Meet the Team
Academics
Personal Chair
Steve Conlan is Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology at Swansea University Medical School. His research interests are cancer functional genomics and advanced thearpies including antibody drug conjugates and nanomedicines.
Personal Chair
Deya’s research focuses on gene expression and function in the uterus and its relationship to fertility and cancer. Her clinical interests are Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), endometriosis, unexplained infertility and gynaecological cancers (endometrial, ovarian and cervical cancer).
Professor
Lewis is a Professor in the Medical School and leads the groups Biophysics and Epigenetics research programmes. Lewis is an expert in molecular biophysical measurements, and has developed tissue, cell and biochemical research approaches for functional cell and molecular analysis.
Dr Lavinia Margarit
Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician in Cwm Taff University Health Board.
Honorary Professor, Swansea University Medical School
Postdoctoral Research Associates
Dr Kadie Edwards
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Kadie’s current research is focused on expanding the understanding of enhanced drug delivery platforms. This MRC IAA project aspires to identify therapeutic non-coding RNAs for Ovarian Cancer and assess feasibility of nanoparticle-enabled administration.
Dr David Howard
Postdoctoral Research Associate
David is working on the UK-Qatar precision healthcare collaboration in precision cancer care. His research interests lie in the development of targeted therapies for endometrial and ovarian cancers.
Dr Claire Donnelly
Wales Cancer Research Centre Postdoctoral Research Associate
Claire's research focuses on developing Antibody Drug Conjugates against a novel target for patients with ovarian cancer.PhD Students
Michael Williams
Swansea University & Houston Methodist Research Institute, Texas, Collaborative PhD
Sindhuja Krishnamoorthy
SWBio funded Joint PhD student with Bath University
Project: Advanced therapeutics development and characterisation
Tasmia Tahsin
KESS2 funded PhD in collaboration with Cardiff Medical School and Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board ( BCUHB)
Project: Targeting mTORC1 hyperactive cancer cells to get selective cytotoxicity with drugs and further assessing ferroptosis-a novel type of iron-dependant programmed cell death
Luke Golby
AIMLAC funded Swansea University PhD
Project: AI based approaches multi-dimensional functional genomics
Gianmarco Melone
Swansea University & Houston Methodist Research Institute, Texas, Collaborative PhD
Project: Overcoming transport barriers for multistage delivery of extracellular vesicles in oncology
Joana Perestrelo-Biscaia-Sousa-Esteves
Swansea University & Houston Methodist Research Institute, Texas, Collaborative PhD
Project: Therapeutic opportunities to tackle Ovarian Cancer Chemoresistance: addressing the Crosstalk between Adipocytes and tumours.
Jordan Turney
Bruker and EPSRC funded Swansea University PhD
Project: Analysing the forces, biomechanics and molecular mechanisms that drive cancer metastasis in vitro
Rebecca Rees
AIMLAC funded Swansea University PhD
Project: AI based approaches to multi-dimensional functional genomics in cancer patients.
Agne Pociute
EPSRC funded Swansea University & Houston Methodist Research Institute, Texas, Collaborative PhD
Project: Epigenomic and transcriptomic plasticity Investigations of solid tumour cancers; computational frameworks for mapping temporal, intratumour phenotypes
Mélanie Boudaud
PhD Student
Project: Enhancing the efficacy of ADCs in the ovarian cancer tumour micro-environment
Natalia Sikora
AIMLAC funded Swansea University PhD
Project: AI applications in early detection and improved treatment of peritoneal cancers"
Honorary Group Members
Prof Adnan Bunkheila
Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist Swansea Bay University Health Board..
Honorary Professor, Swansea University Medical School
Dr Paul Knaggs
Embryologist at the Wales Fertility Institute, Swansea Bay University Health Board
Honorary Associate Professor, Swansea University Medical School
Dr Kinza Younas
Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist Swansea Bay University Health Board.
Honorary Associate Professor, Swansea University Medical School
Kate Murphy
R&D Lead and Specialist Biomedical Scientist in Cellular Pathology, Swansea Bay University Health Board.
Working in collaboration with RBGO to develop spatial transcriptomics to profile type 1&2 endometrial cancer.
Victoria Thomas
Senior Embryologist at the Wales Fertility Institute, Swansea Bay University Health Board
Senior Clinical Lecturer, Swansea University Medical School