Our Team
Our team of researchers are dedicated to work towards understanding the mechanism and discovery of new treatments for devastating conditions, such as cancer, infectious and neurodegenerative diseases. Our aim is to work collaboratively to drive high-impact research projects.
Murphy L. Y. Wan, BSc, MPhil, PhD
Research Lead in Immunology, Microbiology and Cancer
Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Science, University of Portsmouth
Senior Research Scientist, Lund University
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Mehdi Sabzichi, BSc, MSc
PhD student, 2022 -
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Project title: Development of novel targeted delivery system for colon cancer treatment
Shivam Kumar, BSc, MSc
PhD student, 2023 -
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Project title: Role of endoplasmic reticulum stress on cancer
James Rogers, BSc, MSc
Prof. Doc. student, 2021 -
Project title: Evaluation of biomarkers and genomic sequencing for the detection of infection during pregnancy
Danushiya Danu, BSc
MRes student, 2024-
Project title: Characterisation of active constituents from extracts obtained from herbal supplements
Prince Agyirey-kwakye
Prof. Doc. student, 2023 -
Project title: Genomic Epidemiology of Staphylococcus
aureus from People Who Inject Drugs: The
Source of Bloodstream Infections
Gouthaman Elangovan, BTech, PgDip
MRes student, 2024-
Project title: Role of endoplasmic reticulum stress on cancer
Dariya Yestekbayeva
Student Volunteer, 2022 -
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BMS (Hons) Year 2 student
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Research interests: Genomics and epigenetics, cancer research, pharmacogenomics and neurosciences
Co-supervisions
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Ana Carolina Ferreira, SoCoBio Industry Co-funded PhD student, 2023 -
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Kalle Karvonen, PhD student, Academy of Finland funded PhD student, 2023 -
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George Baker, PhD student, 2022 -
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Maetrese Arianne Beley, PhD student, 2022 -
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Vincent Yik Hei Wong, BSc Biomedicine Final Year Project (Lund University, Sweden), 2024
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Yawen Liu, MRes graduate, 2022-2023
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Carla Costan, MRes graduate, 2022 - 2023
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Vincent Yik Hei Wong, BSc Biomedicine summer student (Lund University, Sweden), 2023
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Jessica James, BMS summer interns, Jun-Jul 2023
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Mai Nguyen, Tushali Sonkusare, Ali Raza, MSc project students, 2022-2023
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Cosmin Mihali, Erasmus+ student (University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, Romania), Feb-Apr 2023
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Yaoyao Li, Visiting Scholar (Jingchu University of Technology, China), Nov 2022-Apr 2023
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Roland Agbodjan, Erasmus+ student (University of Limoges, France), Feb 2022-Jul 2022
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Murad Khan, Graduate volunteer, Feb 2022-Aug 2022
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Vanessa Anna Co, PhD graduate (University of Hong Kong), 2022
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Bonsra Twum, MRes graduate, 2021-2022
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Shalu Joseph, MRes graduate, 2021-2022
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Oliver Cowling, Elena Mitso, Anushka Patel, Margarida Vaz Cardoso, BMS project students, 2022-2023
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Ali Dadashi, Akanksha Sharma, Hope Oyindamola Alaje, Dorcas Shola Komolafe, MSc project students, 2021-2022
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Chinwedu Uzodinma, Jenika Gurung, BMS/PCOL project students, 2021-2022
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