People

Leadership Team

The network is managed by a leadership team who are all working in cilia and centrosome research.

Brunel University London

Victor Hernandez

Dr Victor Hernandez

Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences

Department of Life Sciences
Brunel University London
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Bardet-Biedl Syndrome, Primary cilia, ciliogenesis, retinal degeneration, obesity

University College London

Dagan Jenkins

Dr Dagan Jenkins

Communications Lead for Cilia and Centrosome Network

Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
University College London
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IFT, Carpenter syndrome, Jeune syndrome, skeletal ciliopathies, cilia trafficking

Hannah Mitchison

Professor Hannah Mitchison

Professor of Molecular Medicine
Events Lead for Cilia and Centrosome Network

UCL GOS Institute of Child Health
University College London
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Genetics, Ciliopathies, Therapies, Primary ciliary dyskinesia, Rare disease

University of Edinburgh

Pleasantine Mill

Prof Pleasantine Mill

Professor of Cilia Biology
Chair and International Lead for Cilia and Centrosome Network

MRC Human Genetics Unit
University of Edinburgh
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University of Exeter

Kirsty Wan

Prof Kirsty Wan

Professor of Cellular and Biophysical Dynamics
Community and Training Lead for Cilia and Centrosome Network

Living Systems Institute
University of Exeter
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motile cilia, fluid mechanics, biophysics, protists, cilia coordination and dynamics

University of Leeds

Takashi Ochi

Dr Takashi Ochi

University Academic Fellow

Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology
University of Leeds
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Centrosome, Cilia, Basal body, Structure biology

University of Liverpool

Urszula McClurg

Dr Urszula McClurg

Lecturer

Institute of Integrative Biology
University of Liverpool
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0151 795 7735

cancer, meiosis, centrosome, synaptonemal complex, cell division

University of Oxford

Fanni Gergely

Professor Fanni Gergely

Department of Biochemistry
University of Oxford
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centrosome, mitosis, primary cilia

Queen Mary University of London

Martin Knight

Prof Martin Knight

Professor of Mechanobiology
Secretary and Website Lead for Cilia and Centrosome Network

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London
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+44 (0)20 7882 8868

primary cilia, inflammation, mechanosignalling, structure-function, organ-on-a-chip

University of Southampton

Angus Wann

Dr Angus Wann

Associate Professor

School of Biological Sciences
University of Southampton
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Primary cilia, mechanobiology, cartilage biology, endocytosis, Matrix