemistry) \u201cSolid phase synthesis and nucleic acid binding properties of mixed sequence pyrrolidine-amide oligonucleotide mimics\u201d Adam is a research chemist at FujiFilm in Blackley.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=469\">Dr Raymond Wong<\/a> <\/strong>(2002\u20132006) (MChem, UMIST) \u201cDynamic-combinatorial approaches towards the non-enzymatic transcription of nucleic acids.\u201d Ray completed a one year PDRA position in the JM lab and now works for Phenomenex.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=536\">Dr Lee Jon Ball<\/a><\/strong> (2002\u20132006)(MChem, UMIST) \u201cNMR structural studies of acidic lipopeptide antibiotics.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Dr Claire Milne <\/strong>(2000\u20132004) (BSc, Chemistry, University of Abertay). \u201cCombinatorial biosynthesis of lipopeptide antibiotics: Mode of biosynthesis and mutasynthesis studies.\u201d Claire won the prize for the best lecture at the <em>RSC National Bio-organic Group Postgraduate Symposium <\/em>2003 and <em>the Greater Manchester Symposium <\/em>2003. Claire was also the winner of the departmental final year prize and is now working for Astra Zeneca R&amp;D M\u00f6lndal, Sweden (Biotransformations Team Leader).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=539\">Dr Simon Saul<\/a><\/strong> (2000\u20132004) (BSc, Chemistry, John Moores University, Liverpool). \u201cBiotransformations in HFC solvents.\u201d Simon is now a research scientist in the US oil &amp; chemical technology company Baker Petrolite in Liverpool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=488\">Dr Mathew Borg<\/a> <\/strong>(2000\u20132004) (Biological Sci, Malta), \u201cEngineered biosynthesis of novel lipopeptide antibiotics: The enzymes involved in synthesis of the 2,3-epoxyhexanoyl fatty acid side chain \u201d Matt works for the biotechnology start-up company Recombinogen based at Guildford in Surrey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=506\">Dr Anila Khan<\/a><\/strong> (2000-2005\u2020)\u00a0 (BSc Chemistry &amp; MSc University of Huddersfield), \u201cThe second generation of pyrrolidine amide oligonucleotide mimics.\u201d Anila&#8217;s first\u00a0 position was as a medicinal chemist at Aztra Zeneca Alderley Edge. Anila now works for Thermofisher in Runcorn, as an analytical chemist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=497\">Dr Lyndsey Gordon<\/a><\/strong> (2000\u20132005) (BSc, Biomolecular Science, UMIST), \u201cEngineered biosynthesis of novel lipopeptide antibiotics: 3-Hydroxyasparagine phosphotransferase and NRPS Ad-domain specificities.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=521\">Dr Samuel T. H. Tan<\/a><\/strong> (1999\u20132003)(Singapore, BSc Chemistry UMIST), \u201cSynthesis and Biophysical studies of pyrrolidine\u2013amide oligonucleotide mimics (POM).\u201d Sam was employed by the US biotech company Galileo Pharma in Singapore and now works for GSK Global Manufacturing and Supply in Singapore. Sam won the prize for best poster at the <em>RSC National Bio-organic Group Postgraduate Symposium<\/em>, John Innes Centre, Norwich, 17 Dec <strong>2001<\/strong> and was the winner of the departmental final year prize. Sam was also second at the Greater Manchester Symposium.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=491\">Dr Joanne M. Neary<\/a><\/strong> (1999\u20132003)(BSc &amp; MPhil Biological Science, University of Manchester), \u201cThe function of the Non\u2013ribosomal peptide synthetases and other key enzymes in CDA lipopeptide antibiotic biosynthesis.\u201d Joanne has a research position in a biotechnology start-up company Recombinogen based at Guildford in Surrey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=533\">Dr David T. Hickman<\/a> <\/strong>(1<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">996\u20132000<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">)(Chemistry, University of Glasgow) \u201cPyrrolidine-amide oligonucleotide mimics (POM).\u201d David was a Marie Curie Fellow at the Universit\u00e9 Louis Pasteur (France) working with Prof. Jean-Marie Lehn (Nobel Laureate) and is now employed by the biotechnology company AC Immune (JM Lehn Chairman) Lausanne, Switzerland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=544\">Dr Kevin J. Fettes<\/a> <\/strong>(1995\u20131999) (Chemistry, University of Dundee), \u201cSynthesis of 3\u00b4-<em>N<\/em>-sulfamate and sulfamide modified oligonucleotides.\u201d Kevin became a temporary Lecturer in Organic Chemistry at the University of Newcastle, after postdoctoral work at the University of Liverpool with Dr R. Cosstick and Prof S. Roberts. He now works for Avecia (Biotech.) Boston USA, having initially worked for Avecia (Grangemouth, Scotland) on the production of modified oligonucleotide therapeutics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Lab Technicians<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>2012-2013<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Dr Jayendra Shankar<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>2010<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Dr Majid Al Nakeeb<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>2007-2009<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 Dr Sri Anendya Lestari<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Matthew Styles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=91\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Postdoctoral Research Associates \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Dr Samuel Molyneux (Oct 2023-) Dr Mat\u00fa\u0161 Gajdo\u0161\u00a0(Aug 2023-) Dr Waraporn Bunnak (Aug 2023-) Dr Deepanjan Panda (Jan 2023-) Dr Andreea Iorgu (June 2022-23) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/?page_id=17\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":76,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":176,"href":"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1700,"href":"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/1700"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micklefieldlab.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}