Cinzia is an Italian scientist born in the Prealps just above Bergamo. She is now a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and Group Leader at King’s College London. After completing her Chemistry training at the University of Padova, she undertook a PhD at King’s College London under the supervision of Phil Blower. In 2018 she moved to University of Warwick as a Sir Henry Wellcome Fellow in Peter Sadler’s group. She later worked as a Research Fellow Jat Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the group of Jason Lewis and then in the Targeted Radiopharmaceutical Therapy group at Bayer Berlin, before returning to King’s in 2024 to establish the Imaging Metallomics group. Outside the lab, she loves birds, good food, and travelling. 

George is currently a Cancer Research UK RadNet City of London Research Fellow within the Imberti Lab and has over 10 year’s experience in nuclear medicine research. He has experience working with radionuclides from across the periodic table and following that through to preclinical studies. His research is typically focused on using molecular imaging to investigate the role of metals in health and diseases such as cancer. When he is not at work, he is either: A) walking his dog, B) eating Italian food or C) playing board games and video games. 

Ollie is a postdoc in the Imaging Metallomics group. After completing his Chemistry PhD in the Sadler group at Warwick, Ollie moved to the Ma group at KCL to synthesise and radiolabel cancer-targeted small molecules, before deciding that one research group was not enough and joining also the Imaging Metallomics group to work on radiometal production, purification and radiochemistry. Outside of work, Ollie can usually be found watching football or cricket. 

Zuzanna joined King’s in 2020 to pursue an MSci in Chemistry with Biomedicine and has remained ever since, determined to collect the full set of academic qualifications. Now a second-year PhD student in the group, she is a chemist at heart turned biologist, investigating the link between copper trafficking and chemotherapy resistance in ovarian cancer.

Outside the lab, she can usually be found dreaming about cats, reading whatever book she can get her hands on, or searching for her next favourite place to eat!

Denis is a PhD student focusing on copper depletion in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) using tetrathiomolybdate (TTM). Denis's project is interested in creating a copper-TTM map on a single cell to whole body scale in order to evaluate how TTM depletes cancer cells of copper and which cellular copper pools are most affected. Using whole body imaging, like positron emission tomography (PET), he evaluates copper distribution in mice to see how TTM treatment affects copper body distribution. Outside of research Denis enjoys spending time outdoors, travelling and learning languages. 

Cait is a first-year PhD student with a biological background ranging from genetic therapies to experimental neuroscience, now undertaking a project in analytical chemistry with Mel Bailey as first supervisor. Her current project involves applying single-cell mass spectrometry techniques to the analysis of radiopharmaceutical treatment for prostate cancer. By gaining a better understanding of radiopharmaceutical action on a cellular level, we hope to overcome barriers to efficacy such as poor uptake and radioresistance.

Outside the lab, Cait enjoys crocheting clothes, listening to Kylie Minogue and trips to the cinema to see the latest horror movie. Following her PhD, she hopes to see some wonders of the world and gain a nail technician qualification.