The team

Meet the team

Adele Leggieri, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher
Project title:
The genetics of addiction: Identification of genetic and genomic variants by next-gen sequencing in non-human animals

Saeedeh Hosseinian, MSc

PhD Student
Project title:
The genetics of addiction: Identification of genetic and genomic variants by next-gen sequencing in non-human animals

Xian Wang, MD, MSc

PhD Student
Project title:
Explore the cell biological processes affected by AIP loss of function with an aim to identify novel therapeutics

Waqas Ahmad, MSc

PhD Student
Project title:
Identification and Functional Studies of Genetic Variants Causing Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Pakistani Population

A. Jhosadara Espinosa-Flores, MSc

PhD Student
Project title:
Assesing the role of MC4R in neurodegeneration using zebrafish as a model

Shiyao Zhang, MSc

PhD Student
Project title:
Protective role of exercise in stress-induced social behavior changes

Roy Siddharth, BSc (hons)

PhD Student
Project title:
Genetics and Molecular Mechanisms of Impulse Control

Gabriela Gjinaj

PhD Student
Project title:
Design and evaluation of series of experimental procedures to investigate cognition in fish at early developmental stages and in the adulthood

Luisa Fernanda Cerda Osnaya

PhD Student
Project title:
Genetics and Molecular Mechanism of pain during miastenia disease

Peter Ashdown

Lab Technician
Project title:
Genetics and Molecular Mechanism of serotonin and pain pathways


Project title:

Past members

Federica Gilardini

PhD student
Current possition
PhD student in University of Teramo

Luca Galantini

Fish Facility Technichian
Current possition
Fish Facility Technichian, King´s College of London

Yael Abreu Villaca, PhD

Visiting PostDoctorate
Current Position:
Professor in Neurophysiology - State University of Rio de Janeiro

Ana Carolina Dutra Tavares, PhD

Visiting PostDoctorate
Current Position:
Assistant Professor in Neurophysiology - State University of Rio de Janeiro

Aleksandra Mech, PhD

PhD student
Current position:
MND Institute Research Associate, KCL

Will Havelange, MSc

Research Technician
Current position:
Energy and Carbon Analyst, Cambridgeshire County Council

Sofia Anagianni, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Current position:

Eva Sheardown, MSc

PhD Student
Current position:
Postdoctoral Researcher, KCL

Jose Torres-Perez, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher
Current position:
Research Fellow, University of Valencia

Lilah Glazer, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher
Current position:
Lecturer Biomedical Sciences, QMUL

Maria Elena Miletto Petrazzini, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher
Current position: Assistant Professor in General Psychology, University of Padova

Judit García-González, MSc

Phd Student
Current position:
Postdoctoral Fellow, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Matt Parker, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher
Current position:
Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience and Sleep Science, University of Surrey

Ari Sudwarts, MSc

Phd Student
Current position:
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Byrd Alzheimer's Institute

Alistair J. Brock, MSc

Phd Student
Current position:
Senior Scientist at Leica Biosystems

Join us

We are always interested in hearing from potential predoctoral or postdoctoral candidates and have a variety of projects available.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have a great idea for a project that fits with our interests!



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